this is even funnier. importing a .net assembly seems only to work if the dll has been loaded before. in each try, i restart python from the directory where the .net DLL is located. first try: O:\Quence\debug>python Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct 2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

...

...

import CLR.QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named QuenceNET

second try: O:\Quence\debug>python Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct 2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

...

...

import CLR import CLR.QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named QuenceNET import QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initQuenceNET) import CLR.QuenceNET dir(CLR.QuenceNET) ['__doc__', '__name__']

third try (optimized): O:\Quence\debug>python Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct 2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

...

...

import CLR import QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initQuenceNET) import CLR.QuenceNET dir(CLR.QuenceNET) ['__doc__', '__name__']

fourth try (variant): O:\Quence\debug>python Python 2.3.2 (#49, Oct 2 2003, 20:02:00) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

...

...

import QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initQuenceNET) import CLR.QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: No module named QuenceNET import QuenceNET Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initQuenceNET) import CLR.QuenceNET dir(CLR.QuenceNET) ['__doc__', '__name__']

so to import my custom assembly in python, the code currently looks like this: import CLR try: import QuenceNET # for the error except: pass # catch import CLR.QuenceNET -- Leonard Ritter -- paniq@gmx.net -- http://www.quence.com -- http://www.paniq.de