What's win32con module in python? Where can I find it?

Question

I'm building an open source project that uses python and c++ in Windows. I came to the following error message:

 ImportError: No module named win32con 

The same happened in a "prebuilt" code that it's working ( except in my computer :P )

I think this is kind of "popular" module in python because I've saw several messages in other forums but none that could help me.

I have Python2.6, should I have that module already installed? Is that something of VC++?

Thank you for the help.

I got this url http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ but I'm not sure what to do with the executable :S

Answer 1

This module contains constants related to Win32 programming. It is not part of the Python 2.6 release, but should be part of the download of the pywin32 project.

Edit: I imagine that the executable is an installation program, though the last time I downloaded pywin32 it was just a zip file.

Answer 2

pip install pypiwin32

Glyph had packed packed it until somebody sends patch to build wheels as part of pywin32 build process to close https://sourceforge.net/p/pywin32/bugs/680/

Answer 3

Ok I stumbled here twice for installs on two machines so here is a quick link for that ressource

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/

This is the actual download page of the project and now a readme download

Answer 4

Note that the Pywin32 download page contains installers for version 2.6 (i386 and AMD64). The ActiveState distribution is a single installer that includes pywin32 - currently at version 2.5.2.

Answer 5

The PyWin32 download references including project references are found in the pypi registry.

Answer 6

navigate to: C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\win32\lib and copy the win32con.py file into your project directory.