Question

I m using Py2exe to compile a CherryPy (3.1) server using Python 2.6 (32-bit) on Windows 7 Pro (64-bit).

This server will run without a GUI.

Questions:

Do I need to be concerned about adding a manifest file for this application if it runs without a GUI?
Do I need to include w9xpopen.exe with my exe?

So far, my limited testing has indicated that I don t need to include a manifest file or w9xpopen.exe with my executable in order for it to work.

Comments appreciated.

Thank you, Malcolm

Answer 1

w9xpopen.exe is for windows 95/98, So If you don t use those you will not need it.

You can add dll_excludes=[ w9xpopen.exe ] in your setup file for py2exe to exclude that.

and of course you will not need manifest file if you don t use GUI too.

Answer 2

A manifest file will not be required for console applications. w9xpopen.exe is not required for Win XP and later.

Answer 3

A manifest should not be required.
And you can exclude w9xpopen.exe (for Win XP and above)

For what it s worth, using py2exe v 0.6.9 to automatically exclude w9xpopen I had to set dll_excludes as a py2exe option within my setup.py file. Here s an example for "myapp.py":

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, sys, os

sys.argv.append( py2exe )

setup(    
    name = "...",
    version =  1.0 ,
    description = "...",
    author = "...",
    windows = [{ script :  myapp.py , 
                 icon_resources : [(1,  myapp.ico )]
                }],
    zipfile = None,
    data_files=[],
    options = {
         py2exe : {
             optimize :2, 
             bundle_files : 2, 
             compressed : True, 
             excludes :[],
             dll_excludes :[ w9xpopen.exe ]
            }
        }
)

For apps running sans gui, you could use console=[...] instead of windows=[...].

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