py2exe/py2app and docx don't work together

Installed docx on Windows 7 here:

D:\Program Files (x86)\Python27\Lib\site-packages as shown below:

Installed docx on OS X at /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/docx-0.0.2-py2.7.egg-info as shown below:

Following is the sample script (named as docx_example.py), which runs absolutely fine on the python interpreter:

#!/usr/bin/env python
'''
This file makes an docx (Office 2007) file from scratch, showing off most of python-docx's features.

If you need to make documents from scratch, use this file as a basis for your work.

Part of Python's docx module - http://github.com/mikemaccana/python-docx
See LICENSE for licensing information.
'''
from docx import *

if __name__ == '__main__':        
    # Default set of relationshipships - these are the minimum components of a document
    relationships = relationshiplist()

    # Make a new document tree - this is the main part of a Word document
    document = newdocument()

    # This xpath location is where most interesting content lives 
    docbody = document.xpath('/w:document/w:body', namespaces=nsprefixes)[0]

    # Append two headings and a paragraph
    docbody.append(heading('''Welcome to Python's docx module''',1)  )   
    docbody.append(heading('Make and edit docx in 200 lines of pure Python',2))
    docbody.append(paragraph('The module was created when I was looking for a Python support for MS Word .doc files on PyPI and Stackoverflow. Unfortunately, the only solutions I could find used:'))

    # Add a numbered list
    for point in ['''COM automation''','''.net or Java''','''Automating OpenOffice or MS Office''']:
        docbody.append(paragraph(point,style='ListNumber'))
    docbody.append(paragraph('''For those of us who prefer something simpler, I made docx.''')) 

    docbody.append(heading('Making documents',2))
    docbody.append(paragraph('''The docx module has the following features:'''))

    # Add some bullets
    for point in ['Paragraphs','Bullets','Numbered lists','Multiple levels of headings','Tables','Document Properties']:
        docbody.append(paragraph(point,style='ListBullet'))

    docbody.append(paragraph('Tables are just lists of lists, like this:'))
    # Append a table
    docbody.append(table([['A1','A2','A3'],['B1','B2','B3'],['C1','C2','C3']]))

    docbody.append(heading('Editing documents',2))
    docbody.append(paragraph('Thanks to the awesomeness of the lxml module, we can:'))
    for point in ['Search and replace','Extract plain text of document','Add and delete items anywhere within the document']:
        docbody.append(paragraph(point,style='ListBullet'))

    # Search and replace
    print 'Searching for something in a paragraph ...',
    if search(docbody, 'the awesomeness'): print 'found it!'
    else: print 'nope.'

    print 'Searching for something in a heading ...',
    if search(docbody, '200 lines'): print 'found it!'
    else: print 'nope.'

    print 'Replacing ...',
    docbody = replace(docbody,'the awesomeness','the goshdarned awesomeness') 
    print 'done.'

    # Add a pagebreak
    docbody.append(pagebreak(type='page', orient='portrait'))

    docbody.append(heading('Ideas? Questions? Want to contribute?',2))
    docbody.append(paragraph('''Email <python.docx@librelist.com>'''))

    # Create our properties, contenttypes, and other support files
    coreprops = coreproperties(title='Python docx demo',subject='A practical example of making docx from Python',creator='Mike MacCana',keywords=['python','Office Open XML','Word'])
    appprops = appproperties()
    contenttypes = contenttypes()
    websettings = websettings()
    wordrelationships = wordrelationships(relationships)

    # Save our document
    savedocx(document,coreprops,appprops,contenttypes,websettings,wordrelationships,'docx_example.docx')

Following is the setup script (named as docx_setup.py) to create the standalone (.app in Mac OSX and .exe in Windows 7):

import sys,os

# Globals: START
main_script='docx_example'
dist_dir_main_path=os.path.abspath('./docx-bin')
compression_level=2
optimization_level=2
bundle_parameter=1
skip_archive_parameter=False
emulation_parameter=False
module_cross_reference_parameter=False
ascii_parameter=False
includes_list=['lxml.etree','lxml._elementpath','gzip']
# Globals: STOP

# Global Functions: START
def isDarwin():
    return sys.platform=='darwin'

def isLinux():
    return sys.platform=='linux2'

def isWindows():
    return os.name=='nt'
# Global Functions: STOP

if isDarwin():
    from setuptools import setup

    # Setup distribution directory: START
    dist_dir=os.path.abspath('%s/osx' %(dist_dir_main_path))
    if os.path.exists(dist_dir):
        os.system('rm -rf %s' %(dist_dir))
    os.system('mkdir -p %s' %(dist_dir))
    # Setup distribution directory: STOP

