py2exe 0.5.0 (finally) released

[Cousin Stanley]

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Thomas .... 

    This is my first attempt at running any version of py2exe .... 

    Using ....

        Win98_SE
        Python 2.3 Enthought Edition
        py2exe 0.50 

    The samples  hello.py  and  test_wx.py  in the simple folder 
    function as expected when run as python scripts ....

    setup.py goes through the motions and creates
    the  build  and  dist directories and the following
    files are produced in .... /simple/dist ....

        hello.exe
        library.zip
        python23.dll
        w9xpopen.exe
        wxc.pyd
        wxmsw24.dll
        _sre.pyd
   
    hello.exe will not run .... 

        Could not locate script resource:
 
    The following Traceback from  setup.py  indicates 
    that  unicows.dll  seems to be missing .... 

python setup.py py2exe > py2exe_simple.txt
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 34, in ?
    console = ["hello.py"],
  File ".\distutils\core.py", line 149, in setup
  File ".\distutils\dist.py", line 907, in run_commands
  File ".\distutils\dist.py", line 927, in run_command
  File "K:\PYTHON23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 197, in run
    self.create_binaries(py_files, extensions, dlls)
  File "K:\PYTHON23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 391, in create_
binaries
    arcname, target.script)
  File "K:\PYTHON23\Lib\site-packages\py2exe\build_exe.py", line 566, in build_e
xecutable
    add_resource(unicode(exe_path), script_bytes, u"PYTHONSCRIPT", 1, True)
RuntimeError: this function requires unicows.dll in the Python directory on Win
95/98/Me
  
    I found one version of unicows.dll that was previously installed
    with another program, OE-Quote-fix,  and stuck it in the Python folder, 
    but then Python page faulted from setup.py .... 

    Will a different/current version of unicows.dll
    in the Python folder alieviate this problem ????


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Cousin Stanley
Human Being
Phoenix, Arizona