[Zope] zope and COM

[Andy McKay]

On Tue, 2003-05-27 at 09:11, Alexis Roda wrote:
> Hello,
> In order to manage m$ office documents from Zope (2.5.1 win32) I've
> downloaded the win32all-151 installer (for python 2.1) so I can use COM
> from Zope. My problem is that I'm unable to install it since I have no
> python interpreter installed (apart from zope's python), the package
> installer complains about "python 2.1 does not appear to be installed on
> this computer.".
> 
> * someone has managed to install this package into zope?

Yes, add PythonPath and InstallPath values to your registry
http://www.google.ca/search?q=InstallPath+python+registry

> * if not: it's safe to download/install python 2.1, install win32all-151
> and finally copy the package into the zope tree?

Yes. Or use that python 2.1.3 instead of the one with Zope, see the Zope
Book 2.6 on z2.py.

> * if not: can I import the win32com package from an script running under
> zope control if it is installed outside of the zope tree (in a "standard
> place")? Playing with PYTHONPATH or sys.path?

Yes.

Cheers.
-- 
  Andy McKay