On 7/04/2012 12:57 AM, Cesar Covarrubias wrote:
I'm still getting my feet wet on the Windows side of things with Python,
so I apologize for the noobish question.
If i am reading the create_link.py example correctly, that is created
when the application itself is invoked, not during installation. Is that
correct? If it is, how would I be able to invoke that when generating
the MSI so that the installer creates the shortcut?
Right - I think I misunderstood your question. If you can't arrange for
install.py to run then what I suggested isn't going to help that.
Note however that bdist_msi really isn't targeted at creating
stand-alone installations, but instead at installing Python extension
modules. I'd recommend using cx_Freeze to create the app, but looking
further afield to create the installer for the app (eg, Inno, NSIS, WiX,
etc)
Mark
Cesar
On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:42 PM, Mark Hammond <skippy.hamm...@gmail.com
<mailto:skippy.hamm...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Seeing you are relying on win32com, you might as well add the links
directly rather than via the intermediate WScript.shell object.
Look in win32comext\shell\demos\__create_link.py for an example of
how to create shortcuts directly.
HTH,
Mark
On 6/04/2012 5:23 AM, cesar.covarrub...@gmail.com
<mailto:cesar.covarrub...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
I am working on creating an installer of a Python 3.2
application that we programmed. The end goal is to create an
installer in which we can specify the install path, and create
shortcuts in the Start Menu and Desktop. Ideally, we would like
to give the users the option to create the Desktop or Start Menu
shortcuts.
I was able to create a .msi file with the setup.py and
install.py files below. This allowed me to specify the custom
default path but not create the shortcut in the Start Menu.
Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing?
setup.py
--------
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import sys
productName = "ProductName"
if 'bdist_msi' in sys.argv:
sys.argv += ['--initial-target-dir', 'C:\InstallDir\\' +
productName]
sys.argv += ['--install-script', 'install.py']
exe = Executable(
script="main.py",
base="Win32GUI",
targetName="Product.exe"
)
setup(
name="Product.exe",
version="1.0",
author="Me",
description="Copyright 2012",
executables=[exe],
scripts=[
'install.py'
]
)
------------------------------__-----------
install.py
----------
import os
import sys
import win32com.client as w32client
shortcut_group_name = "Start Menu Dir"
shortcut_name = "Product Name"
shortcut_target = "http://www.microsoft.com";
sh = w32client.Dispatch("WScript.__Shell")
p = sh.SpecialFolders("__AllUsersPrograms")
assert(os.path.isdir(p))
p = os.path.join(p, shortcut_group_name)
if (not os.path.isdir(p)):
os.makedirs(p)
lnk = sh.CreateShortcut(os.path.__join(p, shortcut_name + ".lnk"))
lnk.TargetPath = shortcut_target
lnk.Save()
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Very Respectfully,
Cesar Covarrubias
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