IronPython newbie: not clear on imports and assemblies

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Thomas Gagne <tgagne at wide-open-west.com>wrote:

> OK--I also haven't programmed on .NET before.
>
> My goal is to play with the "EssentialPDF" libraries inside IronPython.
>  But I'm not clear on how to import (load?) Essential's .dll files.  Of
> course, all the samples files are in C# and VB.  I guess I"m wondering if
> Essential's libraries (assemblies?) should already be in my path or if I
> need to provide a path to them, and whether or not I'm going to use "import"
> or Assembly.Load(), and if the latter, where am I to find Assembly?  I'm
> pretty sure that has to be imported as well 'cause whenever I try to use it
> I'm told it doesn't exist...
>
> Anyway, I'll keep Googling around and reading tutorials to catch-up.  I
> haven't used Python since 1999 so I need some refreshing...
> --


I haven't used IronPython that much, but I think you have to load the
assembly using clr.AddReference and then you can import the library just
like you import any other python module.

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