Generating custom Windows installers

[Mark Hammond]

Seeing you are relying on win32com, you might as well add the links 
directly rather than via the intermediate WScript.shell object.  Look in 
win32comext\shell\demos\create_link.py for an example of how to create 
shortcuts directly.

HTH,

Mark

On 6/04/2012 5:23 AM, cesar.covarrubias at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on creating an installer of a Python 3.2 application that we programmed. The end goal is to create an installer in which we can specify the install path, and create shortcuts in the Start Menu and Desktop. Ideally, we would like to give the users the option to create the Desktop or Start Menu shortcuts.
>
> I was able to create a .msi file with the setup.py and install.py files below. This allowed me to specify the custom default path but not create the shortcut in the Start Menu.
>
> Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing?
>
>
> setup.py
> --------
>
> from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
> import sys
>
> productName = "ProductName"
> if 'bdist_msi' in sys.argv:
>      sys.argv += ['--initial-target-dir', 'C:\InstallDir\\' + productName]
>      sys.argv += ['--install-script', 'install.py']
>
> exe = Executable(
>        script="main.py",
>        base="Win32GUI",
>        targetName="Product.exe"
>       )
> setup(
>        name="Product.exe",
>        version="1.0",
>        author="Me",
>        description="Copyright 2012",
>        executables=[exe],
>        scripts=[
>                 'install.py'
>                 ]
>        )
> -----------------------------------------
>
> install.py
> ----------
> import os
> import sys
> import win32com.client as w32client
>
> shortcut_group_name = "Start Menu Dir"
> shortcut_name = "Product Name"
> shortcut_target = "http://www.microsoft.com"
>
> sh = w32client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
> p = sh.SpecialFolders("AllUsersPrograms")
> assert(os.path.isdir(p))
> p = os.path.join(p, shortcut_group_name)
> if (not os.path.isdir(p)):
>      os.makedirs(p)
> lnk = sh.CreateShortcut(os.path.join(p, shortcut_name + ".lnk"))
> lnk.TargetPath = shortcut_target
> lnk.Save()
>
>