[python-win32] Win32Cred build errors

[Dave Cross]

Thanks Mark,
 
>From the web page for the SDK I have. "This release of the SDK is
intended to replace the Windows SDK for Vista." 
But this only appears to be 0x500 rather than 0x501.
Hence my confusion.
I get further confused when resetting the #define in win32credmodule.cpp
has no effect. What's it there for?
I had to debug setup.py to find the culprit and downgrade the
windows_h_version required.
 
Now win32cred builds OK, (no idea if it works but we'll ignore that for
now) and my next problem is either missing files or missing variables
depending on which of the three different, post Vista, SDK's I select.
 
Along the way I've discovered far more than I ever wished to know about
how setup.py and MSVC search directories and I have settled on using the
MSSDK environment variable to attempt to synchronise them - again I
don't know if it works because there doesn't seem to be a 'verbose' mode
for setup.py.
 
I appreciate that second guessing how MS names it's SDK's and where they
get (randomly) installed is a mug's game so why attempt to duplicate and
track it in setup.py? Surely trapping any MSVC errors and reporting them
back would suffice?
 
Even if I achieve a build, I'm not convinced that I'll be much better
off. I find that one of the key benefits of building a project in the
MSVC environment is that I can use 'goto definition' to unravel the
structure of other peoples code. 
 
I'm deliberately lazy when getting to grips with 'new' stuff; I have
enough to keep in my head about my own projects so all I want to know
about the new stuff is 'Is it going to help me or hinder me?' and I want
to find out with the minimum fuss and effort. I have to say that I'm
disappointed with Pywin32 in that respect.so far.Almost everything I
have tried to do, right from finding and downloading the sources has
been less than obvious.
 
What would help is:
1) certainty about exactly which MS SDK(s) are required including dates
and recent URL's.
2) MSVC solutions, if not for all projects, at least for the major ones.
3) An idiots guide to the structure, both physical and logical.
 
I'd like this to work, I really would, the alternative for me is
Eclipse!
 
Regards,
Dave.
 
   
 

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From: Mark Hammond [mailto:skippy.hammond at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Hammond
Sent: 25 November 2008 21:30
To: Dave Cross; python-win32 at python.org
Subject: RE: [python-win32] Win32Cred build errors



I can't recall why we say we need that version - have you tried changing
it to see what breaks?  Currently the vista SDK needs to be used as some
partf of pywin32 are starting to expose things introduced with that OS.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

From: python-win32-bounces+skippy.hammond=gmail.com at python.org
[mailto:python-win32-bounces+skippy.hammond=gmail.com at python.org] On
Behalf Of Dave Cross
Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2008 2:29 AM
To: python-win32 at python.org
Subject: [python-win32] Win32Cred build errors

 

Hi all/anybody,

 

Win32credmodule.cpp for pywin32 2.5.212.1 insists on finding a header
with #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x501 in it.

 

The WinResrc.h file that comes with Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows
Server 2003 R2 is only 0x500 so the build fails.

 

As far as I can see, though, this version of the SDK contains the latest
WinCred.h stuff and should work OK.

 

Is this a genuine dependency or a typo?

 

If 501 is required, which SDK(s) support it?

 

 

Regards,

Dave.

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