There's a bug in python's tokenizer that's triggered when the generated wrapper code for a COM object has lines longer than 512. See below link for a workaround:
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=551954&aid=1085454&group_id=78018 Roger "Matt Upton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hello, I am new to Python and am trying to produce script to run batch > processes for ArcGIS 9.0 (ArcView). I have upgraded to Phython 2.4 from > 2.1 > and am using the Pythonwin to try to code but am running into a problem. > Whenever I try to debug my program or run any code past the following code > it gets hung up and crashes, quits, no warning, and no messages. HELP, > what > is the problem, it is getting very frustrating. > >>> import win32com.client >>> gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GPDispatch.1") >>> gp.workspace = "c:/Program Files/ArcGIS/NASA" > > > It ALWAYS crashes and quits 30 sec or so after line 2 or 3 of the code > above???? I can't get Python to do anything in ArcGIS so far, none of the > tools can be called or used? > > I am assuming there is some sort of path or link that is not working > properly between ArcGIS and Python? > > Using the same coding in the IDLE Python environment results in the same > crashing results. > > Oh yea, I am running everything on Windows XP. > > Thank you. > > Matthew Upton > > > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
