| >| >C:\Python24;C:\Python24\DLLs;c:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32;c:\oracle\product\10.1.0\db_1\bin;c:\oracle\product\10.1.0\db_1\jre\1.4.2\bin\client;c:\oracle\product\10.1.0\db_1\jre\1.4.2\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program >| Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin >| >| Then I restarted my computer. It is still missing initzlib. :-( >| Please note that I can run the same program as an application, logged in >| as the same user. >| >| Les > >Changing the Windows dll search path doesn't make any difference. It is >sys.path (Python's search path) that's causing you the headache. Please see >the mentioned thread for proposed solutions. > > Great. I could make my service working with this snippet:
import sys sys.path.insert(0,r'C:\Python24\DLLs') But this is very ugly. Primarily, I do not want to use absolute path names in a this program. I want to use the same code on different computers and operating systems, but this code is not portable. Secondly, I do not understand why sys.path is different when I start python interactively. I believe that sys.path should be the same when starting the program as a service. The only difference between the application and the service is that the 'main' program of the service imports some additional modules. See them below. iT:\Python\Projects\NamedConnector>python Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import sys >>> >>> s1 = str(sys.path) >>> >>> import win32serviceutil, win32service >>> import pywintypes, win32con, winerror >>> from win32event import * >>> from win32file import * >>> from win32pipe import * >>> from win32api import * >>> from ntsecuritycon import * >>> >>> >>> s2 = str(sys.path) >>> >>> print s1 == s2 True I cannot distribute my service until I make it independent of the python installation directory. Why sys.path is different when starting the code as a windows service? How can I make this code portable? By the way, you have been a great help. Thank you very much. I can now continue working. :-) Les -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
