Using 3rd Party Windows DLLs with Python

[David LeBlanc]

Win32-specific Python Stuff
calldll for python 2.1
With this module you can call any function in any DLL. This means that you
can do just about anything on Win32. Includes an (occasionally-resurrected)
library that gives access to lots of the system GUI features. I have used
this to build stand-alone Windows applications that are completely
implemented in Python (including the Message Loop).

Includes a 'callback' generator for i386: this lets external functions call
back into python as if it were C. (Much of the Win32 API uses callbacks).

Includes an ODBC module implemented using calldll, along with a few extra
practical pieces; code for managing data sources, installing ODBC itself,
and creating and maintaining Jet (Microsoft Access) databases. It's also
been tested with ODBC drivers from Oracle and Objectivity.

Note: The calldll library has gotten quite large, and has been spun off into
a separate distribution, called DynWin. DynWin is now a full-blown Win32 GUI
development environment.

http://nightmare.com/software.html

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of LeeIngram
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:41
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Using 3rd Party Windows DLLs with Python
>
>
> After searching documents and Mark Hammond's excellent Win32
> extensions I am still unable to identify the steps necessary to use
> Windows DLLs as Python extensions. I do not want to use Active X
> controls but honest-to-goodness DLLs. The DLLs are not written in C or
> C++ (they can be written using Delphi or PowerBASIC). For some, the
> source code is not available but the "C" callable interface is
> documented.
>
> Any help or pointers are appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lee
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