    APP = ['%s.py' %(main_script)]
    OPTIONS={'argv_emulation': False,
             'dist_dir': dist_dir,
             'includes': includes_list
            }
    print 'Creating standalone now...'
    setup(app=APP,options={'py2app': OPTIONS},setup_requires=['py2app'])
    os.system('rm -rf build')
    os.system('tar -C %s -czf %s/%s.tgz %s.app' %(dist_dir,dist_dir,main_script,main_script))
    os.system('rm -rf %s/%s.app' %(dist_dir,main_script))    
    print 'Re-distributable Standalone file(s) created at %s/%s.zip. Unzip and start using!!!' %(dist_dir,main_script)    

elif isWindows():
    from distutils.core import setup
    import py2exe

    # Setup distribution directory: START
    dist_dir=os.path.abspath('%s/win' %(dist_dir_main_path))
    if os.path.exists(dist_dir):
        os.system('rmdir /S /Q %s' %(dist_dir))
    os.system('mkdir %s' %(dist_dir))
    # Setup distribution directory: STOP

    OPTIONS={'compressed': compression_level,
             'optimize': optimization_level,
             'bundle_files': bundle_parameter,
             'dist_dir': dist_dir,
             'xref': module_cross_reference_parameter,
             'skip_archive': skip_archive_parameter,
             'ascii': ascii_parameter,
             'custom_boot_script': '',
             'includes': includes_list
            }
    print 'Creating standalone now...'
    setup(options = {'py2exe': OPTIONS},zipfile = None,windows=[{'script': '%s.py' %(main_script)}])
    print 'Re-distributable Standalone file(s) created in the following location: %s' %(dist_dir)
    os.system('rmdir /S /Q build')

Now comes the real problem.

Following is the error posted on Mac OS X console after trying to use the docx_example.app, created using the command python docx_setup.py py2app:

docx_example: Searching for something in a paragraph ... found it!
docx_example: Searching for something in a heading ... found it!
docx_example: Replacing ... done.
docx_example: Traceback (most recent call last):
docx_example:   File "/Users/admin/docx-bin/osx/docx_example.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 64, in <module>
docx_example:     _run('docx_example.py')
docx_example:   File "/Users/admin/docx-bin/osx/docx_example.app/Contents/Resources/__boot__.py", line 36, in _run
docx_example:     execfile(path, globals(), globals())
docx_example:   File "/Users/admin/docx-bin/osx/docx_example.app/Contents/Resources/docx_example.py", line 75, in <module>
docx_example:     savedocx(document,coreprops,appprops,contenttypes,websettings,wordrelationships,'docx_example.docx')
docx_example:   File "docx.pyc", line 849, in savedocx
docx_example: AssertionError
docx_example: docx_example Error
docx_example Exited with code: 255

Following is the error posted in docx_example.exe.log file in Windows 7 after trying to use the docx_example.exe, created using the command python docx_setup.py py2exe:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "docx_example.py", line 75, in <module>
  File "docx.pyo", line 854, in savedocx
WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'D:\\docx_example\\docx_example.exe\\template'

As you can see, both OS X and Windows 7 are referring to something similar here. Please help.

回答1:

i have found a solution

in api.py

From

_thisdir = os.path.split(__file__)[0]

_thisdir = 'C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\docx'

Or whatever your docx file is

回答2:

What's going on (at least for py2exe) is something similar to this question.

The documentation on data_files is here.

What you basically have to do is change

setup(options = {'py2exe': OPTIONS},zipfile = None,windows=[{'script': '%s.py' %(main_script)}])

data_files = [
    ('template', 'D:/Program Files (x86)/Python27/Lib/site-packages/docx-template/*'), 
]

setup(
    options={'py2exe': OPTIONS},
    zipfile=None,
    windows=[{'script': '%s.py' %(main_script)}],
    data_files=data_files
)

The exact place where the template files are may be wrong above, so you might need to adjust it.

But there may be several other sets of data_files you need to include. You may want to go about retrieving them programatically with an os.listdir or os.walk type of command.

As mentioned in the other post, you will also have to change

bundle_parameter=1

bundle_parameter=2

at the top of the file.

回答3:

You can solve the entire problem by using this API which is based in python-docx. The advantage of the API is that this one doesnt have the savedoc function so you will not have any other AssertionError.

For the WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'D:\\docx_example\\docx_example.exe\\template' error you need to edit the api.py file of docx egg folder which is located in the Python folder of the system (in my computer: C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\python_docx-0.3.0a5-py2.7.egg\docx)

Changing this:

_thisdir = os.path.split(__file__)[0]
_default_docx_path = os.path.join(_thisdir, 'templates', 'default.docx')

To this:

thisdir = os.getcwd()
_default_docx_path = os.path.join(thisdir, 'templates', 'default.docx')

The first one was taking the actual running program and adding it to the path to locate the templates folder.
C:\myfiles\myprogram.exe\templates\default.docx

The solution takes only the path, not the running program.
C:\myfiles\templates\default.docx

Hope it helps!

回答4:

Instead of changing some library file, I find it easier and cleaner to tell python-docx explicitly where to look for the template, i.e.:

document = Document('whatever/path/you/choose/to/some.docx')

This effectively solves the py2exe and docx path problem.