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Python Error using Tkinter tix when create exe or msi with cx_Freeze

I'm trying to make with Python an EXE/MSI of my script, but in my script I use the library tkinter.tix i use that to create a Balloon tooltip. If i execute the script with the IDLE runs very well, but if i try to make an EXE(auto-py-to-exe) or MSI(cx_Freeze), shows me an error.
I import the module like this:
from tkinter.tix import *
I attach the error in picture.
I appreciate you can help me!!! Thanks...

You need to copy the tix folder in the Python installed folder into the distributed folder as well.
Below is a sample setup.py when cx_Freeze is used:
from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
# change to the correct path for the tix folder in your system
include_files = [(r'C:\Python38\tcl\tix8.4.3', r'lib\tkinter\tix8.4.3')]
build_exe_options = {
'include_files': include_files,
}
bdist_msi_options = {}
setup(
name='Demo',
version='0.1',
options = {
'build_exe': build_exe_options,
'bdist_msi': bdist_msi_options,
},
executables=[Executable('tix-demo.py', base='Win32GUI')],
)
Then build the MSI by executing the following command:
python3 setup.py bdist_msi

py2exe can't find module if in different path

I'm trying to create an exe using the following config options -
setup(name='tidalZabbix',
version=version,
description='python module to submit job stats to Zabbix',
url='',
author='Me',
author_email='me#company.com',
license='',
# folders with functions
console=[{'script': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'code/tidal_zabbix.py')}],
options={
'build': {'build_base': 'c:/tidalZabbix/build'},
'py2exe':
{
'dist_dir': 'c:/tidalZabbix',
'includes': ['decimal'],
}
}
)
I have a separate module in the code directory called code/ZabbixSender.py
when I try to run python setup.py py2exe I get the following error -
The following modules appear to be missing
['ZabbixSender']
If I move the ZabbixSender.py to the same location as my setup.py the build works fine.
ie. if I do this:
'includes': ['decimal', 'code.ZabbixSender'],
or
'includes': ['decimal', 'ZabbixSender'],
It still doesn't find the Module.

I'd like to think this is bad error reporting by p2exe.
The solution has nothing to do with my py2exe config but in the tidal_zabbix.py script being called.
This was the "incorrect" import
from ZabbixSender import ZabbixPacket, ZabbixSender
As soon as I modified it to this -
from code.ZabbixSender import ZabbixPacket, ZabbixSender
The build worked with no issues. Odd though considering running directly from python had no issues with the code.

py2exe missing modules: oauth2client.client and gspread modules

I have created the following Python script using the gspread and oauth2 modules
import gspread
from oauth2client.client import SignedJwtAssertionCredentials
credentials = SignedJwtAssertionCredentials("client_email","private_key", "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds")
gc = gspread.authorize(credentials)
spreadsheet = gc.open_by_key("spreadsheet_id")
worksheet = spreadsheet.worksheet("sheet_name")
lstoforders = worksheet.get_all_values()
...some extra code...
When I run this code as a .py file everything works smoothly. However, when I try to package it into an executable Windows program using py2exe, I get the following output
The following modules appear to be missing
['ElementC14N', 'IronPythonConsole', 'System', 'System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard', '_scproxy', 'ca_certs_locater', 'clr', 'console', 'email.FeedParser', 'email.Message', 'email.Utils', 'google.appengine.api', 'google.appengine.api.urlfetch','google3.apphosting.api', 'google3.apphosting.api.urlfetch', 'http', 'modes.editingmodes', 'oauth2client.client' 'pyreadline.keysyms.make_KeyPress', 'pyreadline.keysyms.make_KeyPress_from_keydescr', 'pyreadline.keysyms.make_keyinfo', 'pyreadline.keysyms.make_keysym', 'startup', 'urllib.parse']
Accordingly, when I try to run the resulting exe file, I get the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "gspread_to_autocomplete_json.py", line 2, in <module> ImportError: No module named oauth2client.client
It appears as if py2exe cannot find the gspread and oauth2client.client modules. These modules are installed on my machine.
Does anybody have a clue why this is happening?
Thanks.
Nicola

You can choose in your setup.py with packages and modules you want to include.It might be that your setup script is not finding all the dependencies automatically (actually it is pretty common).Try to have a look at the answer I gave to this question.
Add options to your setup.py
You can also use more py2exe options in order that you are importing all the modules and the packages required by your project. E.g.
# setup.py
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(console=["script.py"],
options={
"py2exe":{
"optimize": 2,
"includes": ["mf1.py", "mf2.py", "mf3.py"], # List of all the modules you want to import
"packages": ["package1"] # List of the package you want to make sure that will be imported
}
}
)
In this way you can force the import of the missing script of your project

