import sip sip.setapi('QDate', 2) sip.setapi('QDateTime', 2) sip.setapi('QString', 2) sip.setapi('QTextStream', 2) sip.setapi('QTime', 2) sip.setapi('QUrl', 2) sip.setapi('QVariant', 2) #from PyQt4 import QtGui # Only one QApplication can be created. Use QtGui.QApplication.instance() when you need to "create" an QApplication. #application = QtGui.QApplication([])