To make my code work, you could set DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE to 'my_project.settings', and just put formdesigner.py directly under my_project.
If you wanted to keep formdesigner.py where it is, you would want to change the sys.path.append line to this: sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), '..')) --------- Brad Pitcher On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:25 AM, DJ-Tom <eventel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm also not sure if the python file is at the correct location. > > This is how the directory structure looks: > > my_project > \my_project\ > settings.py > \my_app\ # this is where my models are defined > models.py > formdesigner.py > > > Where should my formdesigner.py be located? > > my_project ? > my_project\my_project ? > my_project\my_app ? > > What do I put into DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE? > > 'my_project.settings'? > > > Am Montag, 16. September 2013 18:17:21 UTC+2 schrieb Brad Pitcher: > >> You need to do something like this before import django stuff: >> >> import os >> import sys >> >> sys.path.append(os.path.**abspath(os.path.dirname(__**file__))) >> os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_**MODULE'] = 'web.settings' >> >> >> --------- >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.