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Compiling alarm script using cx_Freeze and simpleaudio

Context
I downgraded my python to 3.4.4
so I could use the cx_Freeze module
since I want my script in exe format
so that I can send it to a friend of mine who doesn't have python.
I have figured out how it works on a single script with no modules imported. This is a problem since I wrote a script that functions like an alarm clock earlier, but to play the selected wav file (input being the filename) I needed a third party module called simpleaudio.
Question
How can I make the exe run the script properly?
Code
alarm.py:
import simpleaudio
import subprocess
import datetime
print("Set a wav audio file")
wav = input()
wav = str(wav)
print("Set alarm time")
print("hour.minute")
alarmtime = input()
alarmtime = str(alarmtime)
while alarmtime != "%02d.%02d" % (datetime.datetime.now().time().hour, datetime.datetime.now().time().minute):
print("%02d.%02d.%02d" % (datetime.datetime.now().time().hour, datetime.datetime.now().time().minute, datetime.datetime.now().time().second))
print("Playing",wav)
wave_obj = simpleaudio.WaveObject.from_wave_file(wav)
play_obj = wave_obj.play()
play_obj.wait_done()
setup.py:
import cx_Freeze
import sys
import simpleaudio
import subprocess
import datetime
executables = [cx_Freeze.Executable("alarm.py")]
cx_Freeze.setup(
name = "alarm",
options = {"build_exe": {"packages":["simpleaudio","subprocess","datetime"], "include_files":["rasputin.wav"]}},
executables = executables
)

py2exe deal global variables

I made an exe file by using py2exe (python2).
My partial code of hello.py
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
from new_ui import *
.....
global dir_name
dir_name = dir_name.encode(sys.stdout.encoding)
...
and new_ui.py has dir_name variable.
When I start my main.py, it works. But if I complie my code into .exe file, it doesn't work. Here's my setup.py files.
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe, glob
setup(
console=[
{'script':'hello.py','icon_resources':[(1, 'cal.ico')]}
],
data_files=[ ('C:\\Users\\Ko\\Desktop\\python exe\\'+u'가계부\\'+'imageformats',glob.glob('C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\PyQt4\\plugins\\imageformats\\*.*')) ],
options = {'py2exe': {
'bundle_files':3,
'dist_dir':'C:\\Users\\Ko\\Desktop\\python exe\\'+u'가계부',
'includes': ['sip','PyQt4.QtNetwork','new_ui'],
"dll_excludes": ["MSVCP90.dll","w9xpopen.exe"]
}},
zipfile = None
)
All I can see is this error message.
global name 'dir_name' is not defined
What should I do?

Cx_Freezing a PySide, praw, requests application stops working when frozen

I'm having troubles with praw, cx_freeze, pyside and requests, before freezing everything works fine, but when i freeze this happens, something with requests goes wrong i think:
http://pastie.org/10614254
This is the project that i'm working with: https://github.com/MrCappuccino/WallDit-QT
This is my setup.py: https://gist.github.com/MrCappuccino/0f1b0571d29d47a95895
import sys
import cx_Freeze
import PySide
import praw
import requests.certs
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
exe = Executable(
script="WallDit_QT.py",
base="Win32GUI",
targetName="WallDit_QT.exe"
)
#includefiles = ['README.txt', 'CHANGELOG.txt', 'helpers\uncompress\unRAR.exe', , 'helpers\uncompress\unzip.exe']
#build_exe_options = {"packages": ["os"], "includefiles": ['README.txt', 'CHANGELOG.txt']}
setup(name = 'WallDit_QT',
version = '1.0',
author = 'Disco Dolan',
description ='Set your wallpaper interactively!',
executables = [exe],
options = {'build.exe': {"include_files":['cacert.pem', 'praw.ini', 'README.md']}},
requires = ['PySide', 'cx_Freeze', 'praw', 'shutil', 'requests']
)
could anybody help out?
I have tried adding cacert.pem, to no avail, at this point i have no more ideas

