Hi Chris, I would recommend buying Visual Studio. It's what python 2.4 is built with, and it makes compiling extensions nice and easy.
My favorite examples of extending python include: - screengrabber extension for the python imaging library http://effbot.org/downloads/ 1) download and install the Python imaging library (PIL) 2) download the screengrabber source and uncompress to a directory. 3) look at the _screengrab.c (or whatever it is called) to see how it accepts and returns python argumetns, but does win32 calls inbetween. 4) run " python setup.py build " to invoke Visual C++ (or mingw if detected.) 5) run " python setup.py install " to try it interactively. - My second favorote example is on the wxPython Wiki, it shows how to extend wxPython with commercial VC++ http://wiki.wxpython.org/index.cgi/C%2B%2BExtensions I wrote the pages for VisualStudioExtenions and SconsExtensions, so let me know if you need them to be more helpful. I wrote them hastily, but I think I got the important parts right. -Jim On 6/15/06, chris botos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This sounds like a plan. I'll give it a try. Thanks, Paul. > > Chris > > > > > On 6/15/06, Paul Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 6/15/06, Chris Botos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3) I downloaded and installed: > > > .NET Framework SDK Version 1.1 > > > Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition, that first installs .NET Framework 2.0 > > > (note that I could not get to a download for the 2003 version on > > > Microsoft's site and the only other download site I found was at > > > softpedia, and the download link there is broken ) > > > > I've only skimmed your post briefly, but this is likely your problem. > > Python extensions cannot be built with Visual C++ 2005 (incompatible C > > runtime), so this doesn't work. You need the Visual C++ Toolkit > > Edition, but MS no longer seem to supply this :-( If you can get > > someone who has a copy to send it to you, that would be one option - > > but it's a 32MB file, and I don't know the redistribution conditions, > > it's probably not allowed, so you may have problems there). > > > > The other option is to install Mingw (from www.mingw.org), and build > > using setup.py build --compiler=mingw32. This works fine, unless your > > extension code uses MSVC specific extensions. The instructions in the > > Python docs are a little out of date, I believe. With Python 2.4, you > > shouldn't need to do anything more than install mingw, make sure gcc > > is on your path, and run setup.py as above. You can even edit the > > distutils config file (I can't remember its location offhand, sorry) > > to specify that distutils should use mingw by default. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Paul. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-win32 mailing list > Python-win32@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 > > > _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
