Problem with diferences in executinion

[Sam Schulenburg]

It looks like I have a bad instalation of McMillians Installer. I was waorking
OK last week, and This week It has given me problems on files that I had
previously used.

Sam Schulenburg 

In article <ahinqi01a0e at drn.newsguy.com>, Sam says...
>
>In article <d7fcf8b4.0207221430.37c26071 at posting.google.com>,
>samschul at pacbell.net says...
>>
>>If I execute the following code snipit from Python it executes the way
>>I expected it. If I build a standalone exe with McMillan's installer
>>the function call to startscsi() function in MaxPTI's __init__() is
>>not in scope.
>>
>>Maxscsi.py is a file that initializes and loads MaxSCSI.dll which
>>contains startscsi(). This DLL and Maxscsi.py have been used in other
>>McMillan installer programs without any problems. This is the first
>>time I have tried to use a class to instanuate the DLL. The whole idea
>>behind this program is the desire to embed Python in an exe with some
>>added methods to allow non programmers to write an external script
>>file and execute it with the exe with the following call:
>>
>>"MaxPTI MyTest"
>>
>>Any Help would be appreciated
>>Sam Schulenburg
>>
>>======================= MaxPTI.py/MaxPTI.exe  contains ===============
>>
>>from Maxscsi import *  # import scsi library
>>from sys import *
>>
>>class MaxPTI:
>>     
>>   def __init__(self,Headless=0):
>>        startscsi(1,Headless) # Start scsi initializtion setting 
>>                              # Genericflag = 1,and Headless
>>        initscsi("MaxPTI","physicaldrive",1) # Locate drives
>>        setshowcdb(0)
>>        setlogerror(1)
>>        setpauseonerror(0)
>>           .....
>>           .....
>>   def Function1()
>>          ....
>>          ....
>>
>>   def Function2()
>>          ....
>>          ....
>>
>>if __name__ == '__main__':
>>    a = MaxPTI(1)
>>    exec("from %s import MyScript"%(argv[1]))
>>    print 'Start Script'
>>    MyScript(a)
>>=================== End MaxPTI.py ==============
>>
>>================== MyTest.py ===================
>>def MyScript(a):
>>    print a.DeviceTable
>>    for i in range(a.DeviceTableLength):
>>       print a.DeviceTable[i]
>>    print a.DeviceTable[2][a.pSERIALNUM]
>>    print a.DeviceTable[2][a.pVENDOR]
>
>It has been requested that I provide a traceback to the above problem. The
>following traceback shows that the initial import statment is not being
>executed. This differs from what I reported in my first post, where I thought
>the problem was in the __init__() method.
>
>J:\Python22\MaxPTI>MaxPTI MyTest
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<string>", line 18, in ?
>  File "iu.py", line 274, in importHook
>  File "iu.py", line 357, in doimport
>  File "Maxscsi.py", line 483, in ?
>    from MaxSCSI import *          # Import SCSI libraries
>  File "iu.py", line 274, in importHook
>  File "iu.py", line 357, in doimport
>  File "Maxscsi.py", line 497, in ?
>    startscsi(GenericOk,Headless)  # Set log filename and initialize SCSI
>NameError: name 'startscsi' is not defined
>J:\Python22\MaxPTI>
>
>Sam Schulenburg
>