Setting up your Computer - Windows

Python

Transana is written in Python. Therefore, the first step in getting your computer ready to work on Transana's source code is to download and install Python. Information and downloads are available at http://www.python.org. We are currently using version 2.4.2.

You might also need to download a file called "msvcp71.dll". It is available at http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcp71. Just copy it to your Transana source folder, or to C:\Windows\System32 or C:\WINNT\System32 (depending on your system).

If you are not familiar with Python, you might want to take a look at the Python Tutorial. There are also a number of good books available for learning Python. You don't need to spend any time learning Tkinter or Tcl/Tk GUI programming for Python, as Transana does not use that approach to building its graphical user interface.

The next step is to set up wxPython.