wxpython ms-dos black window popping up in background

[Mike Driscoll]

On Sep 10, 4:34 pm, Mike Driscoll <kyoso... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 10, 3:53 pm, James A. Donald <jam... at echeque.com> wrote:
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> > James A. Donald
>
> > > > Horrible installs are a chronic problem of GUI programs driven by
> > > > interpreted languages  Installing visual basic programs that worked on
> > > > one Windows machine to work on a very slightly different windows
> > > > machine was also a nightmare.
>
> > > > I have not attempted to create installable wxPython windows, but
> > > > generally, "run anywhere" will bite you.  Still looking for a good
> > > > solution to "run anywhere".
>
> > Mike Driscoll
>
> > > I haven't had much trouble getting wxPython applications to run in
> > > Windows XP and Ubuntu Hardy Heron.
>
> > Did you attempt to create proper install packages that show up in the
> > Linux package managers, and the windows add/remove programs tool?
>
> I used Inno Setup which creates an uninstaller, however I am not
> seeing it in my Windows Add/Remove. Odd. However, you can uninstall it
> from the Start menu entry and it works.
>
> Currently, I am running the application from source in Linux. But I
> plan to try cx_freeze or similar sooner or later. I haven't had need
> to distribute it since my apps are for internal use so far.
>
> Mike

I just tested my Inno installer again and it did put an entry in the
Add/Remove program under Windows Vista. The machine I was looking at
was my main development machine and probably wasn't a good example.

Sorry about that.

Mike