dllimport - How can I use a DLL from Python -

i trying load dll in python, want use econnect() function using ctypes

what know source code of dll:

• from *.cpp source code: bool econnect( const char *host, uint port, int clientid=0);
• from dependency walker tool: function ordinal 6 , undecorated name is
  ?econnect@eclientsocket@@uae_npbdih@z

i tried access econnect 2 ways myfunction , myfunction2, wrong. here code:

from ctypes import *  def main():  ip = c_char_p('127.0.0.1') port = c_uint(7496) client_id = c_int(0)  myfunction = getattr(cdll.twssocketclient, "?econnect@eclientsocket@@uae_npbdih@z") myfunction2= cdll.twssocketclient[6]  print myfunction print myfunction2  print myfunction(ip, port, client_id,ip)  if __name__ == "__main__": main() 

i below error:

"windowserror: exception: access violation reading 0x0000002d"

i badly need here (i not know c++). thanks!

to make things easier, more pythonic, might want ctypesgen:

http://code.google.com/p/ctypesgen/

it generate proper wrapper functions, data types , such you. if want know how use ctypes, might start tutorial:

http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html

anything more specific , i'll have read api dll you're attempting use.