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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>BTW, when we get to the Python bindings installer, this is another reason to build the Python bindings installer as a .msi rather than a .exe. That is possible with Python 2.5 and later. </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>I didn't find this option working with my Python installation (2.5 and 2.6), is that something which have been added in a recent point release? <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It exists in Python 2.5 (at least in my 2.5.4) but is not documented until later versions, maybe 2.7. Look for Python25\Lib\distutils\command\bdist_msi.py. I have never used it. <a href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2007-February/052633.html">This early email</a> might help; it appears reference the original prototype (see link to uni-potsdam.de) by Martin v. Löwis, is a long-time Python contributor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One reason I’ve never used it is that it did not appear to support pre-install and post-install scripts (scripts that run before and after the Python files are installed). Or maybe it supported post-install but not pre-install. Anyway, those are handy if you need to do something other than get the Python code installed on the machine, which I need to do. I don’t think you’ll need to do that for the Python bindings, so it shouldn’t be an issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jason<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>