[Jeff] > I read the link you sent, and I am not sure what they mean by "You > cannot rely on __file__, because __file__ is not there in the py2exed > main-script." can't I use _file_ in my application though? This is what > I just added to my application and it seems to do the trick... is there > an exception that I am not aware of?
[Bill] Apparently, py2exe does something (when it freezes the script), which makes __file__ break or at least makes it unreliable. What that something is, I have know idea. Someone else on the list may know... [Jeff] > using your method, what do you do with 'installDir' in py2exe? > [Bill] The documentation for my program lives in a sub-directory of the program directory. Example: C:\Program Files\FilePrinter\documentation But the 'program directory' could be anywhere the user felt like installing it, so... when a user wants to open the docs, they click on a menu item in the GUI and this code gets fired: def on_openDocs_command(self, event): """Opens the documention.""" installDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])) docs = r'documentation\FilePrinter.html' webbrowser.open(os.path.join(installDir, docs)) and no matter where they installed my program, it's possible for me to find the file 'FilePrinter.html' and open it. HTH Bill _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor