Re: [PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Da, Jose Luis
Hi Hartmut, Thank you for your answer. I understand that the file is to be created in the current directory with this code, When running the script, the text file is created successfully in the working directory. But the when running the executable, the file is not created at all. On 23 February

Re: [PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 23.02.2015 um 11:52 schrieb Jose Luis Da: with open('test.txt','w') as f: f.write('test worked') Obviously this file is to be created in the current working directory, because you are not adding any path to it. Try using an absolut path like /tmp/text.txt or C:\text.txt --

Re: [PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 23.02.2015 um 12:07 schrieb Da, Jose Luis: But the when running the executable, the file is not created at all. I doubt this. Have you tried using an absolute path? What error messages do you get? -- Schönen Gruß Hartmut Goebel Dipl.-Informatiker (univ), CISSP, CSSLP Information Security

Re: [PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Hartmut Goebel
Am 23.02.2015 um 12:09 schrieb Da, Jose Luis: used 'os.path.dirname()' to see if the executable was running from another directory than the one the executable file actually is, and therefore creating the text file there. os.path.dirname does *not* give you the current working directory.

[PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Jose Luis Da
Hi all, I need to create some text files from an executable file. I am using the following code to test it, and while the script creates the text file when I call it from the terminal, the executable does not creates the text file. import sys, os if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):

Re: [PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Da, Jose Luis
I used 'os.path.dirname()' to see if the executable was running from another directory than the one the executable file actually is, and therefore creating the text file there. On 23 February 2015 at 12:07, Da, Jose Luis joseluis.d...@upf.edu wrote: Hi Hartmut, Thank you for your answer. I

Re: [PyInstaller] How can I create a text file from an executable?

2015-02-23 Thread Da, Jose Luis
What do you mean using an absolute path? Instead of saving the file as 'test.txt', puting something like 'C:\user\desktop\text.txt',? I have not tried that, I will do it now. I do not get any error messages, the executable runs fine. On 23 February 2015 at 12:11, Hartmut Goebel

[PyInstaller] Broad hiddenimports in PyQt4, PyQt5?

2015-02-23 Thread David Cortesi
In the files hook-PyQt4.Qt.py and the very similar hook-PyQt5.Qt.py, there is a complete list of all PyQt modules as hiddenimports: hiddenimports = ['sip', 'PyQt4.QtAssistant', 'PyQt4.QtCore', 'PyQt4.QtGui', 'PyQt4.QtNetwork',