Ya, I can go back and do that, just glad to have a viable lead. I'll get back to everyone next week about how it goes but this sounds promising.
Andy K. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Matt Newville <newvi...@cars.uchicago.edu> wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Ah, I believe the problem is due to using 64-bit version of Python. > That is, the ifeffit_12.dll *was* found, but it couldn't be loaded > because it is built for 32-bit. I was testing with a 32-bit Python > on a Win7 64-bit machine... > > I'm pretty sure the ifeffit_12.dll would have to be rebuilt to work > with Enthought's EPD 7.1-1 (64-bit). That might be possible, but I > haven't tried doing this, and can't guarantee it will happen quickly. > That dll would also need to be kept separately from the rest of the > ifeffit/bin, as Athena, Artemis, etc are all built for 32-bit systems. > > Is using a 32-bit Python a viable alternative? > Sorry for the trouble, > > --Matt > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Andrew Korinda > <a-kori...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >> So I went through and double checked the use_ifeffit, no change. I >> then entered the bin path directly and tried again, again with the >> same results. Following your code, I just have one difference when I >> import Ifeffit: >> "Forcing DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1" >> Do I need to install a version of Visual Studio? >> >> The full text from the command shell is attached to spare others >> following this including an output of my paths. >> >> Andy K. >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Matt Newville >> <newvi...@cars.uchicago.edu> wrote: >>> Hi Andrew, >>> >>> Just as a follow-up, loading the Ifeffit library from python worked >>> for me on a separate Win7 machine (64bit). I even had Ifeffit >>> installed to the non-default location. With Ifeffit installed to >>> C:\apps\Ifeffit, I edited C:\apps\Ifeffit\bin\use_ifeffit.bat to read >>> >>> @echo off >>> SET IFEFFIT_DIR=C:\apps\Ifeffit\ >>> SET IFEFFIT_BIN=C:\apps\Ifeffit\bin >>> SET PATH=%PATH%;%IFEFFIT_BIN% >>> SET PGPLOT_DIR=%IFEFFIT_BIN% >>> SET PGPLOT_DEV=/GW >>> >>> Then from a command prompt: >>> C:\>C:\apps\Ifeffit\bin\use_ifeffit >>> C:\>python >>> Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Nov 27 2010, 18:30:46) [MSC v.1500 32 >>> bit (Intel)] on win32 >>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> >>> import Ifeffit >>> >>> x = Ifeffit.Ifeffit() >>> >>> x.ifeffit('show $&build') >>> $&build = 1.2.11c Copyright (c) 2008 Matt Newville, Univ of >>> Chicago >>> >>> Does that work for you? If not, can you send a more complete report >>> of your environmental variables? >>> >>> Sorry for the trouble, >>> >>> --Matt >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Korinda >>> <a-kori...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >>>> Thanks Matt. That new binary was a great help. The install appears to >>>> have gone fine. I made the appropriate path changes in >>>> use_ifeffit.bat, ifeffit_config.py and ifeffit.py to reflect where I >>>> have installed Ifeffit. I noticed this when I was trying to debug an >>>> import error I get when I call ifeffit but this didn't solve the >>>> problem. The error I am getting is: ('failed to load ifeffit library >>>> ', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Ifeffit\\bin\\ifeffit_12.dll') which is >>>> fatal. It's from line 125 of ifeffit.py. I've double check and the dll >>>> is there so I'm not sure why it is failing. >>>> >>>> I saw Joel.Brugger had the same issue on his Mac but I didn't see an >>>> email about that being resolved. Matt or anyone have another >>>> suggestion where I can look to debug this? >>>> >>>> Andy K. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Matt Newville >>>> <newvi...@cars.uchicago.edu> wrote: >>>>> Hi Andrew, >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for not keeping these more up-to-date. I posted windows >>>>> installers for Python 2.6 and Python 2.7 (sorry, no Python 3 support >>>>> yet) at >>>>> http://cars.uchicago.edu/~ifeffit/src/PythonWrapper/ >>>>> >>>>> I'll update the links on the wiki. >>>>> >>>>> Note that to use these well (especially for plotting fonts and colors >>>>> to work), you may have to run C:\Program >>>>> Files\Ifeffit\bin\use_ifeffit.bat, or otherwise set the environmental >>>>> variables given in that file. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> --Matt >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Andrew Korinda >>>>> <a-kori...