[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-3072046 ] mapi.cpp build error

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Bugs item #3072046, was opened at 2010-09-21 03:27
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Category: installation
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: don ()
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: mapi.cpp build error

Initial Comment:
I'm attempting to build pywin32 on my Windows 7 64-bit system. I wasn't sure if this was a supported environment or not, but I thought I'd post this anyway. VS2008 and VS2010 build environments are failing at the same point:

Building pywin32 2.7.214.0
mapi.cpp
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(933) : error C3861: 'OleSetOleError': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(995) : error C3861: 'OleSetOleError': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1165) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1220) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1268) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1315) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1321) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1327) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1333) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1339) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1389) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1452) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
com/win32comext/mapi/src/mapi.cpp(1458) : error C3861: 'SWIG_GetPtr': identifier not found
error: command '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2011-01-06 14:15

Message:
Thanks to Robert Lerche in
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=551954&aid=3152207&group_id=78018,
this problem is caused by mapilib.i not existing in the source distro - if
you grab that file (see the other bug) it should all work fine.

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Comment By: mac-es (mac-es)
Date: 2010-09-28 21:33

Message:
Had the same error, than extracted the .zip to c:\pywin32 (python is in
c:\python27) and compiled again -> Success. So maybe pywin should not be
compiled from a "deep" subdirectory.

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Comment By: don ()
Date: 2010-09-21 03:33

Message:
Sorry, forgot some interesting output that comes before this point. There
are several lines like this referring to various .i files before it gets to
mapi.cpp:

Generating wrappers for Python
c:\Users\dsmith\Downloads\pywin32-214\pywin32-214\com\win32comext\mapi\src\mapi.i
: Line 24. Unable to find include file mapilib.i (ignored).
Generating wrappers for Python
c:\Users\dsmith\Downloads\pywin32-214\pywin32-214\com\win32comext\mapi\src\PyIABContainer.i
: Line 8. Unable to find include file mapilib.i (ignored).
Generating wrappers for Python
c:\Users\dsmith\Downloads\pywin32-214\pywin32-214\com\win32comext\mapi\src\PyIAddrBook.i
: Line 6. Unable to find include file mapilib.i (ignored).
Generating wrappers for Python
c:\Users\dsmith\Downloads\pywin32-214\pywin32-214\com\win32comext\mapi\src\PyIAttach.i
: Line 8. Unable to find include file mapilib.i (ignored).

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