[PyInstaller] Re: Extra Measures to Avoid Reverse Engineer the Exe

2020-02-17 Thread Fred M
Hi! On my side I use Cython to compile .py files into .pyd files before integration with pyinstaller. But for additional files maybe you should encode them first or add them in an encoded shape into variables. I don't know if this can be easily done and if it's compatible with your application.

Re: [PyInstaller] Re: Pyinstaller: calling another Tkinter restarts the app and doesn't bring up other Toplevel() window.

2020-02-17 Thread 'Chris Barker' via PyInstaller
I think you need to rethink a bit what you are doing here: You are calling a python program from within a python program? Why? Do you need two programs running? If you do have a good reason, then you need to rethink how you are using PyInstaller (and maybe it's not the right tool). PyInstaller

[PyInstaller] Re: Pyinstaller: calling another Tkinter restarts the app and doesn't bring up other Toplevel() window.

2020-02-17 Thread JAY JAY
Yeah soo.. I figured out my problem. BONKERS. Turns out I was using this: subprocess.call([sys.executable,"file"]) AAAND.. if you run the python script without pyinstaller, sys.executable = the python interpreter. In a bundled pyinstaller app, that's NOT WHAT IT IS!!! It's actually the

[PyInstaller] Learning Pyinstaller is deceptively complicated. Before you start...

2020-02-17 Thread JAY JAY
I am very excited that Pyinstaller exists. I love being able to package an app and send it off for anyone without python! But.. to get there, this tool is misleadingly complicated.. Before you start... "It's very easy, all you do is pyinstaller x.py and you're done, with everything