[Zope] PyWinTypes15.dll not found

[Jean Jordaan]

Hi Zopers ..

I've installed Zope to start as a service. It seems to work perfectly
fine, but I notice messages like the following in the eventlog::

    2000/09/02	10:25:36	Application Popup	Information	None
26	N/A
    JEAN	Application popup: python.exe - Unable To Locate DLL : The
dynamic
    link library PyWinTypes15.dll could not be found in the specified path
    C:\programs\ZopeDev\lib\python\Products\LocalFS;
    .;
    C:\WINNT\System32; 
    C:\WINNT\system;
    C:\WINNT;
    C:\Perl\bin\;
    C:\WINNT\system32;
    C:\WINNT; 
    C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;
    C:\Program Files\Network Associates\PGPNT;
    C:\Program Files\Resource Pro Kit\;
    c:\programs\vim\vim57;
    C:\programs\NcFTP;
    c:\cygwin\bin;
    c:\cygwin\usr\bin.  

(I broke the path into separate lines for clarity.) Now, when I
examine the environment variables thru 
'Control Panel|System|Advanced|Environment Variables', Zope does not
feature. I also don't notice anything untoward when I examine the
registry. The registry entry that starts Zope seems to be::

    REGEDIT4

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\ZopeDev]
    "Type"=dword:00000010
    "Start"=dword:00000002
    "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
    "ImagePath"="C:\\Programs\\ZopeDev\\bin\\lib\\win32\\PythonService.exe"
    "DisplayName"="Zope (ZopeDev)"
    "ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
    @=""

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\ZopeDev\Parameters]
    "start"="\"C:\\programs\\ZopeDev\\bin\\python.exe\"
\"C:\\programs\\ZopeDev\\z2.py\" -S"

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\ZopeDev\PythonClass]
    @="C:\\programs\\ZopeDev\\ZServer\\ZService.ZServerService"

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Services\ZopeDev\Security]
 
"Security"=hex:01,00,14,80,a0,00,00,00,ac,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,30,00,00,00,0
2,\
 
00,1c,00,01,00,00,00,02,80,14,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
 
00,00,02,00,70,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,18,00,fd,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,\
 
05,12,00,00,00,4f,00,47,00,00,00,1c,00,ff,01,0f,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,00,05,\
 
20,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,4f,00,4e,00,00,00,18,00,8d,01,02,00,01,01,00,00,00,\
 
00,00,05,0b,00,00,00,20,02,00,00,00,00,1c,00,fd,01,02,00,01,02,00,00,00,00,\
 
00,05,20,00,00,00,23,02,00,00,4f,00,4e,00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,\
    00,01,01,00,00,00,00,00,05,12,00,00,00

(This also occurs as
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ZopeDev]
except that the 'ControlSet001' version has an additional key, 'Enum'::

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\ZopeDev\Enum]
    "0"="Root\\LEGACY_ZOPEDEV\\0000"
    "Count"=dword:00000001
    "NextInstance"=dword:00000001

Now for the questions:

 - What is the difference between the 'ControlSet002' version and the
   'ControlSet001' version? 

 - How and where does 'LocalFS' get into the path? 

 - Why isn't 'C:\programs\ZopeDev\bin\lib\win32\PyWinTypes15.dll'
   found? 

 - What, for that matter, is the difference between *that*
   PyWinTypes15 and this one:
   'C:\programs\ZopeDev\bin\PyWinTypes15.dll'?

Any answers sorely appreciated!

Regards, 
-- 
Jean Jordaan       --    technical writer    --
Mosaic Software    --    Zope 2.1.6 on WinNT and W2K