Mr. Roboto wrote: > I need PyWin under the covers, that is, to install it as part of an > application, but in such a way that it isn't visible to users. I'm > concerned about a so-called "power-user", seeing the Python directory > and/or the corresponding entry in the 'Add/Remove Programs' list, > breaking my app by uninstalling what he/she thinks is removing an > 'unnecessary program.' > > Unfortunately, I don't see any installer scripts, like for Inno Setup > or NSIS in the source archive I just downloaded from SourceForge. > I'd love to volunteer to do something like this for the larger > community of Pythonista, but I can't find any info (via Google) about > this. AFAIK, the critical info is related to the registry settings > for the Win32-related elements. I'm especially concerned about > installation of the COM infrastructure, as getting the other registry > settings is mostly tedious (but doable), trial-and-error exports from > the Registry. The rest "should" be simply a matter of creating the > primary directory structure and copying the archive files to it. > > Does anyone have pointers ? TIA.... >
Use py2exe to convert to .exe and a library.zip file that contains all the modules. Then all that gets installed is pythonwinxx.dll. This also removes dependencies on a particular version of Python being installed. Wrap that in an Inno Setup script and you are good to go. There is an entry on the Add/Remove Programs list for your program, but not for Python (as the full runtime isn't ever installed). Inno Setup can do all the registry/com stuff that you need. BTW-Python is now a 'necessary' program on many computers (Compaq/HP) as some of their management software is written in Python. So "power-users" need to be pretty careful removing it these days. -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
