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

[Sean Gillies]

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
>