Pythoncom and pywintypes

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:17:22 -0300, Vistro <vistro at vistro.net> escribi�:

> Hey, there. I've been coding in python for about three weeks now. I have
> made basic games, tools to check forum PMs for me, and other general
> utilities with python, but I'm now encountering problems.
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-511211.html
>
> I want to do that, and I have installed both sets needed from source  
> forge,
> but I always get this issue when I run the code, and there isn't a single
> listing on the internet that addresses this.
>
> ****
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:/Documents and Settings/Guest Editor/Desktop/key.py", line 3,  
> in
> <module>
>     import pythoncom
>   File "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\pythoncom.py", line 2, in <module>
>     import pywintypes
> ImportError: No module named pywintypes
>
> I've installed pythoncom right from the box. I don't know whats wrong,  
> but
> I'm sure it has something to do with my stupidity.

Reinstalling the pywin32 package should fix that, I presume.

> BUT, here is the strangest part.
>
> # Magic utility that "redirects" to pythoncomxx.dll
> import pywintypes
> pywintypes.__import_pywin32_system_module__("pythoncom", globals())
>
>
> That is ALL that pythoncom.py seems to be. ALL that.
>
> I think that it's trying to import something, THEN tell the interpreter
> where it is. That seems kinda stupid.

In fact that __import_whatever function does a rather complex task, it  
must ensure that the *right* pywintypes25.dll (or pythoncom25.dll) is  
loaded, even when it's implicitely loaded.

-- 
Gabriel Genellina