Why are you writing an installer in Python and Powershell? Just write an installer in WiX, NSIS or Inno like the rest of the sane world.
Alternatively take a look at MakeMSI or the script python uses to generate there .MSI. Anything else is WAY too non-standard to consider. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:01 AM, <nikunj.badja...@emc.com> wrote: > Can anyone throw some light on this please ! ? > > > > > > From: python-list-bounces+nikunj.badjatya=emc....@python.org > [mailto:python-list-bounces+nikunj.badjatya=emc....@python.org] On Behalf Of > nikunj.badja...@emc.com > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 4:10 PM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: ProgressBar - Python and Powershell > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am using Python 2.7, windows Env. > > I have an Installer written in Python(45%) and Powershell(55%) which is used > to install Virtual Machines at specific locations. It is single threaded. > > I am trying to implement a ProgressBar for this installer. So that the user > will come to know the progress of the installation. > > I am using pypi progressbar module. > > The top script is in python which inturns calls powershell scripts using > subprocess.call() and proceeds with the installation. > > > > I am taking a shared file between python and powershell, so that diff > functions can update their %age completion level in to the file. Ex. Func1() > updates it to 5%, func2() will add its own 5% to it.. and so on. > > At the start of the (main.py) script I am creating a thread whose sole > purpose would be to keep “READ” a temp file for a new entry in it. > > Based on this entry I can have my thread update the progressbar on the > console. > > > > My questions are: > > 1. Can I have a better shared mechanism between python and > powershell.? As I am using a file here. Reading + writing in python and > writing only in powershell. ! > > 2. Does this thread mechanism work.? I am yet to implement and test > it.! :P What can be the possible shortfalls.? > > > > > Thanks > > > > Nikunj > > Bangalore - India > > > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
