Hello all, I have just tried to build the Pywin32 extensions from source - using the "pywin32-210.zip" archive.
I have Visual Studio 2005 installed and have built Pywin32 from source before. I'm using Python 2.4 under Windows XP. The build fails as follows, can anyone suggest a reason ? C:\Python Binaries\pywin32-210>setup.py bdist_wininst Building pywin32 2.4.210.0 running bdist_wininst running build running build_py creating build creating build\lib.win32-2.4 creating build\lib.win32-2.4\win32 creating build\lib.win32-2.4\win32\lib copying win32\lib\afxres.py -> build\lib.win32-2.4\win32\lib [snip ..] copying isapi\simple.py -> build\lib.win32-2.4\isapi copying isapi\threaded_extension.py -> build\lib.win32-2.4\isapi copying isapi\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-2.4\isapi running build_ext Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python Binaries\pywin32-210\setup.py", line 1496, in ? data_files=[('', (os.path.join(os.environ['temp'],'pywin32.version.txt'),)) + File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\core.py", line 149, in setup dist.run_commands() File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 946, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\command\bdist_wininst.py", line 107, in run self.run_command('build') File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python Binaries\pywin32-210\setup.py", line 359, in run build.run(self) File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 112, in run self.run_command(cmd_name) File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 333, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python24\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 279, in run self.build_extensions() File "C:\Python Binaries\pywin32-210\setup.py", line 490, in build_extensions self.build_extension(ext) File "C:\Python Binaries\pywin32-210\setup.py", line 678, in build_extension why = self._why_cant_build_extension(ext) File "C:\Python Binaries\pywin32-210\setup.py", line 426, in _why_cant_build_ xtension raise RuntimeError, "Can't find a version in Windows.h" RuntimeError: Can't find a version in Windows.h All the best, Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/533 - Release Date: 13/11/2006 _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32