[python-win32] Re: Found how to use TLBs with py2exe,

[jkreps at rev.state.ne.us]

                      "Schollnick, Benjamin"                                                                          
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>> >> clients and utilities, etc..., so Python can be just one
>> more.  Py2exe is,
>> >> however, a very nice way to insure that the user does not
>> have the ability
>> >> to edit *.py files by allowing Python NOT to be installed.
>> >> JLK

>Correct, but for the wrong reasons.

>Py2Exe & Installer do not necessarily prevent the user from
>editing the .py files.  Any text editor can open and edit the
>.py files.

>They "hide" the .py files, and thus can make it harder to modify
>the files.

"hide" ???
mmm... my version of py2exe creates a 'dist' directory which contains *.pyd
files and the *.exe files, none of which are not editable with a text
editor.  No *.py files are present in it.

Does yours work differently?
JLK