Re: [Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread Wayne Werner
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:24 PM, ALAN GAULD wrote: > > It doesn't make sense to say, go here, install this, ok, now drop > > this in this folder, ok now drop this in that folder, ok now open > > your command prompt and type this string > > Agreed, we need to package our apps so the user doesn't n

Re: [Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread ALAN GAULD
> At least in my case it was about simplicity. If it was a simple matter of > using > > a base python program, that would be one thing, but the last program i > distributed here at work used pygtk as it's GUI Valid comment although its not much more work to build a custom installer that ins

Re: [Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread James Reynolds
At least in my case it was about simplicity. If it was a simple matter of using a base python program, that would be one thing, but the last program i distributed here at work used pygtk as it's GUI (which at the time required four different packages, I believe they have consolidated this down to o

Re: [Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread Alan Gauld
"Mike Silverson" wrote installed on the target computer. I am trying to send a program to a friend using windows and he does not have python installed, and does not want to take the time to install it. Given how quickly Python installs compared to many other apps I can only assume he uses

Re: [Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread James Reynolds
I use http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/ personally. I found py2exe to be a headache compared to cx. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Mike Silverson wrote: > Hi, I need to know if there is any way to run a python file without Python > installed on the target computer. I am trying to send a progra

Re: [Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread Nicholas Holley
On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:01:37 +0800 Mike Silverson wrote: > Hi, I need to know if there is any way to run a python file without > Python installed on the target computer. I am trying to send a > program to a friend using windows and he does not have python > installed, and does not want to take t

[Tutor] Running python on windows

2011-04-11 Thread Mike Silverson
Hi, I need to know if there is any way to run a python file without Python installed on the target computer. I am trying to send a program to a friend using windows and he does not have python installed, and does not want to take the time to install it. Is there any way to send him the file (or a