[python-win32] error importing win32com for Dispatch

[Tim Roberts]

Amelie Lesser wrote:
>  
> I am struggling very hard with using the win32com.client to use
> Dispatch. I've been looking around quite a lot, but couldn't find any
> help that solved my problem. I only started working with python 2
> months ago, so I am still quite the newbie.
> ...
> I downloaded the pywin32 extension from
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ and ran the setup.py file.
> The program starts with:
>  
> /from win32com.client import Dispatch
> /
> For which I receive the following Error message:
>  
> /Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "Z:\testpython\dbf_converter\testing.py", line 3, in <module>
>     from win32com.client import Dispatch
> ImportError: No module named win32com.client/
>
>     * I read through the Installation Problems on
>       http://starship.python.net/~skippy/win32/InstallationProblems.html
>       <http://starship.python.net/%7Eskippy/win32/InstallationProblems.html>.
>       I found that I do have two versions of the python27.dll file,
>       and deleted the one in the C:\Python27 directory, but everytime
>       I start IDLE it re-creates that file.
>     * I also tried setting the path using (separately) ...but no
>       difference.
>           o /sys.path.append('C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\')/
>           o /sys.path.append('C:\\Python27\\pywin32-214\\pywin32-214\\com')/
>

That's not the right location.  Did you get and run the pywin32
installer?  What command did you use to call "setup.py"?  In a properly
installed system, win32com will live in
\Python27\lib\site-packages\win32com.

Are you running a 32-bit system or a 64-bit system?  Did you install
32-bit Python or 64-bit Python?

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
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