[PyQt] What would cause a PyQt Designer plugin not to load , yet same plugin works in Qt Designer?

[michael h]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 11:17 PM, <blipton at lycos.com> wrote:

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> I have the Qt 5.3.1 suite installed on Win7 32-bit.   In Qt Creator I
> generated a .dll plugin that loads and works fine using Qt Designer.
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> Using the same computer, I then installed Python 3.4.1 and PyQt 5.3.1, and
> copied the above dll into:
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> C:\Python34\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5\plugins\designer
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> However, when I open PyQt Designer (Help->About Plugins), it's listed but
> says it cannot load the dll library ("The specified module could not be
> found.").  If I move the dll to any other folder, it doesn't get listed at
> all in the about plugins menu.
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> Since PyQt doesn't come with Creator, I assume I have to modify the dll
> build process using Qt Creator to something that PyQt Designer can
> recognize, but what?   They're both running 5.3.1, so not sure why the
> Designers behave differently.
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> Thanks!
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> Ben
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Ben,

That message can refer to a missing dependency. Have you tried using
http://www.dependencywalker.com/ ?  Make sure you run it using the same
environment (PATH, etc.).

- Michael
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