py2exe, pyparallel

[Chris Mellon]

On 13 Nov 2005 10:03:52 -0800, garyr at fidalgo.net <garyr at fidalgo.net> wrote:
> I'm using py2exe to create a standalone program that uses pyparallel.
> When I run the created program an error occurs and a message directs me
> to
> the log file which contains:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "fg.py", line 30, in ?
>     import dds2
>   File "dds2.pyc", line 24, in ?
>     WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
> OUT OF OR
>   File "parallel\__init__.pyc", line 13, in ?
>   File "parallel\parallelwin32.pyc", line 59, in ?
>   File "ctypes\__init__.pyc", line 407, in __getattr__
>   File "ctypes\__init__.pyc", line 319, in __init__
> WindowsError: [Errno 1157] One of the library files needed to run this
> application cannot be found
>
> My setup.py is:
>     from distutils.core import setup
>     import py2exe
>     setup(windows = ["fg.py"])
>
> Line 59 in parallelwin32.py is:  _pyparallel = ctypes.windll.simpleio.
>
> I'm using PythonWin 2.3.2 on Win98SE. I have ctypes 0.9.6, py2exe 0.6.3
> and pyparallel 0.2 installed.
>
> I posted a similar message to the py2exe mailing list but apparently
> that list is inactive. Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary Richardson
>

This *looks* like all that's happening is that ctypes is unable to
load the dll simpleio.dll , which is not a standard windows library
and therefore needs to be somewhere LoadLibrary can find it.

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