Re: 32 bit bdist_wininst vs x64 platform

2010-09-10 Thread Robin Becker
On 10/09/2010 09:52, Robin Becker wrote: .. As you mention, 32bit apps querying the registry get redirected in some cases - but so long as the 32bit bdist_wininst stub is used, that too will get redirected, so it should all work out fine. Is it possible they are attempting to install an

Re: 32 bit bdist_wininst vs x64 platform

2010-09-10 Thread Robin Becker
.. As you mention, 32bit apps querying the registry get redirected in some cases - but so long as the 32bit bdist_wininst stub is used, that too will get redirected, so it should all work out fine. Is it possible they are attempting to install an x64 version of reportlab on a 32bit pytho

Re: 32 bit bdist_wininst vs x64 platform

2010-09-10 Thread Mark Hammond
Hi Robin, On 9/09/2010 9:28 PM, Robin Becker wrote: A reportlab user is using 32 bit python on x64 win 2003. he has a problem installing our bdist_wininst exe because the installer cannot find python. That should work fine - lots of pywin32 users do exactly that. Apparently the installer is

32 bit bdist_wininst vs x64 platform

2010-09-09 Thread Robin Becker
A reportlab user is using 32 bit python on x64 win 2003. he has a problem installing our bdist_wininst exe because the installer cannot find python. Apparently the installer is looking at HKLM\Software to locate python, but on x64 32 bit program requests get redirected to HKLM\Software\Wow6432