Thanks Lenard! I got the lib to work without SDL having to be installed. I created a new find_library function, and then hacked the lib a little, and it works great! Thanks again :-)
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you go to the ctypes mailing list you would probably find me, though I > am neither the creator nor maintainer. :-) The problem is ctypes does not > search the module's directory for dll's unless the directory is path of the > normal dll search path. And the ctypes 'find_library' function does not look > in the current directory unless it is part of the PATH environment variable. > So either C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\SDL has to be added to PATH or SDL > and friends have to be placed somewhere in the existing dll search path > (C:\Python25 would be one place, but probably not the best option). > > Lenard > > > > René Dudfield wrote: > > > hello, > > > > pygame-ctypes has been abandoned. > > > > The authors email is in the docs if you'd like to email him. You > > might get a good response on the ctypes list to your issue. > > > > > > cheers, > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:50 AM, PyMike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've been interested in making something similar to pygame, but > > > completely > > > in python. I came across http://www.pygame.org/ctypes/ and after I > > > installed > > > the SDL lib I get this error when I run __init__.py... > > > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\SDL\dll.py", line 221, in > > > <module> > > > _dll = SDL_DLL('SDL', 'SDL_Linked_Version') > > > File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\SDL\dll.py", line 54, in > > > __init__ > > > _platform_library_name(library_name) > > > ImportError: Dynamic library "SDL" was not found > > > ...and I have all the SDL DLLs that are included pygame in the same > > > dir as > > > the SDL lib. I want to be able to include SDL with the pkg and not > > > have > > > users have to install it into their system folder for the python lib > > > to > > > work. > > > > > > > > > -- - pymike (pymike93.googlepages.com)
