Easy way to make EXEs...

[Lucas Raab]

"Xero Limit 126" <xerolimit126 at earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:yzhSb.1910$jH6.736 at newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> "What don't you understand about py2exe?  How it works, or how to actually
> execute it?  Or something else?  If you have trouble with it, perhaps
there
> could be some improvements in the documentation...  but nobody will know
> unless you help us figure out what the problem is.
>
> -Peter"
>
>
> Okay, I created the following setup file:
>
> --- file setup.py
> from distutils.core import setup
> import py2exe
>
> setup(
> console = ["calculator1.py"],
> )
>
> Then, I get the following error:
>
> -------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:/WINDOWS/Desktop/Programming/Python/Programs/setup", line 4, in
?
>     setup(
>   File "C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\PROGRAMMING\PYTHON\BASE\lib\distutils\core.py",
> line 137, in setup
>     raise SystemExit, gen_usage(dist.script_name) + "\nerror: %s" % msg
> SystemExit: usage: setup [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts]
> ...]
>    or: setup --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
>    or: setup --help-commands
>    or: setup cmd --help
>
> error: no commands supplied
> --------------------------
>
> I also get a pop up window to the effect "Do you want to exit all
together,
> Yes/No"...
>
> I have a feeling that Im just inputing somthing incorectly, or I have
> somthing installed incorrectly...
>
> (Sorry for not going too indepth before)
>
>
I believe you have to go to the command prompt or whatever you're using, go
to the directory where the file is located, and type (not the quotation
marks): "python setup.py py2exe"