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[brueckd at tbye.com]

On 23 May 2002, Terje Johan Abrahamsen wrote:

> Is there any way to make .exe files out of Python, that doesn't create
> such humongous files as py2exe does? A little popup box with a message
> demands about 2.5 mb of hd space. Or is that the price to pay?

If you're careful about what you include in the exe and if you don't mind 
doing the GUI yourself (Win32 API calls through the win32all stuff) you 
can get an app at less than 1/2 a meg. BUT, this can be pretty tedious - 
if at all possible make your app do enough to make a bigger download worth 
it (if it's just a popup box, a near-skeleton Win32 C program should 
suffice).

-Dave