I have a third party DLL (no header file) written in C++ and I am able to get the function prototype information from the developer, but it is proprietary and he will not provide the source.
I've gone through the SWIG tutorial but I could not find anywhere specifying how to use SWIG to access any functions with only the DLL file.  Everything on the tutorial shows that I need to have the header so SWIG knows what the function prototypes look like.
Is SWIG the right route to use in this case?  I am trying to load this DLL in Python so I can utilize a function.  From all of my research, it looks like Python's ctypes does not work with C++ DLL files and I am trying to find the best route to follow to do this.  Boost.python seems to require changing the underlying C++ code to make it work with Python.
To sum up, is there a way to use SWIG when I know the function prototype but do not have the header file or source code?
To use a library (static or dynamic), you need headers and library file .a, .lib...
Its true for c++ and I think its the same for Python
SWIG C++ Precompiled DLL