Thank you David and Niphlod.

On Wednesday, 22 October 2014 15:52:55 UTC-5, Niphlod wrote:
>
> nice catch. https://github.com/web2py/web2py/pull/535
>
> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:48:40 PM UTC+2, David Ripplinger wrote:
>>
>> Yep, it works. Good job.
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:41:31 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote:
>>>
>>> got the issue, reproduced it, fixed it. I forgot about web2py.exe not 
>>> being actually web2py.py recompiled but a loader that decompresses 
>>> library.zip and loads the modules. This is a complete rebuild on 2.9.11 
>>> with the fix. 
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmdy2qtt71i0snb/web2py_win.zip?dl=0
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:27:33 PM UTC+2, David Ripplinger wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here's some more information. You may have already figured this out, 
>>>> but just in case it helps:
>>>>
>>>> When I run web2py.exe from a different directory, that directory also 
>>>> gets populated with new, empty folders such as 'applications' and 
>>>> 'site-packages'. This, along with the error message about not finding the 
>>>> version (which I assume is in the file 'VERSION'), makes me believe that 
>>>> web2py.exe has a runtime directory matching the working directory from 
>>>> which it gets called. What it needs in order to not be broken is to have 
>>>> the runtime directory be 'web2py', where web2py.exe is located.
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:26:01 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> whoopsy. it needs also the corresponding library.zip. stay tuned, I'll 
>>>>> try to make something against 2.9.11.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:12:34 PM UTC+2, David Ripplinger 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tried it. It does the same thing. Sorry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 4:01:32 PM UTC-4, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> try this instead 
>>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/jd4oxlilmel8ghz/web2py.exe?dl=0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:03:34 PM UTC+2, Niphlod wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> uhm. they should behave in the same way. investigating.......
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 6:11:56 PM UTC+2, David Ripplinger 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I recently discovered there are a couple things about the working 
>>>>>>>>> directory and the runtime directory when running web2py.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    - If you launch "python web2py.py" in Linux from a working 
>>>>>>>>>    directory other than "web2py", the runtime directory is "web2py" 
>>>>>>>>> and not 
>>>>>>>>>    your working directory. This works fine, but it means we have to 
>>>>>>>>> keep that 
>>>>>>>>>    in mind when adding other arguments to the command which point to 
>>>>>>>>> files.
>>>>>>>>>    - If you launch web2py.exe in Windows from a working directory 
>>>>>>>>>    other than "web2py", it doesn't work. It gives the error 
>>>>>>>>> "RuntimeError: 
>>>>>>>>>    Cannot determine web2py version".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure if the 2nd point should be considered a bug in web2py 
>>>>>>>>> or a desired restriction on how it is executed, but in either case, I 
>>>>>>>>> suggest these particular points be mentioned in the book in this 
>>>>>>>>> section 
>>>>>>>>> <http://www.web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/03/overview#Startup>
>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What do you all think?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>

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