🌐 Mailman 3 September 2000 - Tutor - python.org

Windons Task tray
by rhicks＠rma.edu July 4, 2001

July 4, 2001

Is it possible to minimize a python program to the task tray area of the taskbar in Windows95/98? Bob pop3.rma.edu

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winsound
by FxItAL＠aol.com Oct. 1, 2000

Oct. 1, 2000

Hello, I'm having difficulty getting the SND_LOOP flag to work. The sound will play if I use SND_ASYNC, but only once. I'd like to loop the sound and then be able to stop it with SND_PURGE. Any help is greatly appreciated. Python 1.6 on Windows ME Thanks Al

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RE: [Tutor] Freeze
by Doug Stanfield Oct. 1, 2000

Oct. 1, 2000

[ Paul Yachnes wrote: ] > > > > I have a fairly simple script that I want to turn into a standalone > > application. [To which Rob Andrews with a list of options] > There are three solutions to that. > > the freeze tool, which is included in the Python source tree as Tools/freeze. > On Windows, another alternative ...Christian Tismer's SQFREEZE > (http://starship.python.net/crew/pirx/) > Gordon McMillian offers with Installer > (http://starship.python.net/crew/gmcm/distribute.html) These days I think the consensus is that the best choice is Gordan McMillan's installer. This message was posted recently on c.l.py: ------------included message------------- jpl(a)remotejava.NOSPAM.com (Jan Ploski) writes: > This is certainly a very newbie-ish question, but is it possible to write > code in Python and then compile it into a win32 executable? It's not really compiling, but you can use Gordan McMillan's installer package (at http://www.mcmillan-inc.com/install1.html). This automatically tracks down the various dependencies of your script and puts it all together (along with some very nice archive formats for the various library routines) into an executable that can be run directly. You generally end up with the exe, a pyz for python library files a few standlone files (like exceptions.pyc) and any external modules (dll/pyd). That collection of files is all you need to run your application. The installer package has a simple installation script (console based - prompts for a directory and unpacks), but you can combine the installer with a Windows installation package. That can be InstallShield, Wise, or for my purposes, I use the free Inno Setup (http://www.jrsoftware.org), and you end up with your Python application looking just like a native installed Windows application, and being totally self-contained within its installation directory. Users install/uninstall it just like any other Windows application. > Specifically, I would like to know whether it makes sense to try to write > a custom installer in Python for a Java application (some file copying, > extraction, and manipulation of the Windows registry is needed). I would not > like to buy nor learn Visual C++ for that purpose. Buying a shrink-wrapped > installer like InstallAnywhere is an alternative, but I am curious if Python > could come to rescue. If that's completely unrealistic (i.e. a 5 MB Python > interpreter needed to get started), let me know. I have no idea. I'd probably go with an established solution (which doesn't have to mean commercial) if it were me. Not because Python couldn't do it - I'm sure you could - but because there can be a lot of messiness with Windows installations (locked files, DLL registration, etc...). Also, while it wouldn't be 5MB, any Python installation tool would certainly take at least the 500-600K of the Python DLL and whatever extensions (such as the win32 registry module) you used. That contrasts with about 275K for Inno Setup, for example. Not much of an issue with network based installs, but could hurt on a diskette setup. -- -- David -- /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ \ David Bolen \ E-mail: db3l(a)fitlinxx.com / | FitLinxx, Inc. \ Phone: (203) 708-5192 | / 860 Canal Street, Stamford, CT 06902 \ Fax: (203) 316-5150 \ \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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Re: Tutor digest, Vol 1 #440 - 1 msg
by Tom Connor Oct. 1, 2000

Oct. 1, 2000

> Learning Python, P. 138, has a box which discusses this briefly. I just > read it 2 days ago. It suggests a search on the Python web site for > details. (Disucussion includes "squeeze", and compiled code. Tom Connor > I have a fairly simple script that I want to turn into a standalone > application. I read that I can do this with a tool calle "Freeze" but I > cannot find it in my Python -->Tools subdirectory. I have also looked on the > python.org web site but can't find it. Can anyone tell me where I can find > this and if it works well? > > Paul Yachnes > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor(a)python.org > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > End of Tutor Digest

