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<p class="MsoNormal">C:\Python39\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client>python -c "from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch; EnsureDispatch('ADODB.Connection.6.0');<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">That code seems to generate a directory in the correct path in both 3.9 and 3.11<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C:\Python39\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\B691E011-1797-432E-907A-4D8C69339129x0x6x1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* With the files:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> __init__.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> _Connection.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Connection.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ConnectionEvents.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Similar for 3.11 (base dir name is C:\Python311)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also… I’ve noticed (just now) that Python 3.9 makepy.py seems to put the constants file in the correct path… and 3.11 doesn’t.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
Test environment = Win2019 (Py3.11 – multiple systems) and Win10 (Py3.9 – one system)… I should have some 3.10 systems here too in case that helps identify any issue(s)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HTH and let know if you want any more testing performed. I’m always happy to help.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Steven<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Mark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2023 11:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Steven Manross <steven@manross.net>; python-win32@python.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [python-win32] makepy.py "Some COM library"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>Does something like `python -c "from win32com.client.gencache import EnsureDispatch; EnsureDispatch('ADODB.Connection.6.0');` work? That should generate directly into the expected output directory.<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Mark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2023-05-30 1:44 p.m., Steven Manross wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Command I ran:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client>python makepy.py "ADODB.Connection.6.0"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Output:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Generating to C:\Users\someuser\AppData\Local\Temp\13\gen_py\3.11\B691E011-1797-432E-907A-4D8C69339129x0x6x1.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Building definitions from type library...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Generating...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Importing module<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am running the command above, and if I do this, my Classic ASP does not see the resulting B691E011-1797-432E-907A-4D8C69339129x0x6x1.py file because it saved the file in the user temp directory as opposed to in the site-packages directory
structure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">When I installed Python, I told it to install the application for “All Users” (Default Directory = C:\Program Files\Python311 -- but I removed the Program Files portion for the installation)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there some way to make it save the file in the correct place for the python installation from the command line so I don’t have to move the files it generates?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keep in mind that the files it generates seems to live in a 3.11 directory, but python seems to want it in:<br>
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C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\B691E011-1797-432E-907A-4D8C69339129x0x6x1.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\dicts.dat<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\__init__.py<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I saw the -o parameter in the makepy.py script but if I use that, it doesn’t seem to build the dicts.dat or __init__.py files – which already exist (is that a problem?).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please and thank you for any comments,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Steven<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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