On 13-01-21 05:46 AM, Steve Simmons wrote:
...
>>> from ctypes import *
>>> sLib = cdll.slib
>>> lic_key = c_char_p("asdfghjkl".encode(encoding='utf_8',
errors='strict'))
>>> initResult = sLib.InitScanLib(lic_key.value)
>>> print("InitScanLib Result: ", initResult)
InitScanLib Result: 65535
>>>
I've tried declaring initResult as c_short by: inserting...
>>> initResult = c_short(0)
... before the call to sLib.InitScanLib but I still get the same
response (65535).
That's because you've just discarded the object you created.
What you wanted was, I believe:
initScanLib = sLib.InitScanLib
initScanLib.restype = c_short
initResult = initScanLib( ... )
i.e. you tell the initScanLib function how to coerce its result-type.
*Some* C functions take a pointer to a data-value to fill in their data,
but not *your* function. That pattern looks like:
result = c_short(0)
my_ctypes_function( ..., byref(result) )
print result.value
i.e. you have to pass the variable into the function (as a
reference/pointer).
HTH,
Mike
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