Newbie question about importing modules.

[shearichard]

On Dec 17, 4:42 pm, cronoklee <cronok... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I'm starting my first python project but I'm having trouble getting
> off the ground.
> I've read all I can find about relative and absolute import paths but
> it's just not making sense to me... There seems to be around ten
> different ways to import a script.
>
> I need my project to be portable so I can copy the whole folder to run
> on any PC that has python installed. Is it always possible to simply
> include modules in the project directory and reference them without
> installing into the main python directory? I've managed this with
> small classes through trial and error but when I try it with anything
> larger (like PIL module for example) I get errors. Do I need to
> actually install anything or is it enough just to include the relevant
> scripts?
>
> All the modules I've found come with tonnes of files and
> subdirectories. Do I need all these files or should I just choose the
> scripts/folders I need?
>
> Thanks,
> cronoklee

You may find this useful as an overview of importing ...

http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm

... also this ...

http://diveintopython.org/object_oriented_framework/importing_modules.html

I may be stating the obvious but here's an example of using the Image
object offered by PIL ...

from PIL import Image

... as documented here ...

http://www.pythonware.com/library/pil/handbook/image.htm


Regarding bundling PIL with an app I'd second what Tim Roberts has to
say regarding py2Exe

regards

Richard.