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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am trying
to call an interface from DLL created in .Net to work with a IronPython script
and am getting the following error when I run the code:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TypeError:
Cannot create instances of IDSSCatalog<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The trace is
below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Traceback
(most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; File
&quot;.\Tutorial\ShiftIntervalMaxValue.py&quot;, line 82, in RunApp&nbsp;
Process()<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; File
&quot;.\Tutorial\ShiftIntervalMaxValue.py&quot;, line 97, in Process&nbsp;
dictgages = GetCatalogDictFromDSSRS(db,DSS_RS_FILTER)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; File
&quot;.\Tutorial\ShiftIntervalMaxValue.py&quot;, line 176, in
GetCatalogDictFromDSS RS&nbsp; ds = CatalogAsDataSet(db)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp; File
&quot;.\Tutorial\ShiftIntervalMaxValue.py&quot;, line 198, in
CatalogAsDataSet&nbsp; dssCatalog = IDSSCatalog(db)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;TypeError:
Cannot create instances of IDSSCatalog<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Below is an
example of the code that created the error:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>import clr<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>def
LoadTSMNet():<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
import string,sys<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
from os import path<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
#from System.Reflection import Assembly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #Import
.Net Assembly to import DLL<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
mypath = path.dirname(sys.argv[0])<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
tsmpath = path.join(mypath,&quot;TimeSeriesMgrNet.dll&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
tsmpath = string.replace(tsmpath,'\\','\\\\')<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
clr.AddReferenceToFileAndPath(tsmpath)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>#Assembly.LoadFile(tsmpath)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LoadTSMNet()<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>clr.AddReferenceByPartialName(&quot;TimeSeriesMgrNet&quot;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>import TimeSeriesMgrNet<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>from
TimeSeriesMgrNet import IDSSCatalog,</span> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DSSDatabase<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DSS_DATABASE_PATH
= &#8220;C:/temp/myfile.dss&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>db =
DSSDatabase()<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>db.Name =
DSS_DATABASE_PATH<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>db.Connect(False)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>dssCatalog =
IDSSCatalog(db)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>dssCatalog.MakeNewCatalog('')<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ds =
dssCatalog.AsDataSet(True,'')<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>db.Disconnect()<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IDSSCatalog
is the interface and DSSDatabase implements the interface. Any ideas on why I
am getting this error?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Max<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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