[python-win32] pywin32 install via setuptools -- conclusion?

[Michael Gundlach]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Mike Driscoll
<mdriscoll at co.marshall.ia.us> wrote:
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> Michael Gundlach wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry to be dense, but I assume you mean the ActiveState cookbook at http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/ ?
>>
>
> He's probably referring to "ActivePython":
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> http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/index.mhtml
> http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/feature_list.mhtml
>
> Mike

Thanks, Mike.

Michel, thanks for the tip.  Having my users install the ActivePython
distribution isn't really a better solution, as I'd just be replacing
"install pywin32" with "install ActivePython".

Instead, I'm looking for a way to use distutils to install my module
on a user's computer, and at the same time, install the necessary bits
of pywin32 so that COM object consumption and COM event registration
are supported.  That way, the user just types

    easy_install <my_package_name>

and voila, everything is in place.

If this doesn't exist yet for pywin32, I might be willing to have a go
at writing the patch, if I had some pointers.  Perhaps it would be
possible to make a distutils pywin32 package which turned around,
downloaded the install executable, and ran it; then module developers
could install_requires pywin32 and it would Just Work.  I'm new to
distutils, pywin32, and COM, but I'm willing to learn :)

Any more ideas, anyone?

Michael