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Using bbfreeze's Advanced Configuration

Explore how to use bbfreeze's advanced configuration to create Python binaries. Learn to set up freezing scripts, manage includes and excludes, handle GUI applications without console windows, and understand common warnings. This lesson helps you experiment with bbfreeze to efficiently distribute Python programs across platforms.

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The PyPI page for bbfreeze (which is also its home page) has very little documentation. However, the page does say that the preferred way to use bbfreeze is with little scripts. We’re going to try creating a binary with the wxPython example, mentioned earlier. Here’s the wx code:

Python
import wx
class DemoPanel(wx.Panel):
    """"""
    def __init__(self, parent):
        """Constructor"""
        wx.Panel.__init__(self, parent)
        labels = ["Name", "Address", "City", "State", "Zip",
                  "Phone", "Email", "Notes"]
        mainSizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
        lbl = wx.StaticText(self, label="Please enter your information here:")
        lbl.SetFont(wx.Font(12, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD))
        mainSizer.Add(lbl, 0, wx.ALL, 5)
        for lbl in labels:
            sizer = self.buildControls(lbl)
            mainSizer.Add(sizer, 1, wx.EXPAND)
        self.SetSizer(mainSizer)
        mainSizer.Layout()
    def buildControls(self, label):
        """
        Put the widgets together
        """
        sizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.HORIZONTAL)
        size = (80,40)
        font = wx.Font(12, wx.SWISS, wx.NORMAL, wx.BOLD)
        lbl = wx.StaticText(self, label=label, size=size)
        lbl.SetFont(font)
        sizer.Add(lbl, 0, wx.ALL|wx.CENTER, 5)
        if label != "Notes":
            txt = wx.TextCtrl(self, name=label)
        else:
            txt = wx.TextCtrl(self, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE, name=label)
        sizer.Add(txt, 1, wx.ALL, 5)
        return sizer
class DemoFrame(wx.Frame):
    """
    Frame that holds all other widgets
    """
    def __init__(self):
        """Constructor"""        
        wx.Frame.__init__(self, None, wx.ID_ANY, 
                          "Py2Exe Tutorial",
                          size=(600,400)
                          )
        panel = DemoPanel(self)        
        self.Show()
if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = wx.App(False)
    frame = DemoFrame()
    app.MainLoop()

Now let’s create a simple freezing script!

Python
# bb_setup.py
from bbfreeze import Freezer
f = Freezer(distdir="bb-binary")
f.addScript("sampleApp.py")
f()

First off, we import the Freezer class from the bbfreeze package. Freezer accepts three arguments: a destination folder, an includes ...