Welcome to a veritable novella. I’ll jump straight to the end – there is no happy outcome, as yet, to this post there is a happy outcome! I have compiled a 64 bit PyISAPIe DLL (a program that runs Python at high speed under IIS), and it is up and running on Windows Server 2008 and IIS7. Many thanks to Phillip Stabon, the creator of PyISAPIe, for additional help, and for the latest version of PyISAPIe which makes compilation for different set ups much easier.
Some background information – I’ve not done any C++ for 10 years (and even then my most advanced program was to finish off a code sample on a hotel register for pirates – of the traditional kind). Also I’ve never used Subversion. Hence there are lots of pictures, and every step is detailed. If there’s anything missing let me know.
I’m not sure why I started doing this – the performance of Python using 32-bit version is fine, and since I started working on this Phillip Stabon, has mentioned he will be making a 64 bit DLL himself. However as there are many different versions of Python around, and different GIS tools rely on different versions it seemed a good idea to document how to do this from scratch.
In this example I’m using Visual Studio 2008, and a number of other tools that are detailed as I go along. I’ve also got the 64 bit compilation tools installed. There are a few notes from Phillip on compiling it for Windows 64-bit in the discussion lists (see quoted text underneath the post). Since this post was first published there is a newer discussion in the forums.
Anyway “How to Compile PyISAPIe for a 64-bit Server in 5 Easy Steps!”…