newbie py2exe difficulty

[Fuzzyman]

"Elaine Jackson" <elainejackson7355 at home.com> wrote in message news:<PsoSb.329649$JQ1.232982 at pd7tw1no>...
> 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


What I do is open my setup.py using Mark Hammonds windows PythonWin
editor.
This allows you to specify command line options - and displays the
result in a window that doesn't dissappear.........

Fuzzy