[Nexus] Nexus with python on windows

[Jonathan Wright]

Thanks Freddie! These seem to work for me, the test passes at least.

Jon



On Mon, 30 Jul 2007, Akeroyd, FA (Freddie) wrote:

> Jon,
>
> I've compiled the python binding for Windows and added a link to then
> from
> http://download.nexusformat.org/kits/windows/
>
> These binding are swig based and provide a direct interface to the usual
> NeXus API functions; I'm afraid there is currently no support for
> Numeric/numpy
>
> Regards,
>
> Freddie
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nexus-bounces at nexusformat.org] On Behalf Of Jon Wright
> Sent: 26 July 2007 17:27
> To: nexus at nexusformat.org
> Subject: [Nexus] Nexus with python on windows
>
> Dear NeXus'ers,
>
> I've just downloaded the nexus api which is pre-built for windows from:
>
> http://download.nexusformat.org/kits/windows/
>
> These look useful, but I'm wondering where to find the python bindings.
> Is there a pre-compiled set around somewhere? Is it easier if I just use
>
> PyTables for direct hdf access?
>
> I did attempt to create a setup.py file for the ones in bindings/swig
> and build things myself but have gotten stuck. There are a lot of linker
>
> errors coming from missing export libraries for the hdf dll's with mingw
>
> (see below). Naturally, I have not been able to find the hdf ".a"
> libraries for mingw.
>
> Whichever set of NeXus to python bindings, it seems neither supports the
>
> Numeric or numpy packages for handling large arrays of binary data. Am I
>
> missing something?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Jon
>
>
> C:\Program Files\NeXus Data Format\bindings\swig>C:\mingw\bin\gcc.exe
> libNeXus.a -mno-cygwin -shared -s build\temp.win32
> -2.4\Release\nxpython_wrap.o
> build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\nxinterhelper.o
> build\temp.win32-2.4\Release\_nxpython.def -L.
>  -LC:\Python24\libs -LC:\Python24\PCBuild -lNeXus -lpython24 -lmsvcr71
> -o build\lib.win32-2.4\_nxpython.pyd libNeXus.a
>
> Cannot export init_nxpython: symbol not defined
> ./libNeXus.a(napi.o): In function
> `NXinternalopen':C:/msys/1.0/home/faa59/nexus-4.0.0/src/napi.c:212:
> undefined referenc
> e to `H5Fis_hdf5'
> :C:/msys/1.0/home/faa59/nexus-4.0.0/src/napi.c:218: undefined reference
> to `Hishdf'
> ./libNeXus.a(nxxml.o): In function
> `getLinkTarget':C:/msys/1.0/home/faa59/nexus-4.0.0/src/nxxml.c:74:
> undefined referenc
> e to `mxmlFindElement'
> :C:/msys/1.0/home/faa59/nexus-4.0.0/src/nxxml.c:79: undefined reference
> to `mxmlFindElement'
> ./libNeXus.a(nxxml.o): In function
> `NXXopen':C:/msys/1.0/home/faa59/nexus-4.0.0/src/nxxml.c:115: undefined
> reference to
> `mxmlSetCustomHandlers'
>
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