rdahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mar 31, 12:53 pm, "mimi.vx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mar 31, 4:22 pm, rdahlstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > So I have a 64 bit Windows 2003 system, running python 2.5.1.1. >> >> > I can import a Windows .dll (msvcrt or whatever) using ctypes, but >> > when attempting to import another application-specific .dll (tibrv.dll >> > if anyone is familiar with it), I receive the error WindowsError: >> > [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application. >> >> > I know there's a Windows on Windows (wow) which allows 32 bit >> > processes to run on 64 bit windows - is there a way to work this in >> > somehow? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree? >>... >> >> all dlls and python must be 32bit or 64bit, no mixed ... > >Crap, no way to make a 32 bit load, even using the wowexec?
No. In Win64, a process is either entirely 32-bit, or entirely 64-bit. To do the kind of crossing you seek, you would need to create a separate process for the 32-bit DLL and use interprocess communication. -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
