py2exe issues with pictures and icons

[Mike Driscoll]

On Jul 16, 1:37 pm, Alexnb <alexnbr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am sure most of you are familiar with py2exe. I am having a bit of a
> problem. See the program has a few pictures involved and the .ico it uses
> for the windows. However, the pictures are stored in the same directory as
> the source, something like: C:\Docs and settings\me\My docs\python\program.
> When I run the program for the interpreter, just as a .py, everything works
> just as it should. However, when I compile the main source as an .exe, and
> say let a friend try the program. It fails because it is missing the .ico.
> The catch, is I don't want to have it have to installed, at least at this
> point, I want it to be able to just run. So how can I make it just run from
> any computer with the files not being in the immediate directory. If that is
> not possible, how can I put them in the immediate directory and still make
> it work. Because that directory may change a lot so the path will change.
>
> Just a few questions. I hope someone out there can help me out!
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Put the part of the code that needs the ico file(s) into a try/except
block. You could also try reading the py2exe wiki and tutorials. This
one looks like it has relevant data:

http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/CustomIcons

Mike