> I am stumped by this one - googled, even read the Readme!!
> 
> I want to call System.Forms.Control.FromHandle() to get a control from a
> handle. But I am getting that handle as Python int instance but
> FromHandle requires a System.IntPtr.
> 
> I would have guess that there would be automatic conversion from Python
> int to .Net IntPtr.
> 
> >>> CLR.System.IntPtr(23)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: 'int' value cannot be converted to System.IntPtr
> 
> So I try converting it to Int32 first... (same for Int64)
> ...

ooo - you've found a hole in the type conversion logic, methinks.

In the interim, you can use the following sneaky hack:

  from CLR.System import IntPtr, Int32

  i = Int32(32)
  p = IntPtr.op_Explicit(i)

  # now p is an intptr...


Brian Lloyd        [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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