I ended up writing a class to source the COM libraries. Let me know if anyone has any other suggestions.
Thanks for your time. On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:59 AM, kfadnis <kfad...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure if its managed or unmanaged, its a third party dll that came > with its software, the interface is COM (ActiveX). I have added and worked > with it through C#, I load them using Add Reference in C# .NET and then find > them on the COM tab. Also, when added as reference in the .NET environment > they load as Interop.MBTCOMLib i.e with a different name and their copy > is local and is in the project directory rather than the directory where > they are located. > > I tried the GAC utility and its said Failure adding assembly to cache: The > module was expected to contain an assembly manifest. The funny thing is > clr.FindAssembly() finds it, but clr.AddReference says unable to find > assembly. > > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Tribble, Brett <btrib...@ea.com> wrote: > >> 1. Is it a managed assembly or an unmanaged .dll? >> >> 2. If it is a managed assembly, is it registered in the GAC? >> >> >> >> See: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/PrintSearchContent.asp?LINKID=713 >> >> >> >> also try: >> >> >> >> clr.AddReference('nameOfAssembly'). Note that you do not need to include >> ‘.dll’ This assumes the assembly is in the system path which can be >> accomplished using sys.path.insert(0, 'mypath') >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* pythondotnet-bounces+btribble=maxis....@python.org [mailto: >> pythondotnet-bounces+btribble <pythondotnet-bounces%2Bbtribble>=maxis.com >> @python.org] *On Behalf Of *kfadnis >> *Sent:* Monday, April 13, 2009 6:10 PM >> *To:* pythondotnet@python.org >> *Subject:* [Python.NET] System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find >> assembly 'MbtCom.dll'. >> >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I know this is a very basic question, but despite all my efforts I haven't >> been able to load a third-party dll into python. I can find the dll using >> clr.FindAssembly("MbtCom"). I also append the required path to the sys.path, >> but it refuses to show up. Is there something obvious I am missing ? >> >> >> >> Thank you for your time. >> > >
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