[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-946672 ] Error appending to __path__ in win32com/__init__.py

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Bugs item #946672, was opened at 2004-05-02 18:46
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Category: com
Group: None
Status: Deleted
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Viktor Ferenczi (complex)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Error appending to __path__ in win32com/__init__.py

Initial Comment:
WinXP Prof ENG SP1
python 2.3.3
pywin32-201.win32-py2.3
cx_Freeze 2.2

I compiled one of my python applications with 
cx_Freeze. It successfully run with win32all-163-py23, 
but does not work with pywin32-201.win32-py2.3.

After some debugging I figured out, that the __path__ 
variable in th 47th line of win32com/__init__.py contains 
a string for cx_Freeze compiled applications, not a list.

File "D:\Python23\lib\site-
packages\win32com\__init__.py", line 47, in SetupEn
vironment
    __path__.append( win32api.GetFullPathName
(__path__[0] + "\..\win32comext") )

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'

Running the app without compiling works fine.

Can win32all avoid the usage of the __path__ module 
variable? It is problematic for standalone EXE compilers. 

(Maybe this is a bug of cx_Freeze.)

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Comment By: Anthony Tuininga (atuining)
Date: 2004-05-03 08:00

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This is due to the fact that win32com now expects that
sys.frozen is set if you are running a "frozen" application.
You can set sys.frozen to True somewhere prior to your
import of win32com and everything should work. A new version
of cx_Freeze (still unrelased) automatically sets sys.frozen
to True automatically on starrtup.

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