Creating an EXE for XLRD + WIN32COM + wxWidgets application - Help request

[John Machin]

On Apr 12, 11:58 pm, Larry Bates <larry.ba... at websafe.com> wrote:
> BrendanC wrote:
> > I've started learninhg Python and have developed a small Python app
> > that imports Excel data into an Access mdb/jet database. This
> > application has dependencies on the following:
>
> > XLRD -http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/xlrd/0.5.2 -  (to read Excel
> > files)
> > Python windows extensions -http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/
> > - to use ADO
> > wxPython GUI toolkit -http://www.wxpython.org/- for the GUI
> > interface
>
> > Ideally I'd like to create a standalone app that I can deliver to a
> > client who can will run this on a Windows system that has Access
> > installed. (Python will not be installed on this system).
>
> > I'm planning to use P2YEXE for the build - however I'm not sure if it
> > is possible to include all the required components for this in a
> > package. I imagine there may be a few 'gotchas' with this.
>
> > Any suggestions on how to do this and are there some additional issues
> > I might run into?
>
> > Thx in advance
>
> > BrendanC
>
> I can tell you that I've used py2exe to build quite a number of apps
> that depended on many different pieces.  I have not experience with XLRD
> but the other pieces you use work just fine.

xlrd [save wear and tear on the shift key!] up to version 0.6.1 at
least is a pure-Python package with no dependencies on 3rd-party
modules/packages and is very unlikely to cause grief with py2exe; I'd
like to hear any evidence to the contrary PDQ.

The OP is best advised to "just do it" :-)

HTH,
John