What is cx_Freeze? cx_Freeze is a set of utilities for freezing Python scripts into executables using many of the techniques found in Thomas Heller's py2exe, Gordon McMillan's Installer and the Freeze utility that ships with Python itself. Where do I get it? http://starship.python.net/crew/atuining http://www.computronix.com/utilities.shtml (it may be a few days before the second site is updated) What's new? 1) Added option --default-path which is used to specify the path used when finding modules. This is particularly useful when performing cross compilations (such as for building a frozen executable for Windows CE). 2) Added option --shared-lib-name which can be used to specify the name of the shared library (DLL) implementing the Python runtime that is required for the frozen executable to work. This option is also particularly useful when cross compiling since the normal method for determining this information cannot be used. 3) Added option --zip-include which allows for additional files to be added to the zip file that contains the modules that implement the Python script. Thanks to Barray Warsaw for providing the initial patch. 4) Added support for handling read-only files properly. Thanks to Peter Grayson for pointing out the problem and providing a solution. 5) Added support for a frozen executable to be a symbolic link. Thanks to Robert Kiendl for providing the initial patch. 6) Enhanced the support for running a frozen executable that uses an existing Python installation to locate modules it requires. This is primarily of use for embedding Python where the interface is C but the ability to run from source is still desired. 7) Modified the documentation to indicate that building from source on Windows currently requires the mingw compiler (http://www.mingw.org). 8) Workaround the problem in Python 2.3 (fixed in Python 2.4) which causes a broken module to be left in sys.modules if an ImportError takes place during the execution of the code in that module. Thanks to Roger Binns for pointing this out. -- Anthony Tuininga anthony@computronix.com Computronix Distinctive Software. Real People. Suite 200, 10216 - 124 Street NW Edmonton, AB, Canada T5N 4A3 Phone: (780) 454-3700 Fax: (780) 454-3838 http://www.computronix.com