Thanks for the reply! > Can you import from zip files when running the Python.exe interpreter? When I zip the folder "Lib" into Python27.zip and later rename it and try to run the python.exe, I receive an error: "Import error: no module named site"
> Is the zip file included in sys.path? You might need to add this > yourself after callying Py_Initialize(). Before renaming the "Lib" folder, the path to the python27.zip exists in sys.path. > Is there a top-level directory in the zip file that may be throwing > the importer off? I am testing all the cases so this is not the issue. > Are you getting any sort of error message? When I run my app, it crashes while calling Py_Initialize(). The console closes suddenly. Is it necessary to create zip archive using zipfile.PyZipFile? regards 2011/5/5 Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Wojtek Mamrak <tacyt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I spent a lot of time googling for a solution of this problem, with no > > result. > > > > I have a C++ application, in which I would like to embed Python interpreter. > > I don't want to rely on an interpreter being installed on user machine, > > instead I would like to distribute all the necessary files with my app. > > > > As far as I understand, beside of my executable and Python.dll (I am using > > Python27), I need to provide two folders: > > - DLLs, > > - Lib > > > > If I place the Lib folder and the contents of the DLLs folder in a directory > > of my executable, then everything seems to work. > > However I would like to use a zipped Lib folder. Hence I made an archive > > (which contains contents of Lib folder) called Python27.zip. Unfortunately > > the app crashes during execution. > > I assume the reason might be lack of zlib.pyd. Is that assumption correct? > > If so, how to obtain it? If not, what am I doing wrong? > > I believe zlib.pyd is statically linked into python27.dll nowadays. > Some things to check: > > Can you import from zip files when running the Python.exe interpreter? > Is the zip file included in sys.path? You might need to add this > yourself after callying Py_Initialize(). > Is there a top-level directory in the zip file that may be throwing > the importer off? > Are you getting any sort of error message? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
