Python: py2exe setup file example

py2exe is a Python package that can convert Python scripts into executable Windows programs. This is an example of py2exe setup file.

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
import sys

# no arguments
if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    sys.argv.append("py2exe")

def compile(appName, console=False):
    OPTIONS = {"py2exe":
             {"compressed": 1, "optimize": 0, "bundle_files": 1, } }
    ZIPFILE = None

if console:
        setup(
            options=OPTIONS,
            zipfile=ZIPFILE,
            console=[appName]
        )
    else:
        setup(
            options=OPTIONS,
            zipfile=ZIPFILE,
            windows=[appName]
        )
compile(‘example.py’)