[PythonCE] Getting the win32 extensions working

[Andy Baker]

As I mentioned in a reply ijn another thread, I'm curious about
com.client but I don't know how/whether COM functionality is
implemented in CE.

Just want to glue bits of Python to OS and app functionality whilst
sticking with my beloved Python...

On 11/15/05, Luke Dunstan <coder_infidel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Download it and see for yourself:
> http://fore.validus.com/~kashtan/Python-2.3.4-arm-PPC2003.zip
>
> It contains only the win32gui and win32event modules of the pywin32 package.
>
> What parts do you need, and what do you intend to use it for? It doesn't
> contain any of the other modules like win32security, com, win32ui, etc. but
>
> some of them would not be relevant on Windows CE anyway.
>
> Luke
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Baker" <andybak at gmail.com>
> To: "Luke Dunstan" <coder_infidel at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <pythonce at python.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Getting the win32 extensions working
>
>
> Ah. I've re-read that page and I can see I might have misunderstood
> it. I was under the impression that you *had* to compile the sources
> if you wanted the win32 extensions.Is this not the case? Do the
> pre-compiled binaries already include the win32 stuff?
>
> As a quick related question, do you have any idea how much of the
> win32 extension module is supported under PythonCE? Fairly complete or
> not?
>
> cheers,
>
> AndyB
>
> On 11/14/05, Luke Dunstan <coder_infidel at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Andy Baker" <andybak at gmail.com>
> > To: <pythonce at python.org>
> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:22 PM
> > Subject: [PythonCE] Getting the win32 extensions working
> >
> >
> > > Looking at this page: http://fore.validus.com/~kashtan/ it seems
> > > fairly doable but I am not that familiar with compiling anything and
> > > I am wary of it turning into a huge waste of time.
> >
> > By "not that familiar with compiling anything" does that mean you are not
>
> > a
> >
> > C/C++ programmer? If so why can't you use the precompiled binary
> PythonCE?
> >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have PythonCE compiled with the win32 extensions or has
> > > anyone done the compilation and would be prepared to answer the odd
> > > question should I attempt it myself?
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > > Andy Baker
> >
> > Yes, I've compiled pywin32 but I had to make some changes to get it to
> > compile.
> >
> > Luke
> >
>