[python-win32] SmartScreen

2016-02-01 Thread Ulli Horlacher
When I compile my Python program with PyInstaller and give it to a user with Windows 8.1 he gets the warning: Windows protected your PC Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Publisher: Unknown Publisher App: fexit.exe How can I prevent

[python-win32] looking for testers

2016-01-11 Thread Ulli Horlacher
I have written a Python client for F*EX(*). It is designed for Windows users, though it runs on UNIX, too. I am now looking for testers. If you are interested, I will give you an account. (*) Frams' Fast File EXchange is a service to send files of any size to any user anywhere in the

Re: [python-win32] drag files with non-ASCII filenames?

2015-12-16 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Wed 2015-12-16 (11:23), Random832 wrote: > If you want to use a strictly console-based approach, you could > simply provide a text input field for the user to type (or > paste, or drop) a filename followed by pressing Enter. I have had this in first place and the problem was: My users

Re: [python-win32] drag files with non-ASCII filenames?

2015-12-16 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Tue 2015-12-15 (16:39), Random832 wrote: > > The Windows console shell is an 8-bit entity. > > That's not true. Well, it's only true A) of programs that use > 8-bit I/O instead of Unicode (which unfortunately happens to > include Python Ok, then this is a dead end for me? > The limitation

Re: [python-win32] drag files with non-ASCII filenames?

2015-12-15 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Tue 2015-12-15 (11:10), Tim Roberts wrote: > > I have a python 2.7 program which runs in a console window and upload > > files. > > To specify the files, the user uses Windows drag (via explorer) or > > copy > > This is hopeless. In addition to the normal difficulties in > string/Unicode

Re: [python-win32] drag files with non-ASCII filenames?

2015-12-15 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Tue 2015-12-15 (09:19), Ulli Horlacher wrote: > while msvcrt.kbhit(): > c = msvcrt.getch() > if c == '\n' or c == '\r': break > paste += c I tried it with msvcrt.getwch(): same result, returns ASCII only :-( -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Vir

[python-win32] pyinstaller: failed to create process

2015-11-19 Thread Ulli Horlacher
I have to compile my Python scripts into standalone Windows executables which I can give to Windows users without Python. I use PyInstaller on Windows 7 for this task. It runs without problems with Python 2.7.10 But I am not able to get it working with Python 3.5 First, I was not able to install

Re: [python-win32] pyinstaller: failed to create process

2015-11-19 Thread Ulli Horlacher
On Thu 2015-11-19 (15:26), Graham Bloice wrote: > > C:\Users\admin>pip install pypiwin32 > > > > Collecting pypiwin32 > > Downloading pypiwin32-219-cp35-none-win32.whl (7.9MB) > > 100% || 7.9MB 61kB/s > > Installing collected packages: pypiwin32 > >