On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:55 PM, xDog Walker <thud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The function I am trying to call wants a FILE *: > > dlg_progressbox(const char *title, > const char *cprompt, > int height, > int width, > int pauseopt, > FILE *fp) > > I can open the file to be referenced: > > fp = os.fdopen(self.pipefds[0], 'r') > > Every thing I've tried ends with ctypes raising a TypeError.
What specifically did you try? A tiny bit of googling suggests the following approach: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3794309/python-ctypes-python-file-object-c-file/3794401#3794401 Related POSIX docs: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/fdopen.html Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list