[IronPython] Creating PythonEngine in VB6

[J. Merrill]

If you have more than one version of .Net installed, it could be that the "wrong" version has been started.  This article discusses getting that same error code:

http://weblogs.asp.net/cschittko/archive/2005/04/05.aspx

and points to this MSDN article that shows how you could use an application configuration file (for your VB6 app, presumably) to require the .Net version used by IronPython:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpcontargetingnetframeworkversion.asp

Good luck...

At 04:47 PM 10/1/2005, Patrick Haener wrote
>Hi,
>I am trying to use IronPython to script .Net classes with VB6 from within Excel.
>The VB6  function below should create a Python engine, but throws a runtime error 80131604.
>Thanks
>Patrick
> 
>Function NewIronPythonInterpreter() As IronPython.PythonEngine
>Dim rt As New mscoree.CorRuntimeHost
>rt.Start
>Dim unk As IUnknown
>rt.GetDefaultDomain unk
>Dim ad As AppDomain
>Set ad = unk
>' creating a BasicConsole object works
>Dim x As IronPython.BasicConsole
>Set x = ad.CreateInstanceFrom(IronPythonAssembly, "IronPython.Hosting.BasicConsole").Unwrap
>Dim r As IronPython.PythonEngine
>' Creating a Python engine generates a Runtime error # 80131604
>Set r = ad.CreateInstanceFrom(IronPythonAssembly, "IronPython.Hosting.PythonEngine").Unwrap
>Set NewIronPyt


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