[python-win32] terminateprocess, getprocessid and compiling trunk on win32

[Benjamin Deboute]

Hi Pythonistas,

i'm currently building a multi-platform renderfarm application, and 
would need to use GetProcessId to circumvant problems i encounter when i 
try to kill processes on win32

IE: i can't kill with TerminateProcess a process i spawned with 
CreateProcess (getting a Acess Denied error), but i can kill it using 
this chunk of aspn'd code

PROCESS_TERMINATE = 1
handle = win32api.OpenProcess(PROCESS_TERMINATE, False, pid)
win32api.TerminateProcess(handle, -1)
win32api.CloseHandle(handle)

As i haven't found any way to get the pid except searching for the 
process name (but as we'll get several instances of maya.exe running on 
a renderslave, it won't get me far), i browsed the cvs source and found 
a function that was recently added: GetProcessId

I then tried to compile the cvs trunk using python setup.py build, but 
got this error

Building pywin32 2.4.210.1
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed before building 
extensions for Python.

After several .net installs, i still got this error : \
i also tried (and failed) compiling it on visual studio, cygwin+mingw, 
but as i'm quite the noob on the subject of compiling for windows, i'm 
afraid i'm quite lost at the moment (my skills are limited to loading 
the project, clicking on build and watching the build fail with 
wide-eyed horror)
Has someone got any pointers on compiling the cvs trunk ? A link to a 
quick howto or just a small paste of working compiling commands would be 
very appreciated

Alternatively, if anyone knew how to effectively kill a process without 
the 'access denied' error (excepting running the service as 
administrator), i'll be very happy with it


have a nice day and thanks in advance,
ben