I believe I figured things out. Adding 'F' as an option via setting
options=[('F' ,None,'OPTION')] in my previous attempt won't work since the
only options that can be included in the bundled app in such a manner are
v, u, W.
Is that correct?
Instead I simply ran my_app.spec --onefile at the command line, which
worked.
Thanks
Paul
On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 10:48:55 AM UTC-5 Paul Fishback wrote:
> So, following the steps at
> https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/spec-files.html, I could add
> the run time option -F,--onefile in my spec file by defining
>
> options=[('F' ,None,'OPTION')]
>
> and including this as a parameter of my EXE instance, e.g.
>
> exe = EXE(pyz,
> a.scripts,
> [],
> options,...)
>
>
> This didn't change the outcome, so I'm still missing something.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 3:12:23 AM UTC-5 bwoodsend wrote:
>
>> You’ve built in onedir mode (the default) which as the name suggests
>> produces a directory. The EXE file inside that directory will not function
>> without the rest of the contents of that folder. You need to distribute the
>> folder with the program name. Or build in --onefile mode.
>>
>> On Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 5:01:49 PM UTC fishba...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> My computer is a Mac running OS 11.6.1 and I've created a Windows 10
>>> virtual machine with VMware Fusion.
>>>
>>> I've had no problems creating an .app with pyinstaller on the Mac side.
>>> I can move it to a new directory and double-click to open it.
>>>
>>> One the Windows side, I can run pyinstaller.exe fine using a
>>> "bare-bones" .spec file, where I've only attempted to change the icon. The
>>> .exe was located in a folder (having the program name) which in turn was
>>> located in dist. The original .py and .spec were located
>>> in C:\Users\MyName\Desktop
>>>
>>> Unfortunately the .exe cannot be opened when I move it to a new
>>> directory on my virtual machine. Double clicking it results in a fatal
>>> error message,
>>>
>>> "Error loading Python DLL '\\vmware -host\Shared
>>> Folders\Desktop\python39.dll '. LoadLibrary: The specified module could not
>>> be found.
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure I'm missing something in terms of how a virtual machine
>>> works and would appreciate insights into what I'm doing wrong.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> PaulF
>>>
>>
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