"Im 99.999% confident that this will not happen from the .exe file generated by pyinstaller (unless you specify--see link above)."
Well I guess that's about as close as any one can get in this business. I have been trying to introduce py into our environment, and have opened a few eyes, however I have been given one restriction. I can not install anything, leave behind anything or alter anything on a systems ...... period, and as the saying goes "To error is human but to forgive is not company policy!" thx for your comments! "James Stroud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > LittlePython wrote: > > 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. > > You can include files with innosetup under the [FILES] section. The docs > show how. You can then code absolute paths to these resources in your > code according to the results of 'sys.platform'. If you use the > "--onedir" option, then you may want to look here: > > http://pyinstaller.hpcf.upr.edu/docs/Manual_v1.1.html#accessing-data-files > > > > 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. > > Im 99.999% confident that this will not happen from the .exe file > generated by pyinstaller (unless you specify--see link above). > > However, innosetup will put files in the 'Program Files' directory or > wherever you specify. This would be similar to just about every other > application out there for windows. > > James > > -- > James Stroud > UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics > Box 951570 > Los Angeles, CA 90095 > > http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list