I dig a bit more and it appears that the python win32 com module requires all target typelibs to be in the app current directory. Otherwise the cache is systematically re-generated anytime a new scripting engine is created.
Am I doing something wrong ? Thanks in advance... -mab -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc-André Belzile Sent: May 28, 2007 6:28 PM To: python-win32@python.org Subject: [python-win32] Win32 COM cache problem Hi, My win32 app is hosting python 2.5 via the scripting ActiveX object. Everything works perfectly but the win32 COM cache behaves strangely if the app current folder (e.g. c:\temp) is different than the application path (e.g. c:\bin\MyApp). At some point when the app needs to create a new python scripting engine, the whole cache gets re-created from scratch which makes things pretty slow. This will not happen if the app is executed from it's normal application folder. Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem other than running the app from its normal application folder ? Below is an excerpt of a filemon log that shows the cache generation. Thanks for your help. -mab 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.py NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: 00010080 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyc NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: 00010080 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 OPEN C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0.pyo NOT FOUND Options: Open Access: 00010080 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 CREATE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Options: OverwriteIf Access: 00120196 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS FileFsVolumeInformation 5:47:26 PM XSI.exe:4964 QUERY INFORMATION C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py BUFFER OVERFLOW FileAllInformation 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 0 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 1024 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 2048 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 3072 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4096 Length: 72 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 4168 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 5192 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 6216 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 7240 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8264 Length: 56 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 8320 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 9344 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 10368 Length: 1024 5:47:28 PM XSI.exe:4964 WRITE C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\269C4D8C-E32D-11D3-811D-00A0C9AC19A9x0x1x0\__init__.py SUCCESS Offset: 11392 Length: 1024 etc... _______________________________________________ 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
