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Neal Norwitz 42dd86b8e2 Deprecate os.popen* and popen2 module in favor of the subprocess module.		2007-05-11 06:57:33 +00:00
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README.txt	Move msi from sandbox to Tools.	2004-08-22 13:34:34 +00:00
msi.py	Forward-port 51862: Add sgml_input.html.	2006-09-12 19:49:20 +00:00
msilib.py	Deprecate os.popen* and popen2 module in favor of the subprocess module.	2007-05-11 06:57:33 +00:00
msisupport.c	Avoid using *W functions on Win95. Backported to 2.4.	2005-02-18 16:18:09 +00:00
msisupport.mak	Add build support for AMD64.	2006-02-14 20:42:55 +00:00
schema.py	Whitespace normalization.	2004-08-22 19:42:56 +00:00
sequence.py	Move msi from sandbox to Tools.	2004-08-22 13:34:34 +00:00
uisample.py	fix typos, mostly in comments	2005-10-28 14:39:47 +00:00
uuids.py	Add UUIDs for 2.5.1 and 2.5.2	2007-01-19 18:01:38 +00:00

README.txt

Packaging Python as a Microsoft Installer Package (MSI)
=======================================================

Using this library, Python can be packaged as a MS-Windows
MSI file. To generate an installer package, you need
a build tree. By default, the build tree root directory
is assumed to be in "../..". This location can be changed
by adding a file config.py; see the beginning of msi.py
for additional customization options.

The packaging process assumes that binaries have been 
generated according to the instructions in PCBuild/README.txt,
and that you have either Visual Studio or the Platform SDK
installed. In addition, you need the Python COM extensions,
either from PythonWin, or from ActivePython.

To invoke the script, open a cmd.exe window which has 
cabarc.exe in its PATH (e.g. "Visual Studio .NET 2003
Command Prompt"). Then invoke

<path-to-python.exe> msi.py

If everything succeeds, pythonX.Y.Z.msi is generated
in the current directory.