From: Jimmy R. <ji...@re...> - 2018-03-05 00:39:27
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Hi Mark, Welcome to the py2exe mailing list! There is no "online form" associated with py2exe. Maybe you are referring to http://py to exe.com? I added the spaces as I don't want to encourage people to go there without thinking more deeply about the risks. That site has no direct connection with py2exe (http://py2exe.org), which is the subject of this list. In fact, that page says it uses PyInstaller ( http://www.pyinstaller.org), which does something similar to py2exe. Given there is no connection, you won't find much expertise on this list. I'd be surprised if that site has any direct affiliation with PyInstaller either given that it's using a name so similar to py2exe. Also, please think carefully about the risks involved in generating your EXEs with an online tool. I'd be especially wary of using an online tool that is offered over a non-TLS connection and makes no attempt to indicate who is behind it. You have no visibility into what it's doing, so it's very difficult to understand what is in the resulting EXE in addition to (or instead of) your own code. You may be putting users of the resulting EXE at risk. It's possible this is nothing more than an attempt to distribute malware, surreptitious cryptocurrency miners, etc. There are open source tools that have been around for more than a decade (py2exe, PyInstaller, and cx_freeze) that you can use. They are slightly harder to use, but you can look at exactly what they are doing (many people have). And you can automate things so that it's easy to produce future versions of your EXE. The authors of these tools have also openly attached their reputation to them. If you choose to use py2exe itself, then you will likely get support from people here. There is a tutorial to help get you started at http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial Good luck! Jimmy On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 1:23 PM, Mark Bausman <mba...@ea...> wrote: > I am using the online form to convert a .py to an exe. > I need to include a pip library called PLOTLY. > I type plotly in the form where it asks for it but I get an error. > How should I input the PLOTLY requirement. > > > Mark Bausman > Wylie, Texas > Load on Sunday - Shoot all week. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Py2exe-users mailing list > Py2...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/py2exe-users > |