IronPython
From Wildsong
Okay, so I want to write an installer for a .Net 3.5 program. Since .Net 3.5 does not come on Windows XP, the installer has to work at .Net 2.0.
I tried valiantly to get py2exe to build me a Python 2.6 executable using wxPython. I followed all the instructions in the py2exe 5.2 section, I tried many other variations, I failed. Can't load msvcp90.dll.
Maybe if I use IronPython 2.6.1, I think I can get things going.
IronPython 2.6.1 will run on .Net 2.0 SP1, and that means it's good on Windows XP or Windows 7. I just don't care about Windows Vista. (No one does!)
I installed both the 2.6.1 for .Net 2 and the 2.7 versions of IronPython. (The 2.7 version requires .Net 4.0. Later for that!)