_PyImport_FixupExtension Error

[Mark Hammond]

Ron Clarke wrote:

> I received the following error message when trying to import a Windows DLL
> built with the necessary Python methods (I thought!) via py_cpp:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "D:\Python20\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 301, in
> RunScript
>     exec codeObject in __main__.__dict__
>   File "E:\PythonScripts\BK\bkdotest.py", line 11, in ?
>     DoMain()
>   File "E:\PythonScripts\BK\bkdotest.py", line 7, in DoMain
>     import bkdo
> SystemError: _PyImport_FixupExtension: module bkdo not loaded

It means that your module code either doesn't have a line similar to:

   module = Py_InitModule("bkdo", bkdo_functions);

Or that the string you are passing is not "bkdo" - it must be the same 
name as your module.

Mark.