I've tried installing Python and Qt several times but keep running into the same problem: The examples included in the PyQt4 installation fail to run. In my latest attempt I used the instructions found here, and installed Python 3.1.3 and PyQt 4.8.3 for Python 3.1, all are the 32-bit versions.
I'm running WinXP with SP3 on a Dell M65 (T7200, 2GB Ram).
My installation directories are: C:\Python31 and C:\Qt\2010.05 (Both of these are the defaults from the respective install programs.)
After attempting to run score.py from the C:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\examples\demos\qtdemo directory I received the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\examples\demos\qtdemo\score.py", line 43, in
from colors import Colors
File "C:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\examples\demos\qtdemo\colors.py", line 45, in
from PyQt4 import QtGui
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.
There are several answers provided for a similar error message in this stackoverflow question, but none of them seems to be the answer to my problem.
I have verified all the directories in my env.path are correct and searched the local drives for any qt*.dll in other system directories--there are none in any directories other than the installation directory trees listed above.
However, most of the qt*.dll files found on the local drive have three copies, each with a different size and creation date. The three directories (and modified dates) that show up most are: C:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\bin (11/11/2010), C:\Qt\2010.05\bin (8/24/2010), and C:\Qt\2010.05\qt\bin (9/13/2010). For example, the sizes of QtGui4.dll are 7757kb, 8080kb, and 9584kb, respectively.
It seems that the wrong dll is being loaded, so in what order should I put the directories in my PATH? They are currently in the following order:
%SystemRoot%\System32; C:\Qt\2010.05\qt\bin; C:\Qt\2010.05\bin; C:\Qt\2010.05\mingw\bin; C:\Python31; C:\Python31\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4\bin;
