Thx for the tip ... I'll give it a go
"James Stroud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > LittlePython wrote: > > "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, > > > You can always hard-code external resources. For example, first write a > script that makes a module out of one or several jpegs (assuming jpeg > extension is consitently 'jpg': > > import binascii > > def append_to_jpeg_module(modulename, jpegs): > myjpegs = open('%s.py' % modulename, 'wa') > for jpegname in jpegs: > afile = open('%s.jpg' % jpegname, 'rb') > ajpeg = afile.read() > afile.close() > jpegascii = binascii.b2a_base64(ajpeg) > print jpegascii > myjpegs.write('%s = """%s"""\n\n' % (jpegname, jpegascii)) > myjpegs.close() > > append_to_jpeg_module('myjpegs', ['logo_sm']) > > #heres how you use it > append_to_jpeg_module('myjpegs', ['coolpik1', 'coolpik2', 'anotherpik']) > > Now, in your file that needs the jpegs, you can pretend these strings > are files with the cStringIO module, e.g. (pretending 'modulename' above > is 'myjpegs'): > > import binascii > import myjpegs > import cStringIO > > def get_jpeg_as_opened_file(jpegname, module): > jpegascii = module.__dict__[jpegname] > jpegbin = binascii.a2b_base64(jpegascii) > return cStringIO.StringIO(jpegbin) > > # getting that pik > get_jpeg_as_opened_file('coolpik1', myjpegs) > > > And your company can go on making widgets feeling secure in the fact > that you have not required any extra entries in their file allocation > tables. > > 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