Not sure what you are trying to do but you can get a standalone binaries from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ which gets installed without any issues. If for some reason you are still having issues, you can try ActiveState Python which come bundled with pywin32 packages.
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:32 PM, harijay <hari...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi I am using Python 2.6.5 on Windows. > > I wanted to start using the win32com extensions which I understand are > "essentially part of the stdlib" ( quoted in > http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i.html) > Since I didnt have the extensions as standard I went to sourceforge > to get the module. > > However when I tried to do a distutils install of the python > extensions for windows downloaded from sourceforge , I found out I > need some proprietary components from Microsoft visual studio > 7)."vcsvarsall.bat" needed. > > My question is : Can I use the win32com extensions on a licensed > windows setup without having access to Visual Studio components. > > I did see some places where they suggested compiling with mingw32 , > but the compilation didnt work. > > Any help in getting the module running would be greatly appreciated > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Python Consultant India <http://godson.in>
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