Begginer in python trying to load a .dll

[Rob Gaddi]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:56:37 -0700 (PDT)
c1234 py <camilocelyg at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 3:36:17 PM UTC-3, c1234 py wrote:
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > Im working in the development of a program based in python that allow us to contrl a spectometer. The spectometer has an .dll file. The idea is to work through this dll and operate the spectometer. 
> > 
> > The name of the .dll is AS5216.dll. I've trying with ctype, but it doesn't work. 
> > 
> > I'm begginer in python. 
> > 
> > All the comments are useful to me.
> 
> 
> I'm using this
> 
> 
> >>import ctypes
> hllDll=ctypes.WinDLL("C:\\AS5216.dll")
> 
> 
> hllApiProto = ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE (ctypes.c_int,ctypes.c_void_p,
>     ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_void_p)
> hllApiParams = (1, "p1", 0), (1, "p2", 0), (1, "p3",0), (1, "p4",0),
> 
> 
> hllApi = hllApiProto (("HLLAPI", hllDll), hllApiParams)
> 
> p1 = ctypes.c_int (1)
> p2 = ctypes.c_char_p (sessionVar)
> p3 = ctypes.c_int (1)
> p4 = ctypes.c_int (0)
> hllApi (ctypes.byref (p1), p2, ctypes.byref (p3), ctypes.byref (p4))
> 
> 

Great.  And that fails in what way, on which line, with what error message?


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