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >>>>>> After a reprieve from XAS work, I'm back at it with a new laptop. In >>>>>> rebuilding the Ifeffit python package I realized I did not properly >>>>>> compile all the instructions which would explain why I wasn't getting >>>>>> things to return to the python shell such as echo messages. I am >>>>>> currently trying to properly install the Ifeffit wrapper from within >>>>>> ifeffit-1.2.11c.tar.gz onto Windows 7 and Python 2.7.2. Of course this >>>>>> has required some tweaks but when I get to "gcc.exe -mno-cygwin >>>>>> -shared -s build" the install crashes. I believe this has to do with >>>>>> site_install.py being writing for redhat and I'm not sure how to >>>>>> modify the directories for windows. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there a way around this? I realize I could go back and install >>>>>> Python 2.5 and run Ifeffit-1.2.win32-py2.5.exe but that does mean >>>>>> going back and reinstalling every package (numpy, scipy, matplotlib, >>>>>> etc.) Is there maybe a way to rework Ifeffit-1.2.win32-py2.5.exe so it >>>>>> can be used on a machine with Python 2.7.2? >>>>>> >>>>>> Andy Korinda >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Andrew Korinda >>>>>> <a-kori...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >>>>>>> Thanks for the help. Sorry it took so long to report back but I can >>>>>>> only do >>>>>>> must of my work on this on weekends. The corrected code worked great >>>>>>> and I'm >>>>>>> moving forward again. No message was given when the code wasn't working. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andy Korinda >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Nov 1, 2010 1:55 PM, "Matt Newville" <newvi...@cars.uchicago.edu> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Andrew, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Andrew Korinda >>>>>>> <a-kori...@northwestern.edu> wrote: >>>>>>>> I'm looking t... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is almost certainly due to space in the filename, and is really >>>>>>> more of a problem with the fortran than python (or perl for that >>>>>>> matter). That is, with a space in the file name, you should >>>>>>> explicitly use >>>>>>> read_data(file=...., group=...) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This should work better:: >>>>>>> import Ifeffit >>>>>>> iff = Ifeffit.Ifeffit() >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ret = iff.ifeffit("read_data(file=C:\Program >>>>>>> Files\Ifeffit\examples\Ifeffit\data\cu.xmu, group=c)") >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it doesn't, let use know. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >From this experience I have some questions: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ~First does anyone have some debugging tips for ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There should have been a printed message that might have altered you >>>>>>> that the file hadn't been read in correctly: >>>>>>> *** read_data: no file name given! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> was that message not given? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ~Secondly, Does anyone have any example Python scripts for Ifeffit >>>>>>>> that they would like to shar... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I sort of deliberately have left the base Ifeffit python module >>>>>>> bare-bones. It would certainly be possible to add more functionality >>>>>>> to that, or distribute add-on packages. It sort of depends what >>>>>>> people would find desirable. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have many example scripts using Ifeffit + Python, mostly scripts, >>>>>>> not documented, reliable code. Of course, there is also sixpack. I >>>>>>> had some older GUIs as well. Would it be helpful to add some small >>>>>>> examples on a wiki page? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ~Finally, would I be better off coding in Perl and using Demeter? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That's a difficult question. The relative merits of Perl v Python are >>>>>>> sort of a topic all on their own. For what it's worth, I believe >>>>>>> (far) more people have used Python than Perl, but several very notable >>>>>>> Ifeffit programs are written in Perl ;). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --Matt >>>>>>> >>>>>>> PS: The next version of Ifeffit will be in python. Progress is slow, >>>>>>> and when it will start to look like an EXAFS analysis program is a >>>>>>> fair question. 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