[Tutor] Build exe on Vista, have it run on XP?

[Michael Langford]

I'm trying to build a exe on a vista system using py2exe. It will deploy to
vista and XP systems. If it matters, the application uses pyserial, as well.
I have VS Studio 2005 installed on this laptop as well. I've found this so
far that seems to be identical to what I'm seeing (for non-python programs):
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread611031.html

When I attempt to run, I get "The procedure entry point
_except_handler4_common could not be located in the dynamic link library
mscvrt.dll."  Apparently vista has one more _except_handler#_common function
than XP does.

I've used py2exe several times before (however not recenty, as it was before
Vista came out). I'm using a very basic setup file right now:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(console=['responderbot.py'])

Are there any ways to either py2exe work or any other exe builder for my
build environment and deployment scenario? I don't really want to dig around
in py2exe/pyserial internals to force it to use the dll's that the MS
support person said it should be using. Will any automated exe builder work
where I am?

I've heard IronPython can compile down to an exe....is it a valid
alternative? Should my CPython utility be compatible with ipy? I only use
the random,time,sys, and serial modules. I really know nothing about ipy.

          --Michael

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