win32com pythonwin extensions part of stdlib?

[harijay]

Thanks Ian for your reply.
I downloaded the zip file linked by the "Download Binaries/View All
files link" . All that gave me was a zip file which unpacked to the
source and documentation implying I had to use distutils.
If instead I  looked at the Build 214 link on sourceforge which
corresponds to the latest build ( same time stamp as the link labeled
"Download Binaries / View all Files")
There was an exe file corresponding to my python version.
Which came with an installer that installed the binaries


Thanks for your help I looked in the right place.

Hari

On Dec 7, 3:14 pm, harijay <hari... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Using the "binary" offered on sourceforge and calling
> "python setup.py install"
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> Has the install asking for "vcsvarsall.bat" . So this does not seem to
> be a binary build
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> On Dec 7, 1:27 pm, Ian <ian.g.ke... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Dec 7, 11:02 am, harijay <hari... at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > Hi I am using Python 2.6.5 on Windows.
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> > > I wanted to start using the win32com extensions which I understand are
> > > "essentially part of the stdlib" ( quoted inhttp://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i.html)
> > > Since I didnt have the extensions as standard  I went to sourceforge
> > > to get the module.
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> > > However when I tried to do a distutils install of the python
> > > extensions for windows downloaded from sourceforge , I found out I
> > > need some proprietary components from Microsoft visual studio
> > > 7)."vcsvarsall.bat" needed.
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> > > My question is : Can I use the win32com extensions on a licensed
> > > windows setup without having access to Visual Studio components.
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> > > I did see some places where they suggested compiling with mingw32 ,
> > > but the compilation didnt work.
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> > > Any help in getting the module running would be greatly appreciated
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> > There are pre-built binary distributions available on sourceforge.
> > Why not just use one of those?