RE: [Py2exe-users] error: option --icon not recognized

[Jimmy R. <ji...@re...>]

Alexander Liden wrote:
> If I use the following setup file and compile with
> C:\Python24>python setup.py py2exe
> everything works
>=20
> # winsetup.py
> from distutils.core import setup
> import py2exe
> setup(windows=3D["winApp.pyw"])
>=20
> However if I try to add an icon to the application
> C:\Python24>python setup.py py2exe --icon winApp.ico
> with the following setup
>=20
> # setup.py
> from distutils.core import setup
> import py2exe
> setup(windows=3D["winApp.pyw"],
> data_files=3D[(".",
>              ["winApp.ico"])],
> )
>=20
> I get
>=20
> error: option --icon not recognized

Change your setup call to look like this:

setup(
    windows =3D [
        {
            "script": "winApp.pyw",
            "icon_resources": [(1, "winApp.ico")]
        }
    ],
)

The wiki has more info:
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/moin.cgi/CustomIcons

Jimmy