py2exe DLL Search Path

[Manfred Knobloch]

Is it possible to tell py2exe to create the exe file in a way that
the resulting exe looks for python23.dll, _sre.pyd, library.zip, etc...
in a subdirectory? Something like set_runtime_library_dirs?

thanx in advance

M.Knobloch

 

[Thomas Heller]

Is it possible to tell py2exe to create the exe file in a way that
the resulting exe looks for python23.dll, _sre.pyd, library.zip, etc...
in a subdirectory? Something like set_runtime_library_dirs?

You simply supply a subdirectory in the zipfile argument, like

setup(...
zipfile="libdir\\library.zip")

This way the library.zip file as well as all the .pyd extensions will be
in the 'libdir' subdirectory relative to the exe. python23.dll has to
be in the same directory as the exe, though - to be exact, it has to be
on the PATH that windows uses to find dlls.

Thomas