import sip sip.setapi(u'QDate', 2) sip.setapi(u'QDateTime', 2) sip.setapi(u'QString', 2) sip.setapi(u'QTextStream', 2) sip.setapi(u'QTime', 2) sip.setapi(u'QUrl', 2) sip.setapi(u'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([])