Python MapScript module still not found (today's summary)

[Ryan, Adam]

Emil, et al.

I'm unsing Apache on my desktop but I could try your setup pn my laptop.
Give me a few minutes...

Adam


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Gillies [mailto:sgillies at frii.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:20 AM
> To: Emil Zegers
> Cc: Mapserver ML; Adam Ryan
> Subject: Re: Python MapScript module still not found (today's summary)
>
>
> Emil,
>
> I'm sorry, but I don't have any experience with Python as a
> CGI on IIS.
>   I'm cc'ing Adam Ryan directly on this because I think he has the
> know-how.
>
> Sean
>
>
> On May 10, 2005, at 3:30 PM, Emil Zegers wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > After fiddling around some more I finally leave this case unresolved
> > for
> > today.
> >
> > I switched to ActiveState ActivePython instead of using the binaries
> > from
> > www.python.org and reinstalled Python MapScript, no change.
> >
> > Tried a lot of different mappings in IIS for .py files:
> >
> > c:\python23\python.exe --> nothing works, time-out for all
> .py files
> > c:\python23\python.exe -u "%s" "%s" --> works for .py
> scripts, import
> > DLL gives 'not found'
> > c:\python23\python.exe "%s" --> works for .py scripts, import DLL
> > gives 'not
> > found'
> > c:\python23\python.exe "%s" "%s" --> works for .py scripts,
> import DLL
> > gives
> > 'not found'
> >
> > Any ideas on what mapping to use and how this influences importing
> > dll's
> > will be appreciated.
> >
> > So now under IIS I can run .py scripts under IIS and I can import
> > modules
> > (eg. importing os works fine) but I still have this problem with
> > importing
> > MapScript.
> >
> > Importing MapScript from the Python command line works fine.
> >
> > Could it be it has something to do with the naming of the MapScript
> > files?
> > There's a _mapscript.pyd and mapscript.py, mapscript.pyc and
> > mapscript.pyo
> > after installing.
> >
> > For os module there is no .pyd, just the py, pyc and pyo (just a
> > guess, I'm
> > no Python expert)
> >
> > On a Python mail list I also found some similair info about
> importing
> > problems under IIS and not with command line. They
> suspected the way
> > the files were installed may be (part of) the reason. I've installed
> > everything
> > with administrator rights and have granted IUR and IWAM all needed
> > rights.
> >
> > Switching to Apache might be a really easy solution for this but I
> > would
> > like to have this working with IIS.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Emil
> >
>