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[Kent Johnson]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 7:17 AM, <otu at iptech-ghana.com> wrote:

>
> I am struggling with how to enable executable files. I copied the ff
> program on idlle non-interactice and run it.
>
> the_world_is_flat =1
> if the_world_is_flat:
>        print"Be careful not to fall off"
>
> The result came out on the interactive window. I saved this as
> "example.py" on the desktop. The python icon appears on the the desktop
> alright.  When I attempt to run it by double clicking the icon, only a
> black DOS window flashes.


The problem is that the DOS window closes when the program exits. Try adding
the line
raw_input("Press return to exit ")
to the end of your program.

Kent
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