Pyinstaller exectuable using data from other folders?

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Pyinstaller exectuable using data from other folders?



I've written a program that generates a random name and displays a random image along with it using Python and tkinter. However, I want the user to be able to add and remove pictures as well as edit the names of students. That being said, I don't want to package these inside the executable where it can't be changed by the user.



To use PyInstaller, I go into the command prompt and navigate to the working directory and type:


pyi-makespec --windowed --onefile --icon=Assets\icon.ico random_student.py



Then, in the spec file I change datas to:


datas=[('Assets\icon.ico', 'Assets')],



Then, I run


pyinstaller random_student.spec



The program runs just fine using PyCharm. And I've done this exact same method on a couple of other .py files an it works. However, they don't need to pull images/text into their programs. This will create an executable, but I can't run it. It gives me a Fatal Error "Failed to execute script random_student". I've tried placing the executable in the working directory and in the pictures folder, but neither work.



I'm currently using Windows 10 64-bit and Python 3.6.6



I'd appreciate any kind of help I can get with this!



SOLUTION: I removed the --windowed option so I could actually read the error. Then realized I didn't have Pillow installed so it was unable to be packaged. Thank you for the help.





Could you please remove the --windowed argument in the pyinstaller command? This will allow you to see the console output. However the console may open and close really quickly. In this case I suggest to open cmd, cd to the directory with your exe and the running the exe. This will prevent the output to be hidden for us.
– Jakub Bláha
Aug 10 at 20:21


--windowed


cd





Thanks, I should have thought of that... C:UserstomalDesktopProgramsrandom_student>random_student.exe Traceback (most recent call last): File "random_student.py", line 4, in <module> from PIL import Image ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PIL' [6716] Failed to execute script random_student So it seems for some reason PIL isn't being loaded up. Any ideas on how to fix that? I haven't tried any other scrips that use PIL.
– Thomas Kellough
Aug 10 at 20:27






Add 'PIL' (maybe 'Pillow') to hidden_imports in the spec file.
– Jakub Bláha
Aug 10 at 20:32



'PIL'


'Pillow'


hidden_imports





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– Jeff Learman
Aug 10 at 20:33





I got it working! I'm so sorry guys, it was such an easy solution. I forget I reinstalled Python the other night and forgot to install pillow again. Since I usually run my scripts from PyCharm I had it installed there, but not outside of the PyCharm directory. Thank you so much. I at least learned the tip about NOT using --windowed to see what's actually occuring.
– Thomas Kellough
Aug 10 at 20:35









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