[wxPython-users] wx Import Error when loading from non-boot drive

[Robin Dunn]

Dave Burdick wrote:
> I have a user who is having problems trying to get wxPthon to run on his 
> Athalon Win XP Pro machine.  He is running Python 2.4 and has installed 
> wxPython on his L: drive (not his C: boot drive).  Python is also installed 
> on his L: drive (as part of a bundled application).  When he types in import 
> wx, this is what he's getting:
> 
>>>> import wx
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in ?
>   File "L:/Vue/Vue 6 Infinite/Python/PythonLib\wx\__init__.py", line 42, in 
> ?
>     from wx._core import *
>   File "L:/Vue/Vue 6 Infinite/Python/PythonLib\wx\_core.py", line 4, in ?
>     import _core_
> ImportError:
> 
> There is no message after the Import Error.  I assume it's having a problem 
> loading the compiled _core_.pyd file.  Is there something path specific 
> inside the .pyd files that would prevent them from running in a location 
> other than the boot drive?

Not that I know of.  _core_.pyd will need to load additional DLLs, some 
of which come from the same dir as the .pyd, and others that will follow 
the normal search path to find the DLL (looking at the dirs on the PATH 
and then in the system dir) so maybe there is some problem loading one 
of those.

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Robin Dunn
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