solving path issues when starting talkshow from compiled exe file.

Author: jschaul

CommandBar.py

@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 debug = logger.debug
 info = logger.info
 warn = logger.warn
+
+import talkshowUtils
+def loadImage(path):
+    newpath = talkshowUtils.getRelativePath(path)
+    return pyglet.image.load(newpath)
+
 
 class CommandBar(object):
 
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
             increaseY = int(self.style.warning.height) + self.imagePadding[0] + self.imagePadding[2]      
 
         # create the warning button properties
-        self.warningImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.warning.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.warningImage = loadImage(self.style.warning.background_image[5:-2])
         self.warningHeight = int(self.style.warning.height)
         self.warningWidth = int(self.style.warning.width)
         self.warningX = x
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY
 
         # create the home button properties
-        self.homeImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.home.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.homeImage = loadImage(self.style.home.background_image[5:-2])
         self.homeHeight = int(self.style.home.height)
         self.homeWidth = int(self.style.home.width)
         self.homeX = x
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY
 
         # create the back button properties
-        self.backImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.back.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.backImage = loadImage(self.style.back.background_image[5:-2])
         self.backHeight = int(self.style.back.height)
         self.backWidth = int(self.style.back.width)
         self.backX = x
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY
 
         # create the shutDown button properties        
-        self.shutDownImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.shutDown.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.shutDownImage = loadImage(self.style.shutDown.background_image[5:-2])
         self.shutDownHeight = int(self.style.shutDown.height)
         self.shutDownWidth = int(self.style.shutDown.width)
         self.shutDownX = x
@@ -103,7 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY    
 
         # create the settings button properties
-        self.settingsImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.settings.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.settingsImage = loadImage(self.style.settings.background_image[5:-2])
         self.settingsHeight = int(self.style.settings.height)
         self.settingsWidth = int(self.style.settings.width)
         self.settingsX = x
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
             increaseY = int(self.style.volumeDown.height)  + self.imagePadding[0] + self.imagePadding[2]             
 
         # create the volumeDown button properties
-        self.volumeDownImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.volumeDown.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.volumeDownImage = loadImage(self.style.volumeDown.background_image[5:-2])
         self.volumeDownHeight = int(self.style.volumeDown.height)
         self.volumeDownWidth = int(self.style.volumeDown.width)
         self.volumeDownX = x
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY
 
         # create the volumeUp button properties
-        self.volumeUpImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.volumeUp.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.volumeUpImage = loadImage(self.style.volumeUp.background_image[5:-2])
         self.volumeUpHeight = int(self.style.volumeUp.height)
         self.volumeUpWidth = int(self.style.volumeUp.width)
         self.volumeUpX = x
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
 
 
         # create the playPrevious button properties
-        self.playPreviousImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.playPrevious.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.playPreviousImage = loadImage(self.style.playPrevious.background_image[5:-2])
         self.playPreviousHeight = int(self.style.playPrevious.height)
         self.playPreviousWidth = int(self.style.playPrevious.width)
         self.playPreviousX = x
@@ -172,7 +178,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY
 
         # create the play button properties
-        self.playImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.play.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.playImage = loadImage(self.style.play.background_image[5:-2])
         self.playHeight = int(self.style.play.height)
         self.playWidth = int(self.style.play.width)
         self.playX = x
@@ -183,7 +189,7 @@ def __init__(self, screen, orientation=0):
         y = y + increaseY
 
         # create the playNext button properties
-        self.playNextImage = pyglet.image.load(self.style.playNext.background_image[5:-2])
+        self.playNextImage = loadImage(self.style.playNext.background_image[5:-2])
         self.playNextHeight = int(self.style.playNext.height)
         self.playNextWidth = int(self.style.playNext.width)
         self.playNextX = x

talkshow.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 info = logger.info
 warn = logger.warn
 error = logger.error
+import talkshowUtils
 info("Initialising talkshow. Version of Python: %s" % str(sys.version))
 
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 
 
 
+
 #TODO: make this configurable
 ORIENTATION = 1
 
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ def initializeConfig(self):
             self.ALARM_DIRECTORY = alarmDir
             info("Alarm sound is loaded from {0}".format(self.ALARM_DIRECTORY))
         else:
-            self.ALARM_DIRECTORY = 'alarm'
+            self.ALARM_DIRECTORY = talkshowUtils.getRelativePath('alarm')
             warn("Expected folder {1} under {0} does not exist. \
             Please create a folder named 'Alarm' under your content directory and place an alarm sound file into it. \
             Defaulting back to inbuilt alarm sound.".format(alarmDir, self.config.CONTENT_DIRECTORY))

talkshowConfig.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 import os
 import parseCSS
+import talkshowUtils
 
 class config(object):    
 
@@ -62,6 +63,6 @@ class config(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.CONTENT_DIRECTORY = CONTENT_DIRECTORY
-        self.path = os.path.join(STYLE_DIRECTORY, STYLE_FILENAME)
+        self.path = talkshowUtils.getRelativePath(os.path.join(STYLE_DIRECTORY, STYLE_FILENAME))
         self.parser = parseCSS.CSSParser(self.path)
         self.style = self.parser.style

talkshowUtils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import os
+import sys
+from talkshowLogger import logger
+
+def getRelativePath(path):
+    '''
+    Get the right path irrespective whether the file is within the compiled .exe or in source
+    '''
+    logger.debug("sys.executable under {0} ABSOLUTE={1}".format(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))))
+    logger.debug("__file__ under {0} ABSOLUTE={1}".format(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))))
+
+    application_path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+
+    if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+        logger.debug("starting from frozen .exe file")
+    elif __file__:
+        logger.debug("starting from python source")
+    else:
+        logger.warn("talkshow.getRelativePath function has a problem...")
+
+    returnpath = os.path.join(application_path, path)
+
+    logger.debug("returnpath = {0} ABS={1}".format(returnpath, os.path.abspath(returnpath)))
+
+    return returnpath

widget.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import talkshowConfig
 conf = talkshowConfig.config()
+import talkshowUtils
 
 style = conf.style
 mydict = conf.parser.dict
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ def __init__(self, parent, name, x, y, w, h, text="button", handler = None, imag
         if imagePath:
 
             #self, p, name, path, x=0, y=0, w=None, h=None, color="#ffffff", opacity=1.0
-            self.image = wrappers.Image(self, name, imagePath) #self.style.home.background_image[5:-2]
+            self.image = wrappers.Image(self, name, talkshowUtils.getRelativePath(imagePath)) #self.style.home.background_image[5:-2]
 
 
         else: