py2exe-setup

This is the setup script that is run for py2exe to create an executable that can be run on machines without a Python IDE.

Contents

Target Class

This class contains the file property details that will be used when the exe is created. It contains the following items -

• Version
• Company Name
• Copyright
• Product Name
• Author

The class also takes key word arguments for the description, script and icon_resources. The script will be the main python script to create the .exe against.

NOTE: Icon resources are limited by what py2exe is able to handle. You can get icons from http://www.iconarchive.com/.

Setup

This is the main setup that py2exe will use to create the .exe. It contains the following

• Console/Windows - decides whether the executable will be a window or console application.
• Zipfile - The name of the zip for the relevant files required by the executable. Setting this to None means the files are built into the .exe.
• Options - We set bundle_files = 1 and compressed = True so that the .exe is created as a single file with no dependancies. We also include the methods that are required.

Running

To create the .exe this setup needs to be saved in the python working directory and the following run in the command line.

Python setup.py py2exe

The .exe will be saved in the dist folder of the python IDE.