[David H]
Thanks for responding. I tried the suggestion: C:\Zope-2.8.0a2> python.exe setup.py build_ext --inplace and the thing runs for a while (good sign, as visual c 6.0 is compiling things) then I get this:
building 'Products.PluginIndexes.TextIndex.Splitter.ISO_8859_1_Splitter.ISO_8859_1_Splitter' extension creating build\temp.win32-2.3\Release\Products\PluginIndexes\TextIndex\Splitter\ISO_8859_1_Splitter creating build\temp.win32-2.3\Release\Products\PluginIndexes\TextIndex\Splitter\ISO_8859_1_Splitter\src C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\BIN\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GX /DNDEBUG -IC:\python23\include -IC:\python23\PC /TcProducts/PluginIndexes/TextIndex/Splitter/ISO_8859_1_Splitter/src/ISO_8859_1_Splitter.c /Fobuild\temp.win32-2.3\Release\Products/PluginIndexes/TextIndex/Splitter/ISO_8859_1_Splitter/src/ISO_8859_1_Splitter.obj ISO_8859_1_Splitter.c fatal error C1083: Cannot open source file: 'Products/PluginIndexes/TextIndex/Splitter/ISO_8859_1_Splitter/src/ISO_8859_1_Splitter.c': No such file or directory error: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\BIN\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2
When I inspect 'Products/PluginIndexes/TextIndex/Splitter/ISO_8859_1_Splitter/src I find only one file and its: ISO_8859_000064 (no extension).
From where did you obtain the Zope source code? The file it's looking for should be there.
For the heck of it, on WinXP I just downloaded Zope-2.8.0-a2.tgz from http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.8.0a2 then unpacked it using WinZip 9.0 SR-1. No problems: build_ext -i worked fine, and: C:\Zope-2.8.0-a2\lib\python\Products\PluginIndexes\TextIndex\Splitter\ISO_8859_1_Splitter\src>dir Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 5C0F-48E6 Directory of C:\Zope-2.8.0-a2\lib\python\Products\PluginIndexes\TextIndex\Splitter\ISO_8859_1_Splitter\src 04/09/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> . 04/09/2005 06:49 PM <DIR> .. 04/02/2005 04:26 AM 15,437 ISO_8859_1_Splitter.c 1 File(s) 15,437 bytes ...