Comment 3 for bug 587745

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

Sorry for taking so long to get back to you but yes the latest version works
fine on py2.6.5 on 32bit Vista.

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Mark Mascolino <email address hidden>wrote:

> 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.
>
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> 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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