For some frozen applications, you have to set the the cacert (or external data in general) path inside the frozen applications.
Setup.py Section
You first need to include it in your build options and manually specify the installation directory. This is the only part that goes inside the setup.py:
# notice how I say the folder the certificate is installed
{"include_files":[(requests.certs.where(),'cacert.pem')]}
In your case, this produces the following setup file:
import requests
import sys
# more imports
setup(name = 'WallDit_QT',
version = '1.0',
author = 'Disco Dolan',
description ='Set your wallpaper interactively!',
executables = [exe],
options = {
'build.exe': {
"include_files": [
(requests.certs.where(),'cacert.pem'),
'praw.ini',
'README.md'
]
}
},
requires = ['PySide', 'cx_Freeze', 'praw', 'shutil', 'requests']
)
Application Section
You then need to get the certificate path at runtime inside the frozen application.
For PyInstaller, a path is defined at runtime to the data directory called _MEIPASS (which can be gotten from sys._MEIPASS), allowing you to access all the data required for the application. In the case of cacert.pem, the path would be determined as follows:
cacertpath = os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, "cacert.pem")
For cx_Freeze, the path can be determined from the path of the installation and joining it with the data desired. Here, we get the path as follows:
cacertpath = os.path.join(datadir, 'cacert.pem')
You can get the data directory easily for frozen applications with the following:
datadir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
(Please note that this won't work with a non-frozen application, so to ensure it works for both frozen and non-frozen applications, Cx_Freeze recommends you code it as follows):
def find_data_file(filename):
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
# The application is frozen
datadir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
# The application is not frozen
# Change this bit to match where you store your data files:
datadir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
return os.path.join(datadir, filename)
You then include this path all your requests module GET and POST requests as follows:
request.get(url, headers=headers, verify=cacertpath)
Example 1
An example code snippet would be as follows:
# load modules
import os
import sys
import requests
# define our path finder
def find_data_file(filename):
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
# The application is frozen
datadir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
# The application is not frozen
# Change this bit to match where you store your data files:
datadir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
return os.path.join(datadir, filename)
# get our cacert path and post our GET request
cacertpath = find_data_file('cacert.pem')
r = requests.get('https://api.github.com/events', verify=cacertpath)
# print the text from the request
print(r.text)
Example 2
You can also tell requests where to find the certificate in the future by doing the following:
os.environ["REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE"] = cacertpath
In this case, we would do the following. The advantage here is that the cacertpath does not to be explicitly defined in every module (or imported from another module) and can be defined in the environment.
import os
import sys
import requests
def find_data_file(filename):
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
# The application is frozen
datadir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
# The application is not frozen
# Change this bit to match where you store your data files:
datadir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
return os.path.join(datadir, filename)
cacertpath = find_data_file('cacert.pem')
os.environ["REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE"] = cacertpath
r = requests.get('https://api.github.com/events')
r.text

cx_freeze : compiled tkinter app is not lauching

It is the first time I'm using cx_freeze and I really need help on this, I've been looking everywhere but i can't find an answer.
I don't have any error during the compiling process, but the executable file just doesn't do anything. Could someone please explain me why?
Here is my project structure:
Application
setup.py
application.py (Tkinter app that import 2 functions from cell.py)
logo.jpg
favicon.ico
responsible.xls
modules:
cell.py (all the work is done in this file)
I don't know where to include the file cell.py in setup, for now it's in a file Modules. And i'm not sure if Tkinter should be include or exclude.
Here is the file setup.py:
import sys
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
executables = [
Executable("application.py")
]
buildOptions = dict(
compressed = True,
includes = ["sys","re","PIL","ttk","xlrd","xlutils","datetime","string","Tkinter"],
include_files = ["responsible.xls","favicon.ico","logo.jpg"],
excludes = []
path = sys.path + ["modules"]
)
setup(
name = "test",
version = "1.1.1.0",
description = "test",
options = dict(build_exe = buildOptions),
executables = executables
)

You add the directories you want to include with the include_files option.
So this part of your code should be like this:
buildOptions = dict(
compressed = True,
includes = ["sys","re","PIL","ttk","xlrd","xlutils","datetime","string","Tkinter"],
include_files = ["responsible.xls","favicon.ico","logo.jpg", "modules"],
excludes = []
path = sys.path + ["modules"]
)

Python cx_Freeze name __file__ is not defined

I have a python script which gets an image from the internet, downloads it, sets as desktop background and updates after on minute. The problem is most likely cx_Freeze not including the os module, as the same code with absolute paths works fine. My code also works perfectly, until it goes through freezing. It works before it is frozen when I load throught the console, run from IDLE or double-click on it. Whenever i run the frozen file I get the error (If i use setup.py or cxfreeze file.py:
C:\Python33\Scripts>C:\Python33\Scripts\dist\desktopchanger.exe
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\cx_Freeze\initscripts\Console3.py", line 2
7, in <module>
exec(code, m.__dict__)
File "C:\Python33\desktopchanger.pyw", line 7, in <module>
dir = path.dirname(__file__)
NameError: name '__file__' is not defined
My Code
import pythoncom
from urllib import request
from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon
from time import sleep
from os import path
dir = path.dirname(__file__) #get dierctory script is in
startpath = str(path.join(dir+'/bg/bg.jpg')) #add /bg/bg.jpg to path of script
pathtoimg=[]
for char in startpath:
if char != "/":
pathtoimg.append(char) #replace / with \, necessary for setting bg
else:
pathtoimg.append("\\")
newpath = "".join(pathtoimg)
def get_image():
f = open(newpath, 'wb') #open .....\bg\bg.jpg
f.write(request.urlopen('http://blablabl.com/totale.jpg? i=0.387725243344903').read()) #get image from web and write over previous file
f.close()
while 1:
get_image()
#sets background below
iad = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(shell.CLSID_ActiveDesktop, None,
pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, shell.IID_IActiveDesktop)
iad.SetWallpaper(newpath, 0)
iad.ApplyChanges(shellcon.AD_APPLY_ALL)
sleep(60)
setup.py
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
exe=Executable(
script="desktop_changer_with_url2.py",
base="Win32Gui",
icon="icon.ico"
)
includes = ["os","urllib","time","pythoncom","win32com.shell"]
setup(
name = "Heindl Webcam als Desktop" ,
version = "1",
description = "eowjbadpoaäbaaplabipösdbjosdobsaboösac bjcaähpdaöbökabidsidsöds.",
executables = [exe],
)

Source:
http://cx-freeze.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html
Your old line:
dir = path.dirname(__file__)
Substitute this with the following lines to run your script both frozen or unfrozen:
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
# frozen
dir_ = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
else:
# unfrozen
dir_ = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
Tested with python 3.3.4. on win32
upd.: changed in accordance with the comment