Unable to get python embedded to work with zip'd library

Question

I\'m trying to embed python, and provide the dll and a zip of the python libraries and not use any installed python. That is, if a user doesn\'t have python, I want my code to

Answer 1

I had two issues.

The not well documented 'Py_NoSiteFlag' fixed the

ImportError: No module named site

first problem. Next, I had to update paths. In the end, I ended up with the following for initialization:

Py_NoSiteFlag=1;
Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
Py_SetPythonHome(".");
Py_InitializeEx(0);
PyRun_SimpleString("import sys");
PyRun_SimpleString("sys.path = ['.','python27.zip','python27.zip/DLLs','python27.zip/Lib','python27.zip/site-packages']");

[edit to address question in comments] Once you have the zip'd file loading, you still need to pass files to the python engine. Here's what I use (argument and file existence checks not included).

PyObject* PyFileObject = PyFile_FromString(argv[1], "r");
int res = PyRun_SimpleFile(PyFile_AsFile(PyFileObject), argv[1]);

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