Michael Collins wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I've been asked to download and evaluate the Visual Python Trial for
>  the company I work for.
>  
>  Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be going too well so far.
>  
>  First off, I'm using Visual Studio .Net 2003, it has all microsoft
>  service packs installed etc.
>  My workstation is a Windows XP professional machine, again with all
>  service packs etc. applied.
>  I already had Python 2.4.1 from python.org installed on my machine,
>  along with a bunch of python modules including pywin32.
>  I downloaded the Latest Visual Python, 1.83 from the activestate site.
>  
>  I have set up a Solution with 2 projects which corresponds to the
>  directory structure for the python I am trying to debug.
>  
>  This is the directory stucture roughly
>  
>  Services>    __init__.py
>     ServicesCommon>        __init__.py
>        file1.py
>        file2.py
>        ...
>     Teams>       __init__.py
>        file3.py
>        file4.py
>        ...
>  
>  
>  My Solution is Services.sln with 2 projects, ServicesCommon and Teams.
>  
>  In the a Teams Service in the teams directory I have a this line:
>  from Services.ServicesCommon.XmlHelper import XmlHelper
>  
>  Trying to debug one of this program in the Teams modules which refers
>  to files in the ServicesCommon doesn't work.
>  
>  I get output like this:
>  
>  Starting Python debug run ...
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "c:\program files\activestate visual python\callvpython.py ",
>  line 105, in ?
>      main(sys.argv[1:])
>    File "c:\program files\activestate visual python\callvpython.py ",
>  line 100, in main
>      else: requestor.start(script_args)
>    File "c:\program files\activestate visual python\kdbxml.py", line
>  709, in start
>      return Requester.start(self, debug_args)
>    File "c:\program files\activestate visual python\kdbxml.py", line
>  311, in start
>      self._do_start(debug_args)
>    File "c:\program files\activestate visual python\kdbxml.py", line
>  343, in _do_start
>      self.kdb.run(code_ob, locals, locals)
>    File "C:\Python24\lib\bdb.py", line 366, in run
>      exec cmd in globals, locals
>    File "c:\michael\code\Services\Teams\Teams_Service.py", line 26, in ?
>      from MMP_Services.Teams.Teams_Core import Teams
>  ImportError: No module named MMP_Services.Teams.Teams_Core
>   
>  If it was a standard vc++ project I would be able to add a dependancy
>  from Teams to ServicesCommon.
>  
>  I have tried adding the path to the Services directory, and the
>  directory below it to the PYTHONPATH environment variable. (Both in
>  Tools -> Options -> Projects -> VisualPython Python Path in visual
>  studio, and by setting a windows environment PYTHON_PATH variable)
>  
>  Using the pyDev Eclipse plugin I create a workspace in Services and am
>  able to add the ServicesCommon and Teams directory as additional paths
>  in the pyDev PythonPath.
>  
>  Running it in pdb from the command line I just start a python session
>  in the c:\michael\code directory, import pdb, import the module and
>  start it running.
>  
>  What really puzzles me is that the context menu when i right lcick on
>  the import statement  in the ide which the debugger is crashing on the
>  ide can pull up the file which it references.
>  
>  Any pointers or tips?

I've added a bug -- http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=40489 --
requiring that we put in a field in the project properties to specify
the directory to run a script from.

I'm not sure why the PYTHONPATH isn't being used.

Thanks for reporting this,
Eric

>  
>  Cheers
>  
>  Michael
>  
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