[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-1537569 ] missing documentation: missing .NET

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Bugs item #1537569, was opened at 2006-08-10 04:23
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Category: installation
Group: v1.0 (example)
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Steve Strassmann (straz)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: missing documentation: missing .NET

Initial Comment:
On Windows XP, installing pywin32-209 for the first time.

  > setup.py install
  Building pywin32 2.4.209.0
  ...
  Warning - can't find an installed platform SDK
  error: The .NET Framework SDK needs to be installed   
  before building extensions for python.

OK, I am fairly clueless about windows development but
I'm fairly familiar with python on unix.

There is nothing in the documentation about requiring
.NET framework. Nothing about how to install it.

The Installation Problems Guide
(http://www.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/InstallationProblems.html)
and FAQ
(http://www.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/FAQ.html)
have no mention of this.

The home page (http://www.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/)
mentions requiring mfc71.dll. I have this installed in
my windows system32 directory.

The README.txt in the distribution (not available on
the site) says "these extensions require MSVC7".
There's no mention of this on the web site.
What is this, and where do I get it?

There are no dates published with any of the releases -
not on the web site, not even in the manifest or readme
files. When were these files built?

So, what this bug really is:
If I need to be installing .NET, please add
documentation describing 
   (a) what do I install 
   (b) where do I get it from
   (c) how do I install it

Is it possible to just download a binary of win32api
without having to recompile from sources?

thank you very much,
 Steve


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Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2006-08-10 11:20

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setup.py includes documentation on the various SDKs
required, and links where to get them.  Executing setup.py
with no args should print this for you.  That file refers to
the "Platform SDK", but the latest version of that SDK is
now known by MS as the '.NET Plaform SDK'.

Binaries are available from the 'files' section of this
sourceforge project.

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