I run python.dll instead of py standalone. The poser code references are not available. I think the poser object model that we get when we: import poser comes from the 'running' poser environment. Even if you could import the methods somehow (write a dummy class that mimics poser's), you wouldn't have a valid 'poser.Scene' to deliver anything of use. It's just not really worth it to write a 'dummy' class since it really won't help much. That's why we will comment out the poser specific code when we debug outside of poser. I take it that you don't have Poser 5 or Poser Pro Pack. Are you developing scripts for someone else?