windows/python compatability

[DilbertFan]

With Py2Exe, though, I wouldn't recommend using mxDateTime package in the
Python program itself.
A little tricky to get py2exe to actually create the executable with this
package.

"Peter Hansen" <peter at engcorp.com> wrote in message
news:B72dnTGhnLBRH0rdRVn-uA at powergate.ca...
> kluge wrote:
>
> > i'm a newbie to python. i'm learning to program and wanted to know how
> > to tell which version of windows my finished python program will work
> > on. thank you.
>
> That will depend somewhat on what features it uses... but for the
> most part *any* currently available version of Windows will run
> it just fine, as well as probably any version of Windows 98 since
> the second edition was released, and possibly even the first one.
>
> The only real requirement is that Python will have to be installed
> on whatever machine tries to run it.  If that's a problem, you
> can also investigate "py2exe" and use it plus a nice free installer
> program (like InnoSetup) to build an installer that anyone could
> use to install your program, without having to deal with a Python
> download and such.
>
> -Peter