Marc-André Belzile schrieb: > 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 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Have you investigated why the above call fails? To me this looks like pywin cannot determine something about the file, and then recreates it just in case...
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