win32 Service: path to .py script

[Gregor Horvath]

Hi,

I have a testservice.py (see below). I installed the Windows-Service
successfully. (via commandlineoption install)
The problem is that it runs only when it is in c:\windows\system32 or in
the python path.
I added the desired path (Y:\) to the PYTHONPATH environment variable
for the system account and rebooted.
When I start command line python and do a import testservice everything
is fine.
Starting the service with the script only in Y:\ gives the error in the
event log:

Python could not import the service's module

exceptions.ImportError: No module named testservice

Thanks for your help.

--
Greg

testservice.py:

import win32serviceutil, win32service
import servicemanager
import win32api
import win32event
import sys

class TestPipeService(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
    _svc_name_ = "MDE Dispatcher"
    _svc_display_name_ = "MDE-Dispatcher"
    _svc_description_ = "Dispatches machine events from the Siemens ODC
to registrered MDE clients (windows) over the network via XML-RPC"
    def __init__(self, args):
        win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
        self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)

    def SvcStop(self):
        self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
        win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)


    def SvcDoRun(self):
        # Write an event log record - in debug mode we will also
        # see this message printed.
        servicemanager.LogMsg(
                servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STARTED,
                (self._svc_name_, '')
                )

        while 1:
            win32api.Sleep(2)
            rc = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, 2000)
            if rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0:
                break


        # Write another event log record.
        servicemanager.LogMsg(
                servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,
                servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STOPPED,
                (self._svc_name_, " TEST ")
                )


if __name__=='__main__':
    win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(TestPipeService)