[web2py] Using cxfreeze for creating web2py exe with custom libraries

[Praneeth Bodduluri]

Hello all,

I have been looking at using cxfreeze to create a web2py standalone
exe with custom libraries added in. Attached is the script used - Can
be used if you want to repackage web2py's windows exe adding in custom
libraries.

One of the major advantages of using cxfreeze for creating the
standalone exe is the avoidance of the need for copying "MSVCR90.dll"
to create the exe [ needed by py2exe ->
http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial#Step52 ]. This allows for
easy building of the standalone exe with python 2.7.


Massimo:

The quit function in gluon/widget.py needs the sys.exit replaced by
sys.exit(0) for the proper exit when using cxfreeze to create a
standalone exe. i.e line 325 of gluon/widget.py needs to be replaced
with sys.exit(0) . I would be grateful if you could make the change.

Best Regards,
Praneeth

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

"""
Usage:
    Install cx_Freeze: http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/
    Copy script to the web2py directory
    c:\Python27\python standalone_exe_cxfreeze.py build_exe
"""
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
from gluon.import_all import base_modules, contributed_modules
from gluon.fileutils import readlines_file
from glob import glob
import fnmatch
import os
import shutil
import sys
import re

#read web2py version from VERSION file
web2py_version_line = readlines_file('VERSION')[0]
#use regular expression to get just the version number
v_re = re.compile('[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
web2py_version = v_re.search(web2py_version_line).group(0)

base = None

if sys.platform == 'win32':
    base = "Win32GUI"

base_modules.remove('macpath')
buildOptions = dict(
        compressed = True,
        excludes = ["macpath","PyQt4"],
    	includes = base_modules,
  	    include_files=[
            'applications',
            'ABOUT',
            'LICENSE',
            'VERSION',
            'logging.example.conf',
            'options_std.py',
            'app.example.yaml',
            'queue.example.yaml',
            ],
        # append any extra module by extending the list below -
        # "contributed_modules+["lxml"]"
        packages = contributed_modules,
        )

setup(
        name = "Web2py",
        version=web2py_version,
        author="Massimo DiPierro",
        description="web2py web framework",
        license = "LGPL v3",
        options = dict(build_exe = buildOptions),
        executables = [Executable("web2py.py",
                                    base=base,
                                    compress = True,
                                    icon = "web2py.ico",
                                    targetName="web2py.exe",
                                    copyDependentFiles = True)],
        )