unable to load dll cvextern while using emgu cv for x86 platform

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Requirement: Load a C# DLL(which uses Emgu.CV.World.dll for image comparison) into python project and call function inside DLL with some parameters.

I tried to export a DLL usig Emgu.CV.World.dll for image comparison. While compiling for "Any CPU" target, the DLL export was not working. After changed to x86 platform, DLL was loaded correctly from Python:

mydll = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(self.libPath)

But while calling function inside the DLL:

ImageContentComparisonResult = mydll.CompareImageContent(self.OutputFile, self.OriginalFile)

throws the following exception:

WindowsError: [Error -532462766] Windows Error 0xE0434352

Output from Visual Studio:

A first chance exception of type 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException' occurred in Unknown Module.

After this, created a sample Emgu.CV project(GUI), got the same exception. There I got the exception details, like 

{"The type initializer for 'Emgu.CV.CvInvoke' threw an exception."}
InnerException: {"Unable to load DLL 'cvextern': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)"}

After copying the x86 and x64 DLLs for Emgu.CV to "bin\x86\Debug", it worked for the sample app, but for non GUI C# project, it's not working even after copying the required DLLs.

c#
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asked on Stack Overflow Oct 16, 2017 by Jibin.vp • edited Oct 18, 2017 by CristiFati

2 Answers

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Copy the libs from \libs\x64, to my is: C:\Emgu\emgucv-windesktop_x64-cuda 3.3.0.2826\libs\x64

answered on Stack Overflow Nov 12, 2017 by Marcelo Mohr Maciel
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C# DLL will not be loaded using ctypes. Need to use clr.AddReference method included in python package. If python 2.7 is using need to uninstall clr package which comes as a part of 2.7 installation(This is to avoid namespace conflict). Or IronPython can be used for the same.

answered on Stack Overflow Nov 14, 2017 by Jibin.vp

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