[reportlab-users] Install help for the python newbie

[Robin Becker]

Scott Karlin wrote:
> 
> I'm having trouble installing ReportLab on a WinXP Pro box.
> Here's what I did:
> 
> * Installed Python 2.4 in C:\Python24
> 
> * Did not install PIL as there was no version for Python 2.4
> 
> * Copied reportlab directory to C:\Python24\reportlab
> 
> * Added C:\Python24 to %PATH%
> 
> * Created C:\Python24\reportlab.pth containing the line
>     c:/Python24/ReportLab

you don't need this as c:\Python24 is already on the path.

> 
> * Opened Command Prompt and ran "python test_pdfgen_general.py"
>     C:\Python24\reportlab\test>python test_pdfgen_general.py
>     .
>     --------------------------------------------------------
>     Ran 1 test in 0.140s
> 
>     OK
> 
>     C:\Python24\reportlab\test>
> 
>   However, there is was no .pdf file created so I suspect that
>   there is trouble.
> 
> * I was able to create a hw.py file:
>     from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
>     from reportlab.lib.units import cm
>     c = canvas.Canvas("hello.pdf")
>     c.drawString(9*cm, 22*cm, "Hello World!")
>     c.showPage()
>     c.save()
>   Double-clicking on this .py file created a correct hello.pdf file.
> 
> 
> My questions are:
>    * Have I installed ReportLab (sans PIL) correctly?
>    * How do I run the test_pdfgen_general.py?
>    * Do I need to worry about the setup.py file in reportlab?
>      (I suspect it's used to install the library but there
>      was no of it mention in the user's guide.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
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Robin Becker