Using a package like PyInstaller

[LittlePython]

That is very close to what I have being doing, however I was unable to
enclose a bmp or another file for that matter in the exe. I used both DATA
and BINARY key words with no luck. I checked what was in the package and
there were there. I guess for some reason it could not locate then when
executed. I used snap 274 if I remember correctly.

I am not too sure I am explaining my question correctly though. I have not
problem creating and distributing my python/wxpython scripts in exe
(stand-a-lone) except for what I have described above. I am worrying that
when the py script is run I am leaving behind files. That the components of
my stand-alone exe is somehow coming out of the exe (PyInstaller) and being
installed.

My setup exe is not what's is bothering me although I do like the your
suggestion and have just been tinkering with it. It is cool  stuff and much
better then what I have been using.

Thx

"James Stroud" <jstroud at ucla.edu> wrote in message
news:e5amec$64m$1 at daisy.noc.ucla.edu...
> LittlePython wrote:
> > Thx for the tip.
> >
> > I am referring more to the use of PyInstaller or py2exe. Packages that
> > create exe files that basically have your py script and a small py
> > interpreter all rolled up into one. This way py does not need to be
> > installed on a system to execute a py script. I am being advised that
python
> > is installed onto systems (windows) it should not be on. I am new to
python
> > and these types of packages and am not too sure how dumb a question this
> > really is.. but can these packages bleed out files, dll, exe ect. to
systems
> > they are run on?
>
> They don't have to "bleed" anything. Everything, including the python
> interpreter, and 3rd party libraries can be included in a single
> executable. Here is an example script for pyinstaller that rolls
> evertyhing into one file (this is what I use to roll up my passerby
> program at passerby.souceforge.net):
>
>
> setenv TEMP temp
>
> set pythonexe='c:/Python23-Enthought/python'
> set pbydir='z:/Code/pby/current/'
>
> rm *.pyc
>
> rm -rf ./temp/ ./passerby/
> mkdir temp
>
> $pythonexe Configure.py
> $pythonexe Makespec.py --onefile --tk --noconsole  \
>                         --icon $pbydir/../icons/passerby.ico \
>        $pbydir/passerby.py passerby/passerby.spec
> $pythonexe Build.py passerby/passerby.spec
>
>
> You can control installation with innosetup.
>
> James
>
> -- 
> James Stroud
> UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
> Box 951570
> Los Angeles, CA 90095
>
> http://www.jamesstroud.com/