distutils on Win32 using .NET Framework SDK

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Jerry He wrote:
> Hi, 
>   I was trying to build a C++ extension on Win32 with
> distutils. The extension worked on Cygwin but when I
> tried it with the Win32-build python, it complained
> that I don't have .NET Framework SDK installed. But
> after I installed .NET Framework SDK 2.0, it still
> complains
> "error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed
> before building extensions for Python." (I also did
> try restarting my computer)
> 
> Does anyone know how to make the .NET Framework SDK
> visible to Python?  

It looks in
HKEY_{LOCAL_MACHINE,CURRENT_USER}\Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\FrameworkSDKDir

This registry key should be set automatically if you choose to
install the SDK that comes with Microsoft Visual Studio 2003.
Not sure why you are trying to install .NET 2.0, though.

Regards,
Martin