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The "extending" example that comes with Py2Exe shows a nicely integrated approach for using Inno Setup to create single file executables. This example isn't so nicely integrated, but it uses [http://nsis.sourceforge.net NSIS] instead of Inno Setup in case you prefer that.

Drop a copy of this script in your source directory alongside setup.py and modify the first two lines. The first points to py2exe's output directory and the second is the name of the executable in that directory as well as the name of the executable that NSIS will create. You can also select compression behavior - NSIS' LZMA compression (based on [http://www.7-zip.com 7-Zip]) is pretty impressive - wxPython applications start at about 3.5 - 4 MB instead of 10 - 12 MB. Compression may slow startup time for your executable somewhat.

Once you've built your executable with py2exe, then compile the installer script with NSIS and an executable will be created in the same folder as the script. When run, that single file executable will expand the original executable created by py2exe along with all the dll, pyd, and data files for your application into a temporary directory and run it. When your application exits, the temp folder will be deleted automatically.

Command line parameters for your executable are not supported.

The executables produced have only been tested on Windows XP. Please update this page if you try them on other platforms.

[mailto:jimmy@retzlaff.com&subject=Single%20File%20Python%20Executables Jimmy Retzlaff]
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'''setup.nsi:'''
{{{
!define py2exeOutputDirectory 'dist\Calculator'
!define exe 'calculator.exe'

; Comment out the "SetCompress Off" line and uncomment
; the next line to enable compression. Startup times
; will be a little slower but the executable will be
; quite a bit smaller
SetCompress Off
;SetCompressor lzma

Name 'Calculator'
OutFile ${exe}
SilentInstall silent
;Icon 'icon.ico'

Section
    InitPluginsDir
    SetOutPath '$PLUGINSDIR'
    File '${py2exeOutputDirectory}\*.*'

    GetTempFileName $0
    DetailPrint $0
    Delete $0
    StrCpy $0 '$0.bat'
    FileOpen $1 $0 'w'
    FileWrite $1 '@echo off$\r$\n'
    StrCpy $2 $TEMP 2
    FileWrite $1 '$2$\r$\n'
    FileWrite $1 'cd $PLUGINSDIR$\r$\n'
    FileWrite $1 '${exe}$\r$\n'
    FileClose $1
    nsExec::Exec $0
    Delete $0
SectionEnd
}}}

The version above seems to work fine on Win9x. Even with the batch file that is lauched (and DOS boxes do not close automaticaly, by default, on those OS). The startup time of a wxPython app with lzma compression becomes very long (1+ minute) on a machinne with 64MB RAM and a Pentium 200MHz, but it's usable on faster machines that are common today ;-)
It also works without a temp batchfile. The current directory is also in the temp dir.

There is a streamlined version below. The sample python script 'simple.py' pops up an dialog box with the paths to important directories.
uncompressed size is around 1.5MB, "lzma" compression leads to approx. 500kB. Just save the three files below in a directory then run {{{setup.py}}} and then {{{makensis setup.nsi}}}. Compare the outputs of the exe to directly running {{{single.py}}}. (ctypes has to be installed to create the exe)

I also added a "/r" so that subdirectories are also packed into the installer as i tend to keep images and other data as external files in a subdir, even with py2exe.

Commenting out {{{compressor}}} disables compression.

''cliechti''

'''setup.nsi''' - the Nullsoft installer script
{{{
!define py2exeOutputDir 'dist'
!define exe 'single.exe'
!define icon 'C:\python23\py.ico'
!define compressor 'lzma' ;one of 'zlib', 'bzip2', 'lzma'

; - - - - do not edit below this line, normaly - - - -
!ifdef compressor
    SetCompressor ${compressor}
!else
    SetCompress Off
!endif
Name ${exe}
OutFile ${exe}
SilentInstall silent
!ifdef icon
    Icon ${icon}
!endif

Section
    InitPluginsDir
    SetOutPath '$PLUGINSDIR'
    File /r '${py2exeOutputDir}\*.*'
    SetOutPath '$EXEDIR' ; uncomment this line to start the exe in the PLUGINSDIR
    nsExec::Exec $PLUGINSDIR\${exe}
SectionEnd
}}}

'''simple.py''' - the example script
{{{
#! python
import os, sys, ctypes

ctypes.windll.user32.MessageBoxA(0,
    "curdir: %s\nexedir: %s\nsys.winver: %s" % (
        os.path.abspath(os.curdir),
        os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])),
        sys.winver,
    ), "%s - Message" % os.path.basename(sys.executable), 0x30
)
}}}

'''setup.py''' - just run it to make the sample
{{{
#! python
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os

sys.argv.append('py2exe')

setup(
    options = {'py2exe': {'optimize': 2}},
    windows = [{'script': "single.py"}],
    zipfile = "shared.lib",
)
}}}

A NSI along these lines works unter Win NT 4 too.
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SingleFileExecutable (last edited 2015-04-03 16:23:23 by JimmyRetzlaff)