Hello.

I am writing a game engine and wanted to use Python for game scripts. My Main.cpp file is as follows:

// Main.cpp
// This software, including the source code, is release under the terms of
// the License.

#include "Common.h"
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
#include "Util/Vector.h"
#include <Python.h>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
    Py_Initialize();

    Py_Finalize();

    while (1);

    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) < 0)
    {
        stringstream ss;
        ss << "SDL failed to initialise: " << SDL_GetError();
        abortEngine(ss.str());
    };
    wasInitSDL = true;

    if (SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, 32, SDL_OPENGL) == NULL)
    {
        stringstream ss;
        ss << "Failed to open window: " << SDL_GetError();
        abortEngine(ss.str());
    };

    SDL_WM_SetCaption("Rage Engine", "Rage Engine");

    bool quitEngine = false;

    while (!quitEngine)
    {
        SDL_Event event;
        while (SDL_PollEvent(&event))
        {
            if (event.type == SDL_QUIT)
            {
                quitEngine = true;
            };
        };

        SDL_GL_SwapBuffers();
    };

    SDL_Quit();
    return 0;
};

As you can see, I include Python.h and call Py_Initialize() etc. I specified in the settings the path to Python libs and the include directory, and passed the -lpython26 flag. However, when I compile, I get the following linking errors:

Linking console executable: bin\RageEngine.exe
obj\Release\Main.o:Main.cpp:(.text+0x4c): undefined reference to `_imp__Py_SetProgramName'
obj\Release\Main.o:Main.cpp:(.text+0x52): undefined reference to `_imp__Py_Initialize'
obj\Release\Main.o:Main.cpp:(.text+0x58): undefined reference to `_imp__Py_Finalize'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

When I opened python26.lib with notepad I could see that there were symbol names like __imp_Py_Initialize (so the number of underscores disagrees with what the IDE is trying to link with). Does anyone know what may be causing this, and how I could fix it?

Thank you.

Now it compiled, but when I try to run it an error message comes up saying "The application was not started properly (0xc000007b)".

One possible cause for that error is that your program is 64-bit and the Python DLL is 32-bit, or vice versa.

Thank you SiCrane, I changed python26.dll to 32-bit and it is now working. :)