As suggested here I use it to hide my command prompt in my setup.py file. It does hide my command prompt but the app does not work. Basically I am trying to make a Windows native Microsoft MSI for my GUI that I have built for youtube-dl command line tool that is used to consume media from some of the most popular video hosting sites. Any help is much appreciated. Here is my app.py:-
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import ttk
from tkinter import messagebox
from tkinter import filedialog
from tkinter.ttk import Progressbar
import youtube_dl
import threading
import os
download_folder = os.path.expanduser("~")+"/Downloads/"
download_folder_chosen = ""
window = Tk()
window.title("IOB Youtube Downloader")
window.geometry('510x100')
def my_hook(d):
if d:
if d['status'] == 'downloading':
percent_done = d['_percent_str']
percent_done = percent_done.replace(" ", "")
percent_done = percent_done.replace("%", "")
bar['value'] = percent_done
bar.grid(column=1, row=2, pady=15)
bar_lbl.configure(text=percent_done + "%")
bar_lbl.grid(column=1, row=3)
txt['state'] = DISABLED
btn['state'] = DISABLED
if d['status'] == 'finished':
bar.grid_forget()
txt['state'] = NORMAL
btn['state'] = NORMAL
bar_lbl.configure(text="Download Completed !!!")
bar_lbl.grid(column=1, row=2)
messagebox.showinfo('IOB Youtube Downloader', 'Download Complete')
if d['status'] == 'error':
print("\n"*10)
print(d)
messagebox.showerror('IOB Youtube Downloader', 'Download Error')
else:
bar_lbl.configure(text="Download Error. Please try again !!!")
bar_lbl.grid(column=1, row=2)
def start_thread():
t1 = threading.Thread(target=clicked, args=())
t1.start()
def clicked():
res = txt.get()
if download_folder_chosen != "":
location = download_folder_chosen + "/"
else:
location = download_folder
ydl_opts = {
'progress_hooks': [my_hook],
'format': 'best',
'outtmpl': location + u'%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s',
}
try:
with youtube_dl.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
ydl.download([res])
except:
messagebox.showerror('IOB Youtube Downloader', 'Download Error')
def choose_directory():
global download_folder_chosen
current_directory = filedialog.askdirectory()
download_folder_chosen = current_directory
messagebox.showinfo('IOB Youtube Downloader', 'Download Location:- ' + download_folder_chosen)
style = ttk.Style()
style.theme_use('default')
style.configure("blue.Horizontal.TProgressbar", background='blue')
bar = Progressbar(window, length=200, style='black.Horizontal.TProgressbar')
bar_lbl = Label(window, text="")
lbl = Label(window, text="Paste URL")
lbl.grid(column=0, row=0)
txt = Entry(window,width=60)
txt.grid(column=1, row=0)
btn = Button(window, text="Download", command=start_thread)
btn.grid(column=2, row=0)
btn2 = Button(window, text="...", command=choose_directory)
btn2.grid(column=3, row=0)
window.iconbitmap('favicon.ico')
window.mainloop()
And here is my setup.py file that I use to build the bundle exe using cx_Freeze.
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
import sys
import os
base = None
if sys.platform == 'win32':
base = "Win32GUI"
os.environ["TCL_LIBRARY"] = r"C:\Python35\tcl\tcl8.6"
os.environ["TK_LIBRARY"] = r"C:\Python35\tcl\tk8.6"
setup(
name = "IOB Youtube Downloader",
options = {"build_exe": {"packages":["tkinter",], "include_files":[r"C:\Python35\DLLs\tk86t.dll", r"C:\Python35\DLLs\tcl86t.dll", r"E:\Youtube_Downloader\Src\favicon.ico"]}},
version = "1.0",
author = "IO-Bridges",
description = "Download videos from all popular video streaming sites.",
executables = [Executable
(
r"downloader.py",
# base=base, <---- Here setting the base
shortcutName="IOB Youtube Downloader",
shortcutDir="DesktopFolder",
icon="favicon.ico"
)]
)
