Is it possible to compile extension modules on windows platforms using MS Visual C++ Express 2005, or Visual Studio 8? If so, how would one modify the instructions posted in this thread? [assume I also have Toolkit 2003 installed, if necessary, for msvcr71.lib]
Marcus Mike C. Fletcher wrote: > Martin Bless wrote: > ... > > >Two things first - not to forget: > > > >(1) In contrast to what Mike writes I had to use a different registry > >key (see step 9) > > > > > Which is expected (even noted on the page), particularly if you have a > different version of the SDKs. The keys in the patch were extracted > from an English Win2K Platform SDK. Don't know of any *good* way to > figure out the keys in a version-agnostic manner. Suggestions welcome... > > >(2) I don't now what people mean when talking about "msvcr71.lib". > >There's no such file on my machine. BUT there IS a "msvcrt.lib" a > >directory "C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\lib". I > >guess the ".\Vc7\." indicates we are talking of the expected lib. > >Correct? I don't know. > > > > > This was sloppy on my part. msvcr71.dll is the DLL used for Visual > Studio 7.1, we want the .lib for that version of the DLL, but as you > note, it is actually named msvcrt.lib (same as the one for Visual Studio > 6.0). > > >Get and install the platform SDK "Windows XP SP2 SDK" (about > > > > > ... > > >It is > >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MicrosoftSDK\InstalledSDKs\B44C7E10-89BD-4A32-A3BF-D9D0BC4C9A05 > > > >and it is not > >...\63DADB24-DC99-45EB-A748-EC93AB8A7497. > > > >Find out about the correct key in your case and adjust the crucial > >line 133 in msvccompiler.py: > > > >freeSDK=r"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MicrosoftSDK\InstalledSDKs\B44C7E10-89BD-4A32-A3BF-D9D0BC4C9A05" > > > > > ... > Will have to figure out how to make this work across SDK versions somehow. > > Thanks for the report, > Mike > > ________________________________________________ > Mike C. Fletcher > Designer, VR Plumber, Coder > http://www.vrplumber.com > http://blog.vrplumber.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
