How to convert .py to .exe?

I installed python and py2exe.How can I use py2exe to convert py file to exe file?Thank you.

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Thanks.A question:What should I put "python setup.py py2exe"?Inside the code?

No, you run that from the command line.

run from Python command?

from the command line you would type:
"python setup.py py2exe"

This will launch setup.py, setup.py will tell py2exe which python file you want to convert to an exe

I saved my work at D:\abc1\abc1\, then i tried to type "c:\python23\python.exe d:\abc1\abc1\setup.py py2exe".The program I made run,but in the command-line,there are some lines said:

running py2exe
running build
running build_scripts
error file 'abc.py' does not exist.


Also,I couldn't find the .exe file.

This is my seutp.py file:


# setup.py
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(name="abc",
scripts=["abc.py"],
)



Thanks a lot.

Do you actually have a file called abc.py somewhere or did you just make that up?

i have the abc.py file which is in the same folder as setup.py.that's why i am confused about it.

Is my command right?

Ok, then do this instead.
1. Go to the dos command prompt. This can be done by going to Start-->Run... and typing "cmd" (or "command" for Windoze 98) and then hitting enter.

2. On the DOS window, type the following:
d:
cd \abc1\abc1
c:\python23\python.exe setup.py py2exe

See if that helps you.

Thank you so much.It looks working.After I run the command you gave me,there are so many lines coming out.it seems to add some news files in my abc\abc folder.Also,a new folder has been created : dist\abc\.some files like python23.dll and abc.exe are there.Does it mean py2exe successfully?


Thanks a lot.

If you didn't see any error messages, then it must have been successful

Thank you.Wow!This is the first time I did py2exe.What I did before is run the command under C:,not in my program's folder.Now I understand it.

I also have a question: when I run the program that I made,the DOS windows always comes out.How can I remove it?

There are two ways that i know of to do this, 1 you could us the -w flag from the command line, something like..

python setup.py py2exe -w

2, give your python program a .pyw extension (abc.py becomes abc.pyw)

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