Eli Zabielski wrote: > Hi > I'm very new to python, I created my first program, saved it as .py. I > wanted to show it to my friends and I tested running it on another > computer, one without python, and it didn't work, it gave me a list of > programs to try to run it on (ex. word, IE, Mozilla). Is there any way > to save it so anyone with windows can use it?
Eli, The .py file is just a text file containing the program, it requires Python to run. Just like you would not give a friend a Word file and expect them to be able to open it without the Word program on their computer, to run a Python program you need the Python interpreter. You have a few options: - Install Python on the other computer. If you have done this already on your computer you know it is not very hard. - Create an executable program that includes your program and the Python interpreter in one bundle. The program to do this is called py2exe, you can find it here: http://www.py2exe.org/ The disadvantage of this is that there is a bit to learn and the resulting executables are much larger than the original program (typically several megabytes) because they include the Python interpreter as well as your program. - Movable Python is a way of building a Python environment on a memory stick. You can bring it to another computer just by plugging in the memory stick. This might be a good solution for you especially if you already have a memory stick. http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/ Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
