Re: [cgkit-user] DLL load failed (_core module)

[Matthias B. <mat...@gm...>]

Mike Wyatt wrote:
> I just installed cgkit with the Windows installer 
> (cgkit-2.0.0alpha8.win32-py2.5.exe).  I have Python 2.5.2. 
> <http://2.5.2.>  I opened IDLE and typed "import cgkit.cgtypes", and got 
> an error (see below).  According to the External Dependencies page, 
> there are no deps for cgtypes.  Am I wrong, or is the installer build 
> corrupt?
> 
> IDLE 1.2.2     
>  >>> import cgkit.cgtypes
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
>     import cgkit.cgtypes
>   File "C:\program files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\cgkit\cgtypes.py", 
> line 59, in <module>
>     import _core
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

Can you please try the same from a Python shell outside IDLE? (you can 
use the "Python (command line)" item in the start menu)
Then you should see a pop-up window where Windows tells you the name of 
the DLL it couldn't find (for some reason this is suppressed in IDLE).

My guess is that msvcp71.dll couldn't be found. This is the C++ runtime 
library and I'm assuming that it is already on your system (it's not 
part of the installer).
What version of Windows are you using? Is it a relatively fresh install 
or do you already have lots of software installed?

- Matthias -