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 by: MRAB - Mon, 30 Oct 2023 21:28 UTC

On 2023-10-30 19:19, McDermott Family via Python-list wrote:
> Hello, I am trying to create a one file executable with pyinstaller 6.1.0
> and auto-py-to-exe 2.41.0 using Python version 3.10.9 in a virtual
> environment.
>
> Some points before the output of pinstaller is shown. My resource .py file
> is there where it should be. Also I can fun my program from the command-line
>
>
> and it does work with the compiled resource file without a problem. Any help
> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
>
> Running auto-py-to-exe v2.41.0
>
> Building directory: C:\Users\icnte\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp870eytg
>
> Provided command: pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --windowed --icon
> "D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/Resources/Conform-e_48_1.ico" --name
> "Conform-e" --clean --log-level "DEBUG" --debug "all" --version-file
> "D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/cfe_versionfile.txt" --resource
> "D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/cfe_Resource_rc.py"
> "D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/cfe_MainForm.py"
>
> Recursion Limit is set to 5000
>
> Executing: pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --windowed --icon
> D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/Resources/Conform-e_48_1.ico --name
> Conform-e --clean --log-level DEBUG --debug all --version-file
> D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/cfe_versionfile.txt --resource
> D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/cfe_Resource_rc.py
> D:/Work/Python/cfepy310/xl/cfegui/cfe_MainForm.py --distpath
> C:\Users\icnte\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp870eytg\application --workpath
> C:\Users\icnte\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp870eytg\build --specpath
> C:\Users\icnte\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpp870eytg
>
[snip]
>
> ValueError: Invalid Windows resource specifier
> 'D:\\\\Work\\\\Python\\\\cfepy310\\\\xl\\\\cfegui\\\\cfe_Resource_rc.py'!
> For arbitrary data file, the format is 'filename,type,name,[language]'!
>
>
>
> Project output will not be moved to output folder
>
> Complete.
>
In the docs for "--resource" it says:

"""FILE can be a data file or an exe/dll. For data files, at least TYPE
and NAME must be specified."""

That might be the problem, but I haven't been able to find out what
"TYPE" means!

I also wonder whether "--add-data" would work.

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