c_string missing from ctypes?

[Jacob Rael]

Hello,

I was following along with this site:

http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/...es/000659.html

and I got a error. It boils down to:

====================

In [9]: import ctypes
In [10]: dir(ctypes.c_string)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError' Traceback (most recent call
last)

P:\<ipython consolein <module>()

<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'module' object has no attribute
'c_string'

====================
I google ctypes.c_string and many people use it.

I am using python 2.5 with ctypes version: 1.0.1 on a windows
machine.

I have to admit I don't know where ctypes came from. I tried to re-
install it but the window binaries only support 2.4.

Also:

http://starship.python.net/crew/thel.../tutorial.html

seems dead.

An info is greatly appreciated.

jr

[Chris Mellon]

On 23 Feb 2007 09:03:21 -0800, Jacob Rael <ja********@gmail.comwrote:

Hello,

I was following along with this site:

http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/...es/000659.html

and I got a error. It boils down to:

====================

In [9]: import ctypes
In [10]: dir(ctypes.c_string)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError' Traceback (most recent call
last)

P:\<ipython consolein <module>()

<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'module' object has no attribute
'c_string'

====================

The tutorial is out of date, ctypes.c_string was removed somewhere
around version 0.6 (theres a comment to this effect in the comments
under the tutorial). You want ctypes.c_buffer instead.

>

I google ctypes.c_string and many people use it.

I am using python 2.5 with ctypes version: 1.0.1 on a windows
machine.

I have to admit I don't know where ctypes came from. I tried to re-
install it but the window binaries only support 2.4.

As of Python 2.5 ctypes is part of the standard library.

Also:

http://starship.python.net/crew/thel.../tutorial.html

seems dead.

An info is greatly appreciated.

jr

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[Simon Brunning]

On 23 Feb 2007 09:03:21 -0800, Jacob Rael <ja********@gmail.comwrote:

I was following along with this site:

http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/...es/000659.html

You don't want to be messing around with that old rubbish. I should
know - I wrote it.

Instead, take a look at <http://www.openqa.org/pywinauto/>.

In [9]: import ctypes
In [10]: dir(ctypes.c_string)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError' Traceback (most recent call
last)
<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>: 'module' object has no attribute
'c_string'

I think that c_string has been replaced by c_buffer in recent versions
of ctypes.

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Cheers,
Simon B
si***@brunningonline.net
http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/