Comment 2 for bug 587745

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Mark Mascolino (mark-mascolino) wrote : Re: [Bug 587745] Re: Windows build fails with load DLL problem

Ahhh yes, that is quite possiblly the problem. I am running Win7x64 here.
 I do have access to a 32bit Vista machine and I will try it there when I
get a chance. I'll let you know.

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for the feedback Mark. It looks to me like the issue is with
> using a 64 bits windows. The current windows installer is compiled for
> 32 bits windows, and I haven't tested it on 64 bits so far, but it's
> quite likely the cause of the problem.
>
> Is there any chance you can try it out on a 32 bits windows to confirm that
> it works there?
> What version of windows did you test it on?
>
> ** Changed in: pyexiv2
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Windows build fails with load DLL problem
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587745
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> Status in pyexiv2, a python binding to exiv2: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Trying the supplied Windows builds and I get a DLL error as follows:
>
> C:\Python26>python
> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 18:02:59) [MSC v.1500 64 bit
> (AMD64)] on
> win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import pyexiv2
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pyexiv2\__init__.py", line 60, in
> <module>
>
> import libexiv2python
> ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
>
>
> I've tried your last two Windows builds and got the same effect.
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