It's the second one, not all the modules will be available on the portable version. But the threads that require those modules will not be necessary on the portable version. I want to be able to go to any linux computer with GTK and mysqldb installed and check out my stuff from svn and run the admin part of the program. But the main computer at work that takes data in will need the modules to run the threads.
thanks for your help on this shawn On 9/26/07, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shawn bright wrote: > > lo there all, > > > > i have a gui program that imports a few modules that i don't need if i > > am using the program remotely. > > The program has an admin interface and thread interface, only the admin > > interface is needed when > > i am using the program from a remote computer. > > > > all of my modules are imported at the start of the file, and not > > initiated till a certain button is clicked on the GUI, could i put those > > import statements in the button click event? > > Yes but why do you want to? The reasons I know for doing this: > - the import takes a long time or a lot of memory and you don't want to > incur the cost unless you need it > - the imported module may not be available always and you want the rest > of the importing module still to be usable > > Kent >
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