This is the readme for the Python for Win32 (pywin32) extensions source code.
See CHANGELOG.md for recent changes.
setup.py is a standard distutils build script. You probably want to:
python setup.py install
or
python setup.py --help
These extensions require the same version of MSVC as used for the
corresponding version of Python itself. Some extensions require a recent
"Platform SDK" from Microsoft, and in general, the latest service packs
should be installed, but run setup.py without any arguments to see
specific information about dependencies. A vanilla MSVC installation should
be able to build most extensions and list any extensions that could not be
built due to missing libraries - if the build actually fails with your
configuration, please log a bug via http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32.
May need to run the following before building:
set MSVC_VERSION=2015
set MSVC_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0
rem if [%LIBPATH%]==[] call "%MSVC_DIR%\VC\vcvarsall" amd64
set VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS140COMNTOOLS%
set VS100COMNTOOLS=%VS140COMNTOOLS%
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC
call vcvarsall.bat x86_amd64