Here is a short walkthrough on how to use the
Python Standard
Library with
SharpDevelop 3.0 and IronPython 2.0.
Prerequisites
You will need to have SharpDevelop 3.0 and Python 2.5 installed
on your machine. These can be downloaded from the following
locations.
Note that using Python 2.6 is not supported. The following
section assumes that Python 2.5 was installed into the C:\Python25
folder.
Using the Python Standard Library
First we will create an IronPython console application in
SharpDevelop. From the File menu select New and then
Solution. In the New Project window select the Python
category and select the Console Application template.
Give the project a name, select its location and click the
Create button.
To use the Python Standard Library the project needs a reference
to IronPython.dll, which should be added by default, and a
reference to IronPython.Modules.dll. Open the Projects
window, if it is not already open, by selecting Projects
from the View menu. Right click the project's
references and select Add Reference. In the Add
Reference dialog first add a reference to mscorlib, this
reference is needed since we are going to use the
System.Console class to pause the console output. Then select the
.NET Assembly Browser tab and click the Browse
button. Locate the IronPython.Modules.dll file and select it. This
file should be in the following folder:
C:\Program
Files\SharpDevelop\3.0\AddIns\AddIns\BackendBindings\PythonBinding
Click OK to close the Add Reference dialog.
In the Program.py file change the code to the following:
# Add Python Standard Library to search path.
import sys
sys.path.append("c:\python25\lib")
# Use Python Standard Library os module.
import os
print os.getcwd()
# Wait for a key press before closing the console window.
import System
print "Press any key to continue..."
System.Console.ReadKey(True)
The sys.path.append line adds the Python Standard Library to the
search path. After that the os module is imported and the os.getcwd
method is called to get the current working directory and this is
output to the console window. The last three lines of code are just
used to pause the console window so we can see the output.
Compile the above code by selecting Build Solution from
the Build menu.
Finally run the application by selecting Run from the
Debug menu.
