New submission from Patrick Rutkowski:
Install Visual Studio 2017
Download and unpack Python-3.6.2.tgz
Open a Visual Studio command prompt
Browse to Python-3.6.2\PCBuild
Run build.bat -p x64 -c Release
Run build.bat -p x64 -c Debug
Add the PCbuild\amd64 directory to your PATH
Create a new
Patrick Rutkowski added the comment:
Just for kicks I tried the same Py_Main() code from a Win32 console application
(instead of from a GUI application). The C code this time was
#include
int wmain(int argc, wchar_t** argv) {
return Py_Main(argc, argv);
}
The resulting error message
Patrick Rutkowski added the comment:
I removed my custom built Python and installed the one provided by the
python-3.6.2-amd64.exe installer instead.
The Win32 Command Line application now works, and shows the message box. The
Win32 GUI Application still fails to work, the output is just
