[IronPython] Calling a System DLL In IronPython?

[Michael Foord]

For ctypes you should use the documentation that is part of the Python  
documentation. For PInvoke the references will be mainly for C#.

Does anyone have examples of using PInvoke with clrtype and IronPython  
2.6?

Michael


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On 24 Jan 2010, at 03:24, David McWright <david.mcwright at usbfmi.com>  
wrote:

> Is there a reference somewhere for PInvoke or ctypes in IP?
>
> TIA,
> David
>
> On Jan 23, 7:31 pm, Michael Foord <fuzzy... at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>> On 24/01/2010 00:19, Andrew Evans wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to call user32.dll into IronPython how do I do this?  
>>> Do I
>>> use clr.AddReference, that doesn't seem to do it.
>>
>> clr.AddReference only works for .NET assemblies. user32.dll is not a
>> .NET assembly. To use it you will either need PInvoke or ctypes that
>> comes with IronPython 2.6.
>>
>> PInvoke relies on .NET attributes. It used to be the case that you
>> couldn't use these directly with IronPython but needed a simple C#
>> wrapper. The following article shows how to call into user32.dll  
>> using a
>> C# wrapper:
>>
>>      http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/winforms/part10.shtml
>>
>> Alternatively you can try clrtype.py that comes with IronPython 2.6.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Michael Foord
>>
>>
>>
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