python's acceptance

[Richard Chamberlain]

Being able to distribute my Python apps a little easier would really appeal
to me.

I've recently written a little app for work, where I'd normally use VB,
however to distribute I needed to install Python, and then win32all, and
finally the actual python code.

Can anyone point me in the right direction if I would to use an installer to
do this work - i.e. what would I need to install and where.

Also I used COM as a gui, where next I probably would use wxPython so any
pointers on installing that would be useful.

Thanks,

Richard
Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at gssec.bt.co.uk> wrote in message
news:39119D8E.C7CC047A at gssec.bt.co.uk...
> Speaking as an occasional Delphi programmer...
>
> Scott Hathaway wrote:
> > 1.  In making this transition, I have had trouble because I am not used
to
> > trying to layout gui's with pure code.
>
> It's not too bad once you get used to it - some squared paper
> and a pencil helps to get the initial design down then after
> that modify what's there, however... It took me a while to trust
> the layout managers to put things in the right places but once
> I got over that hurdle I didn't find it too bad.
>
> > If python could get a gui builder
>
> SpecTcl with the SpecPython add in works pretty well for me on
> both Unix and windows. Have you tried that?
>
> > platform, it could easily give VB or Delphi a run for their money.  I
have
> > recently looked at Boa Constructor that lays out wxPython code and lets
you
> > build a gui!  This is awesome.
>
> I think glade can do the same but haven't really looked or tried
> either - Spectcl does most of what I want. Usually i just
> handcraft
> it because I use python as a scripting tool for typing things
> together, thus my GUI is usually a single window front end to
> a commandline version of the program...
>
> > 2.  It is nearly impossible for a newbie like me to build an .exe on the
> > Windows platform with Python.
>
> Why do you need to?
> Why not either distribute Python with your app (use an
> intelligent
> installer to check if its already there)? Unless you want to hide
> the source code from prying eyes?
>
> Alan G.
>
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