I have a python script which gets an image from the internet, downloads it, sets as desktop background and updates after on minute. The problem is most likely cx_Freeze not including the os module, as the same code with absolute paths works fine. My code also works perfectly, until it goes through freezing. It works before it is frozen when I load throught the console, run from IDLE or double-click on it. Whenever i run the frozen file I get the error (If i use setup.py or cxfreeze file.py
:
C:\Python33\Scripts>C:\Python33\Scripts\dist\desktopchanger.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console3.py", line 2
7, in <module>
exec(code, m.__dict__)
File "C:\Python33\desktopchanger.pyw", line 7, in <module>
dir = path.dirname(__file__)
NameError: name '__file__' is not defined
import pythoncom
from urllib import request
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
from time import sleep
from os import path
dir = path.dirname(__file__) #get dierctory script is in
startpath = str(path.join(dir+'/bg/bg.jpg')) #add /bg/bg.jpg to path of script
pathtoimg=[]
for char in startpath:
if char != "/":
pathtoimg.append(char) #replace / with \, necessary for setting bg
else:
pathtoimg.append("\\")
newpath = "".join(pathtoimg)
def get_image():
f = open(newpath, 'wb') #open .....\bg\bg.jpg
f.write(request.urlopen('http://blablabl.com/totale.jpg? i=0.387725243344903').read()) #get image from web and write over previous file
f.close()
while 1:
get_image()
#sets background below
iad = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(shell.CLSID_ActiveDesktop, None,
pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, shell.IID_IActiveDesktop)
iad.SetWallpaper(newpath, 0)
iad.ApplyChanges(shellcon.AD_APPLY_ALL)
sleep(60)
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
exe=Executable(
script="desktop_changer_with_url2.py",
base="Win32Gui",
icon="icon.ico"
)
includes = ["os","urllib","time","pythoncom","win32com.shell"]
setup(
name = "Heindl Webcam als Desktop" ,
version = "1",
description = "eowjbadpoaäbaaplabipösdbjosdobsaboösac bjcaähpdaöbökabidsidsöds.",
executables = [exe],
)
Source:
http://cx-freeze.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html
Your old line:
dir = path.dirname(__file__)
Substitute this with the following lines to run your script both frozen or unfrozen:
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
# frozen
dir_ = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
# unfrozen
dir_ = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
Tested with python 3.3.4. on win32
upd.: changed in accordance with the comment