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DLL load failed with SWIG DLL

winkjj at my-deja.com winkjj at my-deja.com
Tue Jul 13 11:32:15 EDT 1999 
In article <7mfd42$hrq$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,
  winkjj at my-deja.com wrote:
> I am attempting to use SWIG to create an
> extension DLL for Python on a WinNT machine.
>
> I have successfully compiled and linked my DLL,
> which uses the -shadow option in SWIG.  My DLL is
> called Examplec, and the SWIG generated .py
> module is Example.
>
> When I attempt to import either the .py module or
> the DLL itself, I get the following error:
>
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified
> module could not be found.
>
> Now, I have searched all over this newsgroup and
> have found similiar problems, but no one has
> complained about this exact message.
>
> Other problems have been things like not being
> able to find DLLs that this DLL is dependent on,
> or the DLL not having a correct init<module>
> signature.
>
> I have verified that all this looks correct.  The
> DLL and .py module are on the PYTHONPATH.  And
> the init entry point is correct.  All the
> dependacy DLLs can be found on the system path as
> well.
>
> I also compiled the DLL with the __WIN32__ symbol.
>
> The only thing I question is whether or not I
> built SWIG correctly.  After you build SWIG you
> run 'nmake install'.  This installs SWIG into the
> target directory.
>
> I built SWIG on machine A, and then copied the
> install directory to the exact location on
> machine B.
>
> I don't see how this could make any difference,
> however, because the DLL compiles and links fine.
>
> Has anyone seen this before, or could someone
> give some suggestions?  I am at a loss at to what
> to try next.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
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I guess I answered my own question.  I was linked a against the
python15_d.dll, instead of python15.dll.  Once I changed this, it
worked fine.


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