You probably need to define a Windows environment variable PYTHONPATH that points to the directory where _CsoundVST.dll is found. Python uses this variable to find _CsoundVST.dll. 

This and other pointers can be found in the Csound manual section on installation for CsoundVST.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Lamb 
>Sent: Feb 3, 2006 2:48 AM
>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>Subject: Re: [Csnd] Csound 5 Woes for Csound 5 Newbie
>
>I do know how to run Csound on version 4.23. I have the book. I know how to 
>write Orc and Sco files to run Csound thru it's interface. Do you understand 
>what I am talking about? I am not a  beginner, but I am a beginner to 
>Csound5 because I have never run it before.
>
>I saw an interface to run the csound 5 orc and sco files. I can not get to 
>this interface because I get an error message stating that the goddamn dll 
>files could not be found. If Csound 5 for windows is an exe file than that 
>means that it opens up like a normal program, but obviously it can not 
>because some dll is either missing or something is going wrong with the 
>installation.
>
>Don't answer my e-mail again because you obviously don't understand this. If 
>you had looked at the subject line of my e-mail you would see that I am not 
>Csound newbie but a CSOUND5 newbie.
>
>Hopefully, I can get some help from somebody who really knows Csound5. I 
>can't be the only person who has come across this problem can I?
>
>B.
>
>
>>From: Michael Rempel 
>>Reply-To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>>To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>>Subject: Re: [Csnd] Csound 5 Woes for Csound 5 Newbie
>>Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:55:43 -0600
>>
>>Same answer, the GUI just adds a few knobs for the user who runs your orc
>>and sco files. The orc and sco files can be used to create the user
>>interface, but this is advanced stuff. Learn the basics of orc and sco
>>production first. No substitutes. No easy intro path, just work through the
>>manual and the beginner stuff. We all have to do it.
>>
>>Michael
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Bruce Lamb [mailto:brucelamb8321@hotmail.com]
>> > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:41 PM
>> > To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>> > Subject: Re: [Csnd] Csound 5 Woes for Csound 5 Newbie
>> >
>> >
>> > I just looked at Bob Bear's bmp of the CsoundVST interface which
>> > means that
>> > one exists. So how do I get to that?
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> >
>> >
>> > >From: Michael Rempel 
>> > >Reply-To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>> > >To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>> > >Subject: Re: [Csnd] Csound 5 Woes for Csound 5 Newbie
>> > >Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:19:10 -0600
>> > >
>> > >Better than just command line stuff, get
>> > >http://gomba.sourceforge.net/flavio/csound-editor.html
>> > >
>> > >your free editor for csound, any version. You still need to
>> > figure out all
>> > >those command line thingies, but only once. Way better than notepad.
>> > >
>> > >Get the book, get the csounds.com beginner stuff. Do the
>> > excercises, look
>> > >at
>> > >other peoples stuff. Make lots of attempts to understand the manual.
>> > >
>> > >Once you have the hang of it for a few months, try Blue. You
>> > need the basic
>> > >concepts of working directly with CSound files first. Blue adds
>> > a layer of
>> > >abstraction that makes working with Scores much easier. It has a mind
>> > >bogling and excellent collection of toys to twist your brain
>> > csoundishly,
>> > >so
>> > >dont jump in there too soon, but do jump in eventually.
>> > >
>> > >Michael
>> > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > > From: Bruce Lamb [mailto:brucelamb8321@hotmail.com]
>> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 6:16 PM
>> > > > To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
>> > > > Subject: [Csnd] Csound 5 Woes for Csound 5 Newbie
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Hi, can anyone help out there?
>> > > >
>> > > > I downloaded the Windows CSound 5 exe. file from Sourceforge,
>> > > > installed it,
>> > > > and when I go to run it off the csound file I get a dos window which
>> > >does
>> > > > something and then disappears with nothing else happening after
>> > > > that. And if
>> > > > I click the CsoundVST I get get a long error stating that the
>> > > > dynamic link
>> > > > library_CsoundVST could not be in the specified path
>> > > > C:\ProgramFiles\Csound\bin Etc.. It basically goes stating
>> > that all the
>> > > > C:\WINNT paths could not be found.
>> > > >
>> > > > I have Python 2.4 installed and I am running off of Windows 2000.
>> > > >
>> > > > As always any help is greatly appreciated.
>> > > >
>> > > > Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Bruce
>> > > >
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A potential problem could be that the mechanism with which a user sets 
an environment variable differs on Win2k than on WinXP (which appears 
to be the default deployment target for the Csound5 Windows Installer).

Does the CsoundVST Windows installer implement the mechanism to change 
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in versions of Windows prior to Microsoft's use 
of the NTFS ?

If not then this page is still relevant and I'm glad it hasn't been 
deleted yet :)

http://www.csounds.com/installing/howtowindows/


-David

On Feb 3, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Istvan Varga wrote:

> On Friday 03 February 2006 15:59, Michael Gogins wrote:
>
>> You probably need to define a Windows environment variable
>> PYTHONPATH that points to the directory where _CsoundVST.dll
>> is found. Python uses this variable to find _CsoundVST.dll.
>
> I assume the installer does set this environment variable ?
> Looking at csound.nsi suggests that it does.

I apologize; I often get the nomenclature between Windows (NT) 2000 and 
(FAT32) Millenium Edition messed up.

In my original post I was referring to Millenium Edition.


-David

On Feb 3, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Art Hunkins wrote:

> I too hope that the installer works correctly on all versions of 
> Windows
> from 95 on up (or at least 98SE to present). Personally, I've still 
> got some
> machines with WinME running.
>
> Art Hunkins


On Feb 3, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Istvan Varga wrote:

> On Friday 03 February 2006 16:53, David Akbari wrote:
>
>> A potential problem could be that the mechanism with which a user sets
>> an environment variable differs on Win2k than on WinXP (which appears
>> to be the default deployment target for the Csound5 Windows 
>> Installer).
>>
>> Does the CsoundVST Windows installer implement the mechanism to change
>> the AUTOEXEC.BAT file in versions of Windows prior to Microsoft's use
>> of the NTFS ?
>
> I think Windows 2000 should behave the same way as XP with respect
> to environment variables. Technically, Windows 2000 is NT 5.0, while
> XP is NT 5.1. Editing AUTOEXEC.BAT is needed on 95/98/Me which are
> DOS based.