Using Esky to Freeze/Package a Cocoa PyObjC Python Application

So I'm trying to put together an auto-update functionality for my standalone OSX Python application, that's built on PyObjC. It works great simply packaging it via py2app, but I'm attemping to freeze it with Esky as part of an effort to implement the update feature.
As far as I can tell it's my setup.py formatting for Esky. I'm not sure exactly how to tell Esky to pass on the name of my .Xib file to py2app. Here's what my direct py2app setup.py looks like, successfully including the required .Xib file for the GUI:
setup.py for Py2app
from setuptools import setup
APP = ['MyApp.py']
DATA_FILES = ['MyApp.xib']
OPTIONS = {'argv_emulation': False, 'packages' : ['PIL']}
setup(
app=APP,
data_files=DATA_FILES,
options={'py2app': OPTIONS},
setup_requires=['py2app'],
iconfile="MyApp.icns"
)
Looking around at other people's posts, it looks like you can pass settings to py2app via the slightly differently structured Esky setup.py, but I can't for the life of me figure out the exact structure of the arguments to pass the .Xib file to py2app, from Esky.
setup.py for Esky
from esky import bdist_esky
from distutils.core import setup
setup(name="MyApp",
version="1.3.3",
iconfile="MyApp.icns",
data_files=['MyApp.xib'],
scripts=["MyApp.py","midheaven.py"],
options={"bdist_esky":{
"includes":["PIL"],
"excludes":['pydoc'],
"freezer_module": "py2app",
"freezer_options": {
"plist": {
'argv_emulation': False,
'packages': ['PIL'],
},
"data_files": ['MyApp.xib'],
},
},
},
)
Everything packages without an error, but of course if I try to run the Esky freeze of the app it crashes right away. I'm positive it's because it's not attaching the .Xib GUI properly. Anyone have experience with this, or ideas on how this should actually be formatted? Would absolutely love to figure this out and have it up on here for posterity.

You are correct esky does something different than what you might expect. Looking in the demo/tutorial folder is what got me on the right path.
setup(name="MyApp",
data_files=[('', ['MyApp.xib']),
('files', ['file1', 'file2']),
('img', glob(r'.\img\*.*'))
]
...
So you have a whole bunch of tuples, where the first entry is the path in your package to include the files and the second is an iterable of files to put there
You can remove the second instance of data_files that you have in the options dict.
Update
Try
from esky.bdist_esky import Executable
executables = [Executable('example_gui.py', icon='myico.ico', gui_only=True,)]
setup(
scripts = executables
...

Making exe using py2exe + sqlalchemy + mssql

I have a problem with making exe using py2exe. In my project i'm using sqlalchemy with mssql module.
My setup.py script looks like:
from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe
setup(
windows=[{"script" : "pyrmsutil.py"}],
options={"pyrmsutil" : {
"includes": ["sqlalchemy.dialects.mssql", "sqlalchemy"],
"packages": ["sqlalchemy.databases.mssql", "sqlalchemy.cresultproxy"]
}})
But when i'm starting procedure like:
python.exe setup.py py2exe
I'm receiving build log with following errors:
The following modules appear to be missing
['_scproxy', 'pkg_resources', 'sqlalchemy.cprocessors', 'sqlalchemy.cresultproxy']
And in "dist" folder i see my pyrmsutil.exe file, but when i'm running it nothing happens. I mean that executable file starts, but do nothing and ends immediately without any pyrmsutil.exe.log. It's very strange.
Can anybody help me with this error?

I know it's no an answer per se but have you tries pyInstaller? I used to use py2exe and found it tricky to get something truly distributable. pyInstaller requires a little more setup but the docs are good and the result seems better.
For solving this issue you could try searching for the mentioned dlls and placing them in the folder with the exe, or where you build it.

Looks like py2exe can't find sqlalchemy c extensions.
Why not just include the egg in the distribution, put sqlachemy in py2exe's excludes and load the egg on start?
I use this in the start script:
import sys
import path
import pkg_resources
APP_HOME = path.path(sys.executable).parent
SUPPORT = APP_HOME / 'support'
eggs = [egg for egg in SUPPORT.files('*.egg')]
reqs, errs = pkg_resources.working_set.find_plugins(
pkg_resources.Environment(eggs)
)
map(pkg_resources.working_set.add, reqs)
sys.path.extend(SUPPORT.files('*.egg'))
i use Jason Orendorff's path module (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/path.py) but you can easily wipe it out if you want.