IronPython

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!)

The IronPython tutorial uses the text driven console. 2.7 supports a Visual Studio 2010 development environment. I wish Komodo supported IronPython.

I think I will develop in VS2010 with 2.7 and then backport to 2.6