Re: [Py2exe-users] Re: How to add a package loaded at run time

[Greg C. <gtc...@ea...>]

Thanks very much.  I'll try to check this out tomorrow.

Greg

On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 07:24, Thomas Heller wrote:
> Greg <gtc...@ea...> writes:
> 
> > Thomas Heller <theller <at> python.net> writes:
> >
> >> 
> >> I think it is because the *only* entry in sys.path is the library.zip
> >> file.
> >> 
> >> See <http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/moin.cgi/Py2exeEnvironment>
> >> 
> >> You should probably in your script check for the sys.frozen attribute,
> >> and extend sys.path yourself.
> >> 
> >
> > I think I'm dense, because I'm not having luck with this.  I have a python
> > application, which is laid out like:
> >
> > app.py
> > dir\anotherdir\dynamic1.py
> > dir\anotherdir\dynamic2.py
> > dir\anotherdir\dynamic3.py
> > dir\anotherdir\dynamic4.py
> > dir\anotherdir\dynamic5.py
> >
> > At runtime, dynamic[1-5].py is dynamically loaded, based on application
> > configuration.  Obviously, the module finder is not finding these modules.  When
> > I look in the library.zip file, they are not being added.  How can I force these
> > modules to be included in library.zip?
> 
> Is dir\anotherdir on sys.path when py2exe runs? If so, you only need to
> tell py2exe to include them, for example with the command line switch
> '--includes dynamic1,dynamic2,dynamic3,dynamic4,dynamic5'.
> 
> If it is not on sys.path, you must either extend the path that
> modulefinder uses by extending it in your setup script, additionally to
> the above command line switch.
> 
> >  I manually added these files to the library.zip file, and it worked,
> > but I'd much prefer an automated solution.  What are my options here?
> 
> For additional fun (?), you could extend py2exe so that it adds the files to
> the library.zip file after the build process is done - see
> py2exe\samples\extending\setup.py how to do this.
> 
> 
> > I read the above link and played, but it does not appear to fixing my
> > problem.  Like I said, I must be dense, because I can't see that the
> > above link is the solution.
> 
> Probably I misunderstood your original question.
> 
> Thomas
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Greg Copeland <gtc...@ea...>