[storm] py2exe problems

[James Henstridge]

On 09/04/2008, Jorgen Bodde <jorgen.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
>  I would like to distribute my wxPython app using Storm as executable.
>  I use py2exe for that, but the following error (after creating the
>  exe) puzzles me:
>
>  D:\personal\src\airs\dist>airs.exe
>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "airs.py", line 22, in ?
>   File "wx\_core.pyc", line 7836, in __init__
>   File "wx\_core.pyc", line 7433, in _BootstrapApp
>   File "gui\airsApp.pyc", line 21, in OnInit
>   File "gui\AirsFrame.pyc", line 47, in __init__
>   File "data\viewmgr.pyc", line 38, in app_init
>   File "data\db.pyc", line 35, in init
>   File "storm\database.pyc", line 406, in create_database
>  ImportError: No module named databases.sqlite
>  09:03:17: Debug: ..\..\include\wx/msw/private.h(697): 'UnregisterClass' failed w
>  ith error 0x00000584 (class still has open windows.).
>
>  Anyway, the error is "ImportError: No module named databases.sqlite".
>  I haven't been able to google for an answer. I tried copying the
>  dabases folder from the storm python egg in my application dir to no
>  avail, also add sqlite3.dll did not work. What should I do to make my
>  app run stand alone with Storm?
>
>  this is my setup.py in case something might be missing:
>
>  setup( console = [ { "script": "airs.py" } ]
>       ,data_files=["setup\\dll\\msvcp71.dll"],
>     )

The database backends are loaded dynamically with __import__().  You
might be able to fix this by putting the following line in your
program where py2exe can see it:

    import storm.databases.sqlite

It should then be able to track your program's dependencies better.

James.