2011/1/31 Vernon Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> > Don't use the ZIP file. It is a pain to install, and (as you see) sometimes > does not install correctly. Unfortunately, sourceforge sets it as the > default thing to do. What you want to do is push the "view all files" > button <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/> and select > the latest Windows installer for the version of Python you are running. > (also note that even if you are running a 64 bit version of Windows, you > should probably select a 32 bit version of Python.) >
Ok, so I downloaded the pywin32-214.win32-py2.7.exe file (to go with the py verion 2.7.1). 2011/1/31 Tim Roberts t...@probo.com > That's not the right location. Did you get and run the pywin32 > installer? What command did you use to call "setup.py"? In a properly > installed system, win32com will live in > \Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com. I downloaded the exe file into C:\Python27 and am running it in the cmd or by double-clicking. When I hit 'execute' it asks me whcih user to execute as (I'm not the administrator, btu I read in the documentation that in this build I should be able to install though I'm not admin) and whether I want to protect the computer from unauthorised activities. If I check 'protect' it'll say 'Runtime Error: Invalid directory name. Could not create temporary file.' and 'Runtime error: Setup program invalid or damaged'. Elsif I uncheck protect it will take me back in a loop over 'execute' to 'check protect'. I did ask our amin for help, but he crammed with work and has never used python, so sadly gave up on it. 2011/1/31 Tim Roberts t...@probo.com > Are you running a 32-bit system or a 64-bit system? Did you install > 32-bit Python or 64-bit Python? I'm running a Windows XP pro 2002. I think it's 32bits (running 'winver' the product name doesn't list '64 bit'). I'm relatively sure that the python is 32-bit, too (our system admin installed it), but I'm not sure how to confirm that. It's Python 2.7.1 2011/1/31 Vernon Cole <vernondc...@gmail.com> > Don't use the ZIP file. It is a pain to install, and (as you see) sometimes > does not install correctly. Unfortunately, sourceforge sets it as the > default thing to do. What you want to do is push the "view all files" > button <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/> and select > the latest Windows installer for the version of Python you are running. > (also note that even if you are running a 64 bit version of Windows, you > should probably select a 32 bit version of Python.) > -- > Vernon > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Amelie Lesser < > amelie.les...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Group, >> >> I am struggling very hard with using the win32com.client to use Dispatch. >> I've been looking around quite a lot, but couldn't find any help that solved >> my problem. I only started working with python 2 months ago, so I am still >> quite the newbie. >> >> I'm working on a python script that is supposed to read a database into a >> list. It then should take certain information from each data entry, plug >> them into an excel file, let excel do a rather complex calculation using >> macros, and append the results from certain cells back to the list. >> I am working on Windows using the python IDLE shell and also tried it in >> gedit running the file on the cmd line. >> >> I downloaded the pywin32 extension from >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ and ran the setup.py file. >> The program starts with: >> >> *from win32com.client import Dispatch >> * >> For which I receive the following Error message: >> >> *Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "Z:\testpython\dbf_converter\testing.py", line 3, in <module> >> from win32com.client import Dispatch >> ImportError: No module named win32com.client* >> >> >> - I read through the Installation Problems on >> http://starship.python.net/~skippy/win32/InstallationProblems.html. I >> found that I do have two versions of the python27.dll file, and deleted >> the >> one in the C:\Python27 directory, but everytime I start IDLE it re-creates >> that file. >> - I also tried setting the path using (separately) ...but no >> difference. >> - *sys.path.append('C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\')* >> - *sys.path.append('C:\\Python27\\pywin32-214\\pywin32-214\\com')* >> - I tried deleting and reinstalling the extension >> >> >> I am completely lost and would really appreciate any help. >> >> Amelie >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> python-win32 mailing list >> python-win32@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 >> >> >
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