Re: Help needed with 'import visual' error

You need to follow the instructions on the Windows download page at vpython.org:

First, download and install Python-2.7.2 (Important: Let it install in
C:\Python27)
(There is not a VPython version for Windows 64-bit Python, but this
32-bit version of Python works fine on 64-bit Windows machines)
Second, download and install VPython-Win-Py2.7-5.74

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Osemeka Osuagwu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I came across VPython for the first time, yesterday. I installed it and
> tried to run some code but my import statement kept causing an error as
> follows:
>
> Code:
> import visual
>
> Error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "Untitled", line 2
>     import visual
>   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\visual\__init__.py", line 1
>     from .visual_all import *
>   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\visual\visual_all.py", line 1
>     from vis import version
>   File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\vis\__init__.py", line 3
>     from .cvisual import (vector, dot, mag, mag2, norm, cross, rotate,
> ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
>
> How can I deal with this, please?
> I use Windows7 64bit with Python ver2.7.
> I installed VPython in my C:\Python27 directory
>
> Thanks,
> Abasiemeka

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