using an existing DLL file without having access to the source code?

[jay graves]

Dieter Vanderelst wrote:
> Could anybody tell me whether there are ways to use an existing DLL file
> in Python without having access to the source code?

Try ctypes.
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/

> I'm trying to find a way to use the image filters available in the
> Filters-project (http://filters.sourceforge.net/) without having to
> compile or build the DLL myself, which is according to the authors very
> hard.

I don't have any experience with this specific library but I've used
ctypes in the past and it worked great.

HTH.
...
jay graves