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Freeze
by Paul Yachnes Sept. 30, 2000

Sept. 30, 2000

I have a fairly simple script that I want to turn into a standalone application. I read that I can do this with a tool calle "Freeze" but I cannot find it in my Python -->Tools subdirectory. I have also looked on the python.org web site but can't find it. Can anyone tell me where I can find this and if it works well? Paul Yachnes

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Help with cmd, Cmd() & cmdloop
by Richard Wilkins Sept. 28, 2000

Sept. 28, 2000

Hi all, I'm new to Python, and was wondering if someone could help me with cmdloop. It says in the documentation to have a method called do_something which will be called upon a string entry of 'something' in the cmdloop. Could someone please tell me how to incorporate these methods with the cmdloop, because I really have no idea... Thanks, Andrew Wilkins

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arguements
by Suzanne Little Sept. 28, 2000

Sept. 28, 2000

Hello, Would someone be able to explain to me (or point me to an explanation) what the * and ** mean? These occur in the argument list to some methods I've been reading in Tkinter. For example the keyword dictionary **kw. What is included in this dictionary and how does it work? How can I access it or use it? Why, when I pass it to another method in the init method do I need to do it as just kw? I've also seen the * used in things like *args. How does this work? And what does it do? Sorry if this is blatantly obvious or in an obvious spot but I can't find anything that explains it in depth. My suspicions are that it's used when you could have any number of arguments but what restrictions and how they're used - I don't know. The questions I've asked above are just so you have an idea of what I'm looking for. As always, thank-you very much for any and all help. Suzanne -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic" -Lewis Carroll --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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File types
by Prospero Sept. 28, 2000

Sept. 28, 2000

Greetings! I am writing a program which requires the use of two data files, both very large, both containing groups of integers and one possibly containing one-letter or one-word entries with each group. I know a little about text files but nothing about numeric files or databases. Can anyone tell me either how to set these up or where (preferably on the web) to find this information? TIA, Prospero. "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." --Harvey Fierstein Prospero's World: http://www.bigwig.net/prospero

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RE: [Tutor] RE: Tutor digest, Vol 1 #430 - 7 msgs
by alan.gauld＠bt.com Sept. 27, 2000

Sept. 27, 2000

> Dunno if this is answered already, I'm just back from vacation... Doh, and it shows! I meant to send that directly to the original poster, not to the list. Apologies to all. Alan G. > > You can only have 1 Tk() in a program, you already have > root = Tk() > so will need to use > root.title(). > > At least I think that's the problem, I haven't tried it :-) > > Alan G. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tutor-admin(a)python.org > > [mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of > > tutor-request(a)python.org > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 5:03 PM > > To: tutor(a)python.org > > Subject: Tutor digest, Vol 1 #430 - 7 msgs > > > > > > Send Tutor mailing list submissions to > > tutor(a)python.org > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > tutor-request(a)python.org > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > tutor-admin(a)python.org > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Tutor digest..." > > > > > > > >

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RE: Tutor digest, Vol 1 #430 - 7 msgs
by alan.gauld＠bt.com Sept. 27, 2000

Sept. 27, 2000

Dunno if this is answered already, I'm just back from vacation... You can only have 1 Tk() in a program, you already have root = Tk() so will need to use root.title(). At least I think that's the problem, I haven't tried it :-) Alan G. > -----Original Message----- > From: tutor-admin(a)python.org > [mailto:tutor-admin@python.org]On Behalf Of > tutor-request(a)python.org > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 5:03 PM > To: tutor(a)python.org > Subject: Tutor digest, Vol 1 #430 - 7 msgs > > > Send Tutor mailing list submissions to > tutor(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tutor-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tutor-admin(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tutor digest..." > >

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