On Monday 29 May 2006 12:28, SuperHik wrote: > aum wrote: > > On Mon, 29 May 2006 09:05:36 +0200, SuperHik wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I was wondering how to make a single .exe file, say some kind od clock, > >> and be able to save some settings (alarm for example) into the same > >> file? Basically make code rewrite it self... > >> > >> thanks! > > > > Yikes!!! > > > > I'd strongly suggest you read the doco for ConfigParser, and load/save > > your config file to/from os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~")). > > > > Another option - save your stuff in the Windows Registry > > but if I copy this file on the other computer settings will be lost...
A pretty standard behaviour in this context is to have your program create its own config file if it's absent, say on first run, per user, or if it's copied to a new machine. Just do it using whatever defaults are in the python file itself. Regards, Ten. -- There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list