# pywin32-ctypes

**Repository Path**: mirrors_enthought/pywin32-ctypes

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: pywin32-ctypes
- **Description**: A (partial) reimplementation of pywin32 in pure python
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 1
- **Created**: 2020-08-08
- **Last Updated**: 2026-05-30

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## README


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   :target: http://pywin32-ctypes.readthedocs.org/en/latest/?badge=master
   :alt: Documentation Status

A reimplementation of pywin32 that is pure python. The default
behaviour will try to use cffi (>= 1.3.0), if available, and fall back
to using ctypes. Please note that there is no need to have a compiler
available on installation or at runtime.

Usage
=====

Example::

  # Equivalent to 'import win32api' from pywin32.
  from win32ctypes.pywin32 import win32api

  win32api.LoadLibraryEx(sys.executable, 0, win32api.LOAD_LIBRARY_AS_DATAFILE)

.. note::

   Currently pywin32ctypes implements only a very small subset
   of pywin32, for internal needs at Enthought. We do welcome
   additional features and PRs, though.

Development setup
=================

The following should be good enough::

  pip install -r test_requirements.txt
  python install -e .

.. note::

   - While pywin32-ctypes should regularly be tested on windows, you can also
     develop/test on unix by using wine