On 4 Oct 2006 11:18:16 -0700, tkondal at gmail.com <tkondal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
>> I just started looking at Python's ctypes lib and I am having trouble
> using it for a function.
>> For starters, here's my Python code:
>>> from ctypes import*;
> myStringDLL= cdll.LoadLibrary("myStringDLL.dll");
>> GetMyString = getattr(myStringDLL,
> "?GetMyString@@YA_NAAV?$basic_string at DU?$char_traits at D@std@@V?$allocator at D@2@@std@@@Z")
>> strString = create_string_buffer('\000' * 256);
> GetMyString.restype = c_int;
> GetMyString.argtypes = [c_char_p];
>> bResult = GetMyString (strSerialNumber);
>> print (bResult);
> print (strSerialNumber);
>> #C++ Prototype of the function I want to call:
> #bool GetMyString (string& stringParam) ;
>>>>> I do not have access to the source code of this function so don't ask
> me to try different things in C++. This DLL is working fine.
>> The problem that I have is that print (strSerialNumber) does not seem
> to print the correct string. What I get is some garbage value of
> unprintable characters. Am I using this the correct way?
>
This function is expecting a C++ std::string object, not a regular C
style string. You'll need a wrapper function, and one which uses the
same compiler and STL as the C++ source.
> Thanks.
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