about2flip You have to go through the python tutorial I'm afraid. Python files must be written in plain text so you have to use something like Notepad.
On 14 Sep, 08:50, about2flip <mnu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for reply. No I get: > SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character > > I am running it from my command prompt:>>python hello.py > > Is that correct? > > On Sep 13, 10:29 pm, Karen Tracey <kmtra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 3:09 PM, about2flip <mnu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am learning django, and I am having doubts if it is worth it. I am > > > trying to startproject and I keep getting the system cannot execute > > > the specified program error at my command prompt. I would type: > > > > django-admin.py startproject name > > > > and then I get the error. I am using python 2.6, django 1.1 on XP SP2 > > > machine. > > > > Thanks for your help on what to do to fix this issue > > > "Cannot execute the specified program" generally means the system can't find > > some DLL needed for the program. Django doesn't have any DLLs, so I suspect > > your python installation may be the cause of the problem. Can you run any > > python program? For example if you create a hello.py file with contents: > > > print 'hello' > > > Can you run it? > > > Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
