Alan Gould wrote:
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Good idea, I forgot that in Python you can find the full path that way.
Too used to working in C/C++ where the file macro only gives the
filename...
In C++, you wouldn't want the full path to the source file, but the full
path to the .EXE file. That can be gotten in Windows, by using
GetModuleHandle(0), and some other function on that handle. Sorry I
don't remember the name of the second function, but I haven't done any
C++ work in a few years. It might have a name like
GetModuleXXXXX(handle). Anyway, that's the technique I used in that
environment. To me, if it's possible to avoid an install entirely, I'm
in favor.
Two other tricks I used in the C++/Win world;
1) Let the name of the exe, as well as the location, be significant. If
you put most of the code in dll's, it doesn't cost much to have multiple
copies of the .EXE, each one with a different behavior. That's
especially useful when you make file associations or SendTo associations
to those various executables. Windows launches the program with only
the filename as an argument, but I can have one more parameter hidden in
the filename.
2) You can append arbitrary data to the EXE, and it won't affect normal
running. Windows only maps in the amount specified in the header. But
you can fetch readonly data from the end of the file, and use it any way
you like. To append, you can simply do COPY /B myprog.exe +
extradata.bin
I wish Python.exe was designed this way. We could package up small
scripts by appending them to a renamed EXE, The user could treat that
as a self-contained executable, ready to run. This wouldn't obviate the
need for installing Python itself, but it could make integrating it into
normal usage simpler.
See EXEMAKER for an implementation of #1, though it doesn't work with
some imports, and has the problem that a console gets created even if
you're running a GUI python script. It's a good start, though.
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