desperately looking for a howto on running my wxPython app on Vista

[Paul Sijben]

python 2.6, py2exe and Vista do not make a happy set.

Unfortunately I am in dire need to launch my app not only on WinXP but
also on Vista. I need 2.6 because of a number of support packages I am
using and some of which I am compiling myself (and python 2.5 needs a
version of visual studio that is no longer available.)

I can find all kinds of advice and discussions with google but I have
yet to find a clear explanation on what a poor developer like me is
supposed to do to get my python 2.6.2 , stackless, wxpython and all my
(self-built) pyds to work happily on Vista.

I am currently stuck on the infamous R6034 error but I understand that
after that there may be another issue with certain wxPython functions.

Can someone please point me to a howto on crafting the right Setup.py
and manifests etc. to make this work?

Paul

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

python 2.6, py2exe and Vista do not make a happy set.

Unfortunately I am in dire need to launch my app not only on WinXP but
also on Vista. I need 2.6 because of a number of support packages I am
using and some of which I am compiling myself (and python 2.5 needs a
version of visual studio that is no longer available.)

I can find all kinds of advice and discussions with google but I have
yet to find a clear explanation on what a poor developer like me is
supposed to do to get my python 2.6.2 , stackless, wxpython and all my
(self-built) pyds to work happily on Vista.

I am currently stuck on the infamous R6034 error but I understand that
after that there may be another issue with certain wxPython functions.

That should be fixed in Python 2.6.2, I think.
Are you compiling all your dependencies, including Python itself? R6034 is
likely a DLL mismatch between parts of your project.

Can someone please point me to a howto on crafting the right Setup.py
and manifests etc. to make this work?

If you're using 2.6.1, try again with 2.6.2 and post the specific error
you get.

 

[Paul Sijben]

That should be fixed in Python 2.6.2, I think.
Are you compiling all your dependencies, including Python itself? R6034
is likely a DLL mismatch between parts of your project.

I am using 2.6.2 and am compiling only my own changed modules. For all
the other support modules I have taken the most recent ones (win32,
wxpython)

Is there any way to check which is the offending pyd/dll? (normally
Vista does not give out much data on what went wrong)

Paul

 

[Paul Sijben]

That should be fixed in Python 2.6.2, I think.
Are you compiling all your dependencies, including Python itself? R6034
is likely a DLL mismatch between parts of your project.

I am using 2.6.2 and am compiling only my own changed modules. For all
the other support modules I have taken the most recent ones (win32,
wxpython)

Is there any way to check which is the offending pyd/dll? (normally
Vista does not give out much data on what went wrong)

Paul

 

[Mike Driscoll]

I am using 2.6.2 and am compiling only my own changed modules. For all
the other support modules I have taken the most recent ones (win32,
wxpython)

Is there any way to check which is the offending pyd/dll?  (normally
Vista does not give out much data on what went wrong)

Paul

You might be able to find it using the Dependency Walker utility:

http://www.dependencywalker.com/

- Mike

 

[Paul Sijben]

You might be able to find it using the Dependency Walker utility:

http://www.dependencywalker.com/

Mike, thanks! That spotted indeed some issues with one specific file:
SHLWAPI.DLL, now let's see what is the issue. The report from Dependency
Walker:"Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a
missing export function in a delay-load dependent module." is not
telling me much at this moment. The FAQ from Dependency Walker sais this
is not a major issue, but apparently on Vista it is ?!?

Does anyone have a clue what I am to do about this?

Interestingly On WinXP it flags DWMAPI.DLL as missing. I did not spot
that on the Vista box.

Paul

 

[Mike Driscoll]

Mike, thanks! That spotted indeed some issues with one specific file:
SHLWAPI.DLL, now let's see what is the issue. The report from Dependency
 Walker:"Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a
missing export function in a delay-load dependent module." is not
telling me much at this moment. The FAQ from Dependency Walker sais this
  is not a major issue, but apparently on Vista it is ?!?

Does anyone have a clue what I am to do about this?

Interestingly On WinXP it flags DWMAPI.DLL as missing. I did not spot
that on the Vista box.

Paul

Hmmm...I'm not familiar with that DLL, but a little googling seems to
indicate that you may be able to get it off your installation CD:

http://www.techimo.com/forum/applic...550-winxp-msgina-dll-shlwapi-dll-problem.html

The link above gives the steps for XP, but Vista will probably be
similar. I don't know for sure, but you may have to register the dll
once you've got it copied back onto your machine.

Mike

 

[Paul Sijben]

Hmmm...I'm not familiar with that DLL, but a little googling seems to
indicate that you may be able to get it off your installation CD:

it actually is there on my system. So this may be the red herring the
Dependency Walker FAQ is warning for....

maybe I should leave this mess and revert to python 2.5....