[Zope-dev] RE: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Packages/Signals - WinSignalHandler.py:1.1.2.2

[Mark Hammond]

> Mark, should Zope's nt_svcutils/service.py also be changed to import
> pywintypes first?  Its import block looks like this now:
> 
> import sys, os, time, threading, signal
> import win32api, win32event, win32file, win32pipe, 
> win32process, win32security
> import win32service, win32serviceutil, servicemanager
> import pywintypes, winerror, win32con
> 
> I had "funny problems" getting the Windows ZRS installer to register
> the ZRS service on older machines, primarily the
> 
>      python.exe - Entry Point Not Found
> 
>      The procedure entry point
>      
> ?PyWinObject_AsDEVMODE@@YAHPAU_object@@PAPAU_devicemodeA@@H at Z could
>      not be located in the dynamic link library pywintypes23.dll
> 
> popup box on a machine with an older pywintypes23.dll in the 
> system32 directory.

That sounds very likely, yes.

Mark.