[reportlab-users] RE: Python 2.3.2 compatibility

[Henning von Bargen]

Oliver Bleutgen wrote:

> > Henning von Bargen wrote:
> > ...
> > I also tried download the win32-dlls via the link on www.reportlab.org,
> > but the retrieved archive file was empty,
> > so I downloaded from ftp.reportlab.com,
> > but I didn't install them because I just don't know where to install.
> 
> You can put them into reportlab\lib, I don't know if this is the 
> intended location, but I can say that they get used if put there.
> AFAIK, reportlab still works without them, just a lot slower for certain 
>   operation (that's why I know exactly that they'll get used if put into 
> reportlab\lib ;))
> 
> > I also tried running setup.py as Rasjid Wilcox suggested.
> > I called it without arguments, but it seems it needs some arguments
> > and I didn't know which ones.
> 
> "python setup.py install" should do it.
> 
> HTH,
> oliver

Thanks, Oliver! 
Now it works!

Definitely your hints should be put into the README file!

Now I have two follow-up questions:
1) How can I proof that the dlls are really in the correct location?
2) Does setup.py require C-compiling? I mean, now I iw worked on my 
development machine with MSVC installed.
But will "setup.py install" run successfully on the production server
where nothing except Windows 2000 is installed, too?

Henning