Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 26, 12:24 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:24:13 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > 41 0 0 0 > > 7 0 0 0 > > Which makes sense for two reasons: > > 1. It would only return the non-space-filled p

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 25, 2:02 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > And this is what I got: > > VmxGet test - looking for valid record... > > Before -PriKey = 0x0044F56C,S

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 24, 3:45 pm, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 24, 12:27 pm, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 23, 7:59 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:24:52 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > declaimed the following in comp.l

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 24, 12:27 pm, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 23, 7:59 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:24:52 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > This dll was designed to be used from eithe

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 23, 7:59 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:24:52 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > > This dll was designed to be used from either C or Visual Basic 6. > > > I have the declare statements for V

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 23, 4:48 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:05:31 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > I got back exactly what I expected for TypeDef, but SecKey and PriKey > > were what I initialized them to , not

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 22, 9:40 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:12:47 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > > > > Anyway, I have the following for "types": > > LPBSTR = POINTER(c_void_p) > > HANDLE = POINTER(POINTER(c

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 22, 3:13 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:21:48 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > Sorry, I wasn't trying to exclude any credit from Dennis, I just > > wasn't sure if he wanted to be listed. > >

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 21, 4:04 am, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:50:18 -0700 (PDT), Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > > > I received a direct email from someone, and I came up with the > > following after implementing his advice:

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 20, 6:26 pm, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The following is the C++ prototype for one of the functions: > > short FAR PASCAL VmxOpen(BSTR*Filespec, > > LPSHORT lpLocatorSize, > >

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The following is the C++ prototype for one of the functions: > short FAR PASCAL VmxOpen(BSTR*Filespec, > LPSHORT lpLocatorSize, > LPSHORT lpOmode, > LPHANDLE lphwmc

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 20, 4:55 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 20, 2:38 pm, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 20, 2:29 pm, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 20, 2:38 pm, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 20, 2:29 pm, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The culprit i here: > > > > > > Be

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 20, 2:38 pm, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 20, 2:29 pm, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The culprit i here: > > > > Before - X = 0, CacheSize = 0, OpenMode = 3, vHandle = 0 > > > This binds these names to Pyth

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On Mar 20, 2:29 pm, sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The culprit i here: > > > Before - X = 0, CacheSize = 0, OpenMode = 3, vHandle = 0 > > This binds these names to Python ints, but byref expects C types. > > Also observe that CacheSi

Re: Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

On 20 Mar, 19:09, Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The culprit i here: > Before - X = 0, CacheSize = 0, OpenMode = 3, vHandle = 0 This binds these names to Python ints, but byref expects C types. Also observe that CacheSize and OpenMode should be c_short. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman

Need help calling a proprietary C DLL from Python

I use a proprietary dll from Software Source (vbis5032.dll). I have successfully used it from Visual Basic 6, Fujitsu Cobol and from Perl. I would now like to use it from Python. The following is the C++ prototype for one of the functions: short FAR PASCAL VmxOpen(BSTR*Filespec,