py2exe vs. winPython

[Steve Holden]

"James J. Besemer" <jb at cascade-sys.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1034107094.27655.python-list at python.org...
>
> The rather trivial script, below, fails pitifully on a windows 98 system
> with the following message:
>
> findfonts > c:/temp/fontdata
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "<string>", line 31, in ?
> pywintypes.api_error: (120, 'OpenThreadToken', 'This function is only
valid in Win32 mode.')
>
> I don't get it.  Win98 is win32 based, right?
>
Unfortunately, not completely compatibly: the codebase is rather chopped
compared with, say , Windows NT, and so certain features (such as services,
for example) simply aren't implemented in Win9x. Win32-based isn't the same
as Win32-compatible....

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