Pythoncom and pywintypes

[Vistro]

A Reinstall seems to have done nothing...

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:49 AM, Gabriel Genellina
<gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar>wrote:

> 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.
>
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> Gabriel Genellina
>
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