Distributing Python apps; is this kosher ?

[Gary Duncan]

I've whipped up a little Python demo script for a friend as a 
self-running CD; he doesn't have Python on his Windoze NT box and I 
didn't want to get him to install it.

What I did works, but seems a little klugey ; maybe there's a better way
if so pse advice.

The CD contains :-

1) an 'autorun.inf ' file , containing :-

	[autorun]
	open = python my_script.py

2) the my_script.py (which does some simple graphics using TKinter, btw)

) the contents of C:\Python23		(I used the latest version)
     - all at the top level of the CD , ie not in a Python23 dir

3) python23.dll   (see further)

    - this wasn't in C:\Python23 ; I had to copy it from my
       E:\WINNT\system32 dir (WIN2000 is on my E: drive)

Put the CD into a Windoze box and the scripts runs. Nice and simple.

I expected to have to mess around setting up env-vars for PYTHONPATH,
TKPATH (?) but this wasn't necessary. Seems Python is smart enough to 
find the TK/Tcl stuff in its dir.

Concerning Python23.dll, my first attempt failed because a copy of that 
dll wasn't left in C:\Python23. I'm wondering why this is so.

Again, feedback welcome.

- Gary