2.9.12 for Windows \ cache \ "Cannot import name wintypes"

[Kiran Subbaraman]

I downloaded the Windows installable: http://www.web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_win.zip
Installed the attached sample app, and I see this error on first use.

<type 'exceptions.ImportError'> cannot import name wintypes

Version

web2py™	Version 2.9.12-stable+timestamp.2015.01.17.06.11.03
Python	Python 2.7.6: C:\Users\subbaraman\Downloads\web2py_win\web2py\web2py.exe (prefix: D:\programs\open\python27)

Traceback

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Traceback (most recent call last):   File "gluon/restricted.py", line 224, in restricted   File "C:/Users/subbaraman/Downloads/web2py_win/web2py/applications/cache2912_issue/controllers/default.py", line 77, in <module>   File "gluon/globals.py", line 393, in <lambda>   File "C:/Users/subbaraman/Downloads/web2py_win/web2py/applications/cache2912_issue/controllers/default.py", line 24, in index     rows = db(db.t1.id > 0).select(**cache_settings)   File "gluon/dal/objects.py", line 2066, in select   File "gluon/dal/adapters/base.py", line 1230, in select   File "gluon/cache.py", line 399, in __call__   File "gluon/cache.py", line 391, in initialize   File "gluon/cache.py", line 272, in __init__ ImportError: cannot import name wintypes

[Leonel Câmara]

You found a bug with the binary version. You need to use the source one as apparently wintypes wasn't included.

[Kiran Subbaraman]

Thanks for confirming. Have opened an issue for the binary version: https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/detail?id=2034