[C++-sig] boost_python.dll depends on apphelp.dll ???

[David LeBlanc]

Just searched my C drive on Windows 2000 Professional and no apphelp.dll. I
wonder about it's being used on Python 2.2.1, at least the python.org
version - they don't use Windows help file like the ActiveState version...

FWIW, I also searched the AS python2.1 directory tree (not used actively
since I installed 2.2.1, but nothing deleted either) and also the python.org
Python2.2.1 directory tree and neither of them contains the apphelp.dll
either.

I've also built python 2.2.1 from sources, and no missing dependencies came
up...

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: c++-sig-admin at python.org [mailto:c++-sig-admin at python.org]On
> Behalf Of Achim Domma
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:42
> To: c++-sig at python.org
> Subject: RE: [C++-sig] boost_python.dll depends on apphelp.dll ???
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: c++-sig-admin at python.org [mailto:c++-sig-admin at python.org]On
> > Behalf Of David Abrahams
> > > I have a very strang problem with boost.python V1 and V2: On Win2K I
> > build
> > > two extensions with boost.python, one with V1 and one with V2. Both
> > compile
> > > without problems, but fail to load. The problem is a missing
> dll called
> > > 'apphelp.dll' which is only available on WinXP. According to
> Microsofts
> > > 'depends' utility the dll is neede by python22.dll, but my
> python works
> > > without problems.
> > > Has anybody an idea ? I compiled working extensions some days
> befor, all
> > on
> > > this computer!?
> >
> > very strange. I'm developing on XP without any trouble. My apphelp.dll
> > lives in c:\Windows\System32. Perhaps you deleted yours, or you
> > removed the
> > directory from your PATH?
>
> No, I develop on Win2K and don't have an XP installation. But
> apphelp.dll is
> XP specific, so I don't know how the dependency comes to my computer.
> Searching on groups.google.com I found lots of posts from
> php-people having
> the same problem.
> I just used 'depends' on python22.dll (from ActiveState and from
> python.org). Both version depend on apphelp.dll. Don't know why
> the problem
> only arises when I try to load my extensions. Later I will try to
> compile a
> version on my own.
>
> Achim
>
>
>
>
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