Windows 32 service problem (ImportError)

[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

Hi All!

I have a running service (a small web server) implemented in python,
running as a win32 service. I wrote another program that is very similar
to the web server but I cannot start the service. From the event log, I
can read this traceback:

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Python could not import the service's module
File "T:\Python\Projects\NamedConnector\Service.py" , line 17, in ?
from Processor import *
File "c:\Python\Projects\NamedConnector\Processor.p y", line 35, in ?
from mess import MessageSocket
File "T:\Python\Lib\mess\MessageSocket.py", line 31, in ?
import zlib
exceptions.ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function
(initzlib)
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Facts:

1. I'm using the same module (MessageSocket) for my web server
2. The web server runs fine as a service

Where is the problem? Please help.

Les

[Martin v. Löwis]

Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:

exceptions.ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function
(initzlib)
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Where is the problem? Please help.

My guess is that you have a zlib.dll somewhere, which gets used before
zlib.pyd.

Regards,
Martin