CTypes, 64 bit windows, 32 bit dll

[rdahlstrom]

On Mar 31, 12:53 pm, "mimi.vx" <mimi... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 31, 4:22 pm, rdahlstrom <roger.dahlst... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > So I have a 64 bit Windows 2003 system, running python 2.5.1.1.
>
> > I can import a Windows .dll (msvcrt or whatever) using ctypes, but
> > when attempting to import another application-specific .dll (tibrv.dll
> > if anyone is familiar with it), I receive the error WindowsError:
> > [Error 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
> > I know there's a Windows on Windows (wow) which allows 32 bit
> > processes to run on 64 bit windows - is there a way to work this in
> > somehow?  Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree?
>
> > Code is simple, and works on 32 bit systems no
>
> > from ctypes import *
> > #this doesn't work
> > tibrv = cdll.tibrv
> > #this does work
> > msvcrt = cdll.msvcrt
>
> all dlls and python must be 32bit or 64bit, no mixed ...

Crap, no way to make a 32 bit load, even using the wowexec?