[Zope] Help with PIL / Photo product

[Chris McDonough]

While I've never used the Photo product, I imagine it treats PIL as a
Python package.  I hope it does, anyway.

Try the following:  copy the PIL directory that includes __init__.py
(not the py152 directory, just the PIL directory) into
$ZOPEHOME/lib/python/Products/OFS.  Restart Zope.  Forget about PIL.pth.

If this works, know that this isn't the best way to do this, a preferred
method would be adding a new path pointing to a directory that contains
PIL (other than OFS) to your PYTHONPATH environment variable.  I just
can't remember how to set environment variables in Win32!  Now *THAT's*
sad.

Dale Lance wrote:
> 
> Help.
> 
> I am trying to install the Photo product and am having some problems.
> I need to install PIL to get it to work but just don't understand
> <something>
> 
> Instructions followed:
> 
> Installing and Packagizing PIL for Zope
> 
> 1. Download PIL and compile
>     <downloaded pil-win32-991101.zip for Pythonware>
>    Consider leaving out the tk libraries, we won't be using this for Zope.
> 2. Copy the __init__.py file into your PIL directory
>     <Copied.>
> 3. Move your PIL directory into your Zope's python's path.
>   <Just PIL directory or whole py152 directory?>
>   <I copied just PIL portion>
> 4. Move the PIL.pth into your site-packages directory.
>   <don't know what is meant here>
> 
> System info from Zope control panel:
> Zope version: Zope 2.0.0 (binary release, python 1.5.2, win32-x86)
> Python version: 1.5.2 (#0, Jul 30 1999, 09:52:18) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]
> System Platform: win32
> 
> Traceback encountered in broken photo product:
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\OFS\Application.py", line 393,
> in import_products
>     product=__import__(pname, global_dict, global_dict, silly)
>   File "C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\Products\Photo\__init__.py",
> line 42, in ?
>     import Photo
>   File "C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\Products\Photo\Photo.py", line
> 56, in ?
>     import PIL
>   File "C:\Program Files\WebSite\lib\python\PIL\__init__.py", line 4, in ?
>     import Image, ImageFile, ImageDraw,  _imaging, GifImagePlugin
> ImportError: DLL load failed: One of the library files needed to run this
> application cannot be found.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Dale Lance
> 
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Chris McDonough
Digital Creations, Inc.
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