[Ironpython-users] Distributing apps

[Jeff Hardy]

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:37 AM,  <mchalkley at mail.com> wrote:
> Apologies in advance for the newbie question, especially if this has
> been covered 73 times already (I did spend a hour searching online and
> in the IPy documentation before resorting to this mailing list)...

It does come up once in a while, and maybe someday I'll write some
documentation explaining how to do it. Also, it's a lot better in
2.7.2, so things have changed a bit in the last month.

>
> I see the reference to the new pyc.py in the 2.7.2 beta, but I'm not
> sure if that's what I need or how to use it.

That's exactly what you need. What you want is something similar to:

ipy %ipyroot%\Tools\Scripts\pyc.py /target:exe /standalone
/main:foo.py bar.py etc.py

Replace %ipyroot% with wherever you have IronPython installed. And let
us know if it doesn't work for you, either.

>
> Sorry for the long-winded question, but I just wanted to be clear that
> I've gotten a ways and worked on this for a while, so if I'm missing
> something really obvious, I'm going to be very embarrassed... :)

No, it's not obvious, nor is it documented. It's one of things I'd
like to see done before 2.7.2 final.

- Jeff