Python ctypes: loading DLL from from a relative path

Question

I have a Python module, wrapper.py, that wraps a C DLL. The DLL lies in the same folder as the module. Therefore, I use the following code to load it:

Answer 1

Expanding on Matthew's answer:

import os.path
dll_name = "MyCDLL.dll"
dllabspath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + os.path.sep + dll_name
myDll = ctypes.CDLL(dllabspath)

This will only work from a script, not the console nor from py2exe.