Re: [Py2exe-users] the executable's name

[Thomas H. <th...@py...>]

Tian Qing Jun <Tia...@ga...> writes:

> hi, 
> I wrote a little game with py2game and want to make a exe file using py2exe,
> but my executable's name is __init__.exe(I hope it be animalBlock.exe), how
> to change it? following is my setup.py:
>
> from distutils.core import setup
> import os, string, sys, glob
> import py2exe
>
>
>
> # Run the distutils setup.
> setup(name="animalBlock",
>    version="0.01",
>    windows=["__init__.py" ],      # install the executable script
>    data_files=[("images", glob.glob('images\\*.png')),
>    ("sounds", glob.glob('sounds\\*.wav'))]    # install the game media and
> documentation
> )

You can specify the basename of the exe with 'dest_base' when you use a
dictionary (or a class instance) in the windows=[...] list.  Simple
example:

my_game = dict(script="__init__.py",
               dest_base="animalBlock")

setup(name="animalBlock",
   version="0.01",
   windows=[my_game],      # install the executable script
   data_files=[("images", glob.glob('images\\*.png')),
   ("sounds", glob.glob('sounds\\*.wav'))]
)

See also lib\site-packages\py2exe\samples\advanced\setup.py.

Thomas