newbie py2exe difficulty

[Premshree Pillai]

 --- Elaine Jackson <elainejackson7355 at home.com>
wrote: > Hi. I'm trying to use py2exe
> (http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/py2exe/)
> in Windows 98. I copied the necessary files into my
> Python23 directory (where I
> have a module called 'mastermind.py'), and in the
> same directory I saved a
> Python source file called 'setup.py' containing the
> following text:
> 
> from distutils.core import setup
> import py2exe
> setup(console=["mastermind.py"])
> 
> At this point the instructions say the following:
> 
> """
> Running
> 
> python setup.py py2exe --help
> 
> will display all available command-line flags to the
> py2exe command.
> 
> Now you can call the setup script like in this way:
> 
> python setup.py py2exe
> 
> and a subdirectory dist will be created, containing
> the files myscript.exe,
> python23.dll, and library.zip.
> """
> 
> My problem is that, when I attempt to follow the
> first instruction (details
> follow), it opens a DOS window that may indeed
> display all available
> command-line flags to the py2exe command, but isn't
> very helpful because it
> immediately disappears. (In fact I'm really not sure
> what a command-line flag
> is, or what I'm supposed to do with it.) I've also
> tried simply running
> setup.py: the DOS window disappeared immediately and
> there was no 'dist'
> directory in evidence.
> 
> Here is what I tried regarding the first
> instruction:
> 
> i) Creating a shortcut to setup.py, setting its
> 'target' property to
> 'C:\Python23\setup.py --help', and double-clicking
> on its icon.
> 
> i) Setup | Run... | C:\Python23\python.exe setup.py
> py2exe --help | OK
> 
> Any help with this problem will be very much
> appreciated. Knowing how to create
> standalone executables would give me lots of
> incentive to keep learning more
> Python (which, incidentally, rocks).
> 
> Peace
> 
> 
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> i) Setup | Run... | C:\Python23\python.exe setup.py
> py2exe --help | OK

The above should work when youwant to see all
command-line options.

Anyway, to make things easier with py2exe, you could
check
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/266471

Ciao,
Premshree 

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-Premshree
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