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[cx_Freeze] Build .exe they get more .py files, help needed ! - JamieVanCadsand - Oct-01-2017

Hey Programmers, Game Developers and Software Writers...

I know how i can build .exes from an simgle .py file, but now i want to know,
how i can build .exe (executable programs) from more imported .py files...

I want to can write software they get more .py files imported they i write...
I try to create executable programs they get more scripts imported (.py files),
but i don't know how can i make an executable program with all my scripts they
heart by my program, writted in python...

Can anyone help me ?... Thanks,
Jamie.

RE: [cx_Freeze] Build .exe they get more .py files, help needed ! - snippsat - Oct-01-2017

A little basic.
1 python file that's imported is called a module.
More than 1 file working together is often called a package.
Using __init__.py as glue to navigate the file tree.

So a game can have many files,and often a main python file that start the game.
Can look a silly setup where more than one file work together.

Folder setup:

my_game/
 |-- __init__.py
 |-- start_game.py
 sub_folder/
   |-- __init__.py
   |-- game_module_1.py
   |-- game_module_2.py

start_game.py:

import random
import time
from sub_folder import game_module_1, game_module_2

def game():
    time.sleep(5)
    return random.choice([game_module_1.motor_1(), game_module_2.motor_2()])

print('Dos the motor start???')
if game() == 'start motor':
    print('The motor did start')
else:
    print('The motor did not start')

__init__.py:

from .sub_folder import motor_1
from .sub_folder import motor_2

game_module_1.py:

def motor_1():
    return 'start motor'

game_module_2.py:

def motor_2():
    return 'Stop motor'

The __init__.py in sub folder is empty.

Running this game:

Output:C:\1\my_game
λ python start_game.py
Dos the motor start???
The motor did not start

C:\1\my_game
λ python start_game.py
Dos the motor start???
The motor did start

C:\1\my_game
λ python start_game.py
Dos the motor start???
The motor did not start

RE: [cx_Freeze] Build .exe they get more .py files, help needed ! - JamieVanCadsand - Oct-02-2017

OK... that is whats i means with more .py files, but how do i build an .exe file with all .py files
in one build, using cx_Freeze ?, that is just my question !...

Can you tell me about how i can build just an .exe with all my .py files in one ?...

Thanks, Jamie...

RE: [cx_Freeze] Build .exe they get more .py files, help needed ! - snippsat - Oct-02-2017

You call the one file that start the game.
As it's package all work together and other files are imported into start_game.py.

Example Pyinstaller:
I add one line so console window don't disappear.
In a game or GUI there is main loop that run all time until exit.
For console it's not like that.

input('Press enter to exit')

In my_game folder i run:

(cx) C:\1\cx\my_game
λ pyinstaller --onefile start_game.py

There will be one start_game.exe in dist folder.

cx_Freeze example.
I change to base = 'Console' and call start_game.py.

#cx_run.py
from cx_Freeze import setup,Executable
import sys

# Replaces commandline arg 'build'
#sys.argv.append("build")

# If need to include/exclude module/packages
includes =
excludes =
packages =

# Console or Win32GUI
base = None
if sys.platform == "win32":
    base = 'Console'
    #base = 'Win32GUI'


# Name of file to make ".exe" of
filename = "start_game.py"
setup(
    name = 'Myapp',
    version = '0.1',
    description = 'Cx test',
    options = {'build_exe': {'excludes':excludes,'packages':packages,'includes':includes}},
    executables = [Executable(filename, base=base, icon=None)])

#--|  From command line
#python cx_run.py build

From command line:

(cx) C:\1\cx\my_game
λ python cx_run.py build

For more on building stuff for Python like Wheel and use PyPi.
Look at my tutorial here.