Are you running Python 3? Note, the standard web2py is only compatible with Python 2.5 to 2.7 (though there is a Python 3 compatible branch).
Note, you can simply create a shortcut to your web2py.py file on your desktop and click it to start the web2py server. Anthony On Wednesday, February 29, 2012 11:46:25 PM UTC-5, Alok wrote: > > Hi Friends, > I am fairly new to Web2py and I need help. I use windows. > Originally I set up Web2py on my computer using the binaries and I was > able to get the Web2py server come up and do some very basic tests > using the Web interface. > > However, I was not able to run the examples that are provided in the > Web2py documentation using the intepreter. This led me to ask this > group and I was advised that to do that I should install the Web2py > code version and then use the command line invocation like this > > Python web2py.py < and other command line arguments> > > So I uninstalled the Web2py binary installation and installed the > Web2py code version. However, now I am not sure how the server and web > interface will start. I tried invoking Python like this from the > windows prompt > > C:\Python web2py.py > > but that did not work as it could not fne web2py.py so I changed it to > include the path to web2py.py like this > > C:\Python C:\web2py\web2py.py > > This worked somewhat but I now got an error which implied that import > gluon was not working. So I then added an environment variable > PYTHONPATH as follows: > > PYTHONPATH > C:\web2py;C:\web2py\gluon > > With this change the > C:\Phthon C:\web2py\web2py.py went further but I am now getting an > error which says > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "web2py.py", line 16, in <module> > import gluon.widget > File "C:\web2py\gluon\__init__.py", line 15, in <module> > from globals import current > File "C:\web2py\gluon\globals.py", line 139 > except TypeError, e: > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > Can you please help with how to overcome this error. I will be very > grateful. > Thanks > > >
