Installing python's pypiwin32

Installing python's pypiwin32

[Dennis Putnam]

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I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.


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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Marco Atzeri]

On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
>

I doubt the package is cygwin compatible

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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Dennis Putnam]

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On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
>> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
>> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
>> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
>> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
>>
>
> I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
>
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If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
without running Xwin?


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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Ray Donnelly]

Yes, you can use the ctypes module [1] for this sort of thing:

import ctypes
user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
mbw=getattr(user32,"MessageBoxW")
mbw(0,"Hello World","Caption",2)

.. but I think the ctypes module on Cygwin's Pythons should support
the windll stuff out of the box and it doesn't seem to, then you could
just do ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(...) instead.

[1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/ctypes.html

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Ray.

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>> On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
>>> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
>>> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
>>> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
>>> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
>>>
>>
>> I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
>>
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> If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
> without running Xwin?
>

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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Dennis Putnam]

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Hi Ray,

Thanks. That is actually where I started but I was not aware I needed
those first 2 assignments. I did not find any examples of MessageBoxW
that included that detail. However, now I get a different error. I am
guessing there is another import I'm missing:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 5, in <module>
    user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
NameError: name 'cdll' is not defined

On 4/4/2016 7:05 AM, Ray Donnelly wrote:
> Yes, you can use the ctypes module [1] for this sort of thing:
>
> import ctypes
> user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
> mbw=getattr(user32,"MessageBoxW")
> mbw(0,"Hello World","Caption",2)
>
> .. but I think the ctypes module on Cygwin's Pythons should support
> the windll stuff out of the box and it doesn't seem to, then you could
> just do ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(...) instead.
>
> [1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/ctypes.html
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ray.
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>> On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
>>>> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
>>>> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
>>>> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
>>>> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
>>>>
>>> I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>> If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
>> without running Xwin?
>>



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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Dennis Putnam]

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Hi Ray,

I kind of found the problem. The import should be:

from ctypes import *

Now I am getting a message box but the characters in it are garbage. I
was tried to send an image but apparently this list does not allow that.

Here is my trivial test program:

#!/usr/bin/python

from ctypes import *

user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
mbw=getattr(user32,"MessageBoxW")
mbw(0,'Hello world!!','Hello',2)

On 4/4/2016 8:32 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
> Thanks. That is actually where I started but I was not aware I needed
> those first 2 assignments. I did not find any examples of MessageBoxW
> that included that detail. However, now I get a different error. I am
> guessing there is another import I'm missing:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./test.py", line 5, in <module>
>     user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
> NameError: name 'cdll' is not defined
>
> On 4/4/2016 7:05 AM, Ray Donnelly wrote:
>> Yes, you can use the ctypes module [1] for this sort of thing:
>>
>> import ctypes
>> user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
>> mbw=getattr(user32,"MessageBoxW")
>> mbw(0,"Hello World","Caption",2)
>>
>> .. but I think the ctypes module on Cygwin's Pythons should support
>> the windll stuff out of the box and it doesn't seem to, then you could
>> just do ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(...) instead.
>>
>> [1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/ctypes.html
>>
>> --
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Ray.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>>> On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
>>>>> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
>>>>> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
>>>>> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
>>>>> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
>>>>>
>>>> I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>> If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
>>> without running Xwin?
>>>



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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Ray Donnelly]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hi Ray,
>
> I kind of found the problem. The import should be:
>
> from ctypes import *
>
> Now I am getting a message box but the characters in it are garbage. I
> was tried to send an image but apparently this list does not allow that.

Which version of Python are you using?

>
> Here is my trivial test program:
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> from ctypes import *
>
> user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
> mbw=getattr(user32,"MessageBoxW")
> mbw(0,'Hello world!!','Hello',2)
>
> On 4/4/2016 8:32 AM, Dennis Putnam wrote:
>> Hi Ray,
>>
>> Thanks. That is actually where I started but I was not aware I needed
>> those first 2 assignments. I did not find any examples of MessageBoxW
>> that included that detail. However, now I get a different error. I am
>> guessing there is another import I'm missing:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "./test.py", line 5, in <module>
>>     user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
>> NameError: name 'cdll' is not defined
>>
>> On 4/4/2016 7:05 AM, Ray Donnelly wrote:
>>> Yes, you can use the ctypes module [1] for this sort of thing:
>>>
>>> import ctypes
>>> user32=cdll.LoadLibrary('/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/User32.dll')
>>> mbw=getattr(user32,"MessageBoxW")
>>> mbw(0,"Hello World","Caption",2)
>>>
>>> .. but I think the ctypes module on Cygwin's Pythons should support
>>> the windll stuff out of the box and it doesn't seem to, then you could
>>> just do ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxW(...) instead.
>>>
>>> [1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/ctypes.html
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Ray.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Dennis Putnam <dap1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>> On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>>>> On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
>>>>>> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
>>>>>> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
>>>>>> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
>>>>>> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
>>>> without running Xwin?
>>>>
>
>

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Re: Installing python's pypiwin32

[Brian Inglis]

Dennis Putnam <dap1 <at> bellsouth.net> writes:
> On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> > On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
> >> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
> >> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
> >> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
> >> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
> > I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
> If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
> without running Xwin?

If you don't care how you do it, while looking for an alternative to XP cmd
msg, found http://stackoverflow.com/a/8965189:

$ mshta "javascript:alert('Message\n\nMultiple\nLines\ntoo\!');close();"

Works on Win7 at least, as long as you don't strip .../Windows/system32 from
PATH.

More suggestions and variations at: 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12514475/how-can-you-create-pop-up-messages-in-a-batch-script



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