I answered this one already. from ctypes import * libx = CDLL("small_dll5.dll", RTLD_GLOBAL)
libx = cdll.small_dll4 libx.adder.restype = None libx.adder.argtypes = [c_double, c_double, POINTER(c_double)] real=c_double(0) imag=c_double(0) zz=libx.adder(3.342,4,byref(size)) print size "mclaugb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >I have a simple function > > void adder(double a, double b, double *c){ > *c = a+b; > } > > i have created a shared dll -- "small_dll4.dll" of it using visual studio. > > now i wish to call it from python. > to do so, i have done the following: > > libx = cdll("small_dll4.dll", RTLD_GLOBAL) > libx.adder.argtypes = [c_double, c_double, POINTER(c_double)] > libx.adder.restype = None > size=c_double() > zz=libd.adder(3.342, 4, byref(size)) > > and the result is an access violation! > > File "<console>", line 0, in __main__ > WindowsError: exception: access violation reading 0x7EF9DB23 > > I cant figure out what is causing this. > thanks in advance, > Bryan > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list