On 2/4/07, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4 Feb 2007 05:16:27 -0800, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > script file 'test.py' and a DLL 'AutoIt3X.DLL' in the same folder, how > > could I load it? The tutorial did something like dll=windll.kernel32, > > which I understands loads the kernel but I don't see how I could apply > > that to load AutoIt3X. Thanks in advanced. > > I've not used ctypes, but from all the examples I've seen.... > > What happens if you specify: > > dll = ctypes.windll.AutoIt3X > > I think ctypes uses a getattr() trap to extract the dll name from > the invocation, then passes that to the Windows library loading code. > --
This is indeed what ctypes does. There's also a LoadLibrary static method of windll.cdll etc that you can use to get it explicitly (like if you need to load a DLL not on your path). dll = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(r"C:\AutoIT#x.dll") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
