I will do that and give feedback. Thanks Paul. BTW: What programs/modules do you use to distribute your apps, py2exe?
David On 7/14/13, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/14/13 2:02 PM, David O. wrote: >> I used cx_Freeze to convert a simple app designed in Dabo to a (Windows) >> exe package >> just to see the possibilities in developing commercially with Dabo. My >> very >> simple app (no db connection) >> (Simple_app.py) code is an adaptation of the example Hello_msg in the >> Dabo >> tutorial pdf from the dabo website. > > None of the executable building solutions (py2exe, cx_freeze, or > PyInstaller) are > going to work out of the box with a Dabo application, but all of them can be > made to > work once you understand what's happening. > > I used py2exe for many years with my commercial Dabo app, but it started > failing when > Vista came around and development had stopped. So I switched to cx_freeze > but then > couldn't get version info attached to the exe so I switched to PyInstaller. > Anthony > at cx_freeze in the meantime got version info working for me which was my > only > showstopper but I'd already moved on. I think either cx_freeze or > PyInstaller are > good choices. > >> After running cx_Freeze using the setup.py (codes below), my application >> compiled sucessfully but my attempt to >> run the generated exe file produced an error dialog containing the >> following error message : > > (be glad you got an error message) :) > >> ***Start error message*** >> >> Traceback(most recent call last): >> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console.py", >> line >> 27 in <module> >> exec code in m.__dict__ >> File "Simple_app.py", line 3, in <module> >> File >> "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\dabo-0.9.13-py2.7.egg\dabo\__init__.py", >> line 186, in <module> >> dLocalize.install("dabo") >> File >> "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\dabo-0.9.13-py2.7.egg\dabo\dLocalize.py", >> line 79, in install >> setLanguage(_defaultLanguage, _defaultEncoding) >> File >> "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\dabo-0.9.13-py2.7.egg\dabo\dLocalize.py", >> line 113, in setLanguage >> daboTranslation = gettext.translation("dabo", daboLocaleDir, >> languages=["en"], codeset = charset) >> File "C:Python27\Lib\gettext.py", line 469, in translation >> raise IOError(ENOENT, 'No translation file found for domain', domain) >> IOError: [Errno 2] No translation file for domain: 'dabo' >> >> **End Error message ** > > This is because Dabo depends on the dabo locale directory being found at > runtime, but > cx_freeze didn't know to include it in the bundle. > >> I do not have sufficient knowledge to know what's wrong so I'd like help >> in >> this direction but I'm surprised I'm having difficulty >> with such a simple app. I only used cxFreeze because of suggestions >> gathered online, though I have also tried py2exe unsuccesfully. >> Any suggestions regarding converting/compiling Dabo apps to exe would be >> appreciated even if I do not have to use cxFreeze. >> Thanks. > > Take a look in dabo/ide/wizards/AppWizard/spec-setup.py.txt (or run > dabo/ide/wizards/AppWizard and then look at the generated setup.py). This is > for > py2exe, however you'll see how to include localeDir and iconDir into your > bundle but > the mechanism in cx_freeze may be slightly different (I can't remember). > > I hope this helps. I've been distributing my commercial Dabo application > since 2007. > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users > Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users > This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected] > -- Affordable Professional web design http://www.designtechplus.com Need web hosting? http://www.designtechhosting.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CALOAFp=Nmpe8ARP1d1-ybsMpjkOqTagZUyMYeaT1wXt=cub...@mail.gmail.com
