Inconsistency Between Idle/pythonwin During Module Imports

I have been fumbling around between IDLE/PythonWin and even Aptana Studio 3 trying to get some consistency regarding importing modules. The modules I have been using lately are wx

Solution 1:

The problem is that ArcGIS comes with its own specific Python bundled with the software and you have installed a normal distribution into "C:\Python27\". I would try removing the latter and reinstalling wxPython. I'm guessing this IDLE of which you speak is actually embedded in ArcGIS rather than being the normal IDLE.

To be more clear, when you originally installed wx, it saw the Python in "C:\Python27\" and installed in that location. If you can't get wx to install to the GIS location, there may be a way to fake it by just copying the wx folder from C:\Python27\ and putting it in ArcGIS. They should both be in something like "C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\wx-2.9.3-msw" (depending on version) and there's also a wx.pth file you'll need to copy from ""C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages" to the same basic location in the GIS directory.

EDIT: I also found the following links that might address your issue:

• http://www.scoop.it/t/arcpy/p/1759717424/custom-wxpython-gui-s-an-approach-for-arcgis-10-1-arcgis-resource-center
• http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/41809-wxPython-hooked-to-arcmap
• wxPython and ARCGIS

It sounds like you have to add wxPython as an add-in.