Python-docx: Pyinstall fails

[sssseossss]

Hi!
I'm trying to compile the program into exe with pyinstall.
When I run the program, I get the error that default.docx is not found. Is there any way I can resolve this?
Many thanks!!!

Error is below:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1344, in
File "", line 952, in menu
File "", line 1291, in generate_report
File "site-packages\docxtpl__init__.py", line 116, in new_subdoc
File "site-packages\docxtpl__init__.py", line 123, in init
File "site-packages\docx\api.py", line 25, in Document
File "site-packages\docx\opcpackage.py", line 116, in open
File "site-packages\docx\opc\pkgreader.py", line 32, in from_file
File "site-packages\docx\opc\phys_pkg.py", line 31, in new
docx.opc.exceptions.PackageNotFoundError: Package not found at 'C:\Users\sp\AppData\Local\Temp_MEI48882\docx\templates\default.docx'

[scanny]

This has to do with the default .docx document "data" file not being stored by PyInstaller.

If you search on "PyInstaller data files" I think you'll find some information on this.

Also, if you always use your own template files, i.e. `document = Document('some-file.docx') I think the error is avoided.

[thebeancounter]

@scanny i am getting somthing similar with pyinstaller and python-pptx is there any way to get pyinstaller to include that default pptx template?

pptx.exc.packagenotfounderror: package not found at ....\default.pptx

thanks!

[sssseossss]

Hi,
just to make your life easier, this is how I resolved it:
edit the file in Python3.5\LIB\site-packages\docx\api.py
in the function _default_docx_path amend the link to your empty docx file. In my example:
the last line of this function "return" line I replaced _thisdir variable to my script directory so it looked like this:
return os.path.join('c:\program\\','bin','default.docx')
good luck...

[thebeancounter]

@sssseossss thanks! will that put the default file in bundled with the exe? i don't want the end user to have to worry about that

[sssseossss]

No, you have to put that empty file... thats how the module works, unfortunately :)

[thebeancounter]

@sssseossss i have to put it before the compilation and than it will bundle it to the exe, or it has to be present in every computer that runs the exe and in the same path?

[sssseossss]

Put before installation and then carry as a separate file with exe...

[scanny]

@thebeancounter This is really a PyInstaller question, and I don't have any expertise with that because I never use it.

This section in the PyInstaller documentation looks like it may have some clues:
https://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/spec-files.html#adding-data-files

The default template .docx is at the path './templates/default.docx' relative to the root docx module. Depending on how PyInstaller interprets paths, you might need to add 'docx/' before 'templates/'.

Let us know when you figure it out so others can find it on search. That's another form of contributing to the project :)

[thebeancounter]

@scanny i'll give it a try. thanks Scanny, awesome module, helped me a lot!
please note, pyinstaller issue that i opened for this.

[sjkelly]

The following works well for me in the pyinstaller .spec file, and is slightly more generic than the aforementioned solutions. This is a snippet with the relevant line being the datas= line in the Analysis constructor.

import sys
from os import path
site_packages = next(p for p in sys.path if 'site-packages' in p)


a = Analysis([''],
             pathex=[''],
             binaries=[],
             datas=[(path.join(site_packages,"docx","templates"), "docx/templates")],
             hiddenimports=[],
             hookspath=[],
             runtime_hooks=[],
             excludes=[],
             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
             win_private_assemblies=False,
             cipher=block_cipher)

[htgoebel]

@sjkelly What about providing a hook for PyInstaller. Please use collect_data_files(), as you can seen in other hooks.

[muzafferkadir]

i added python\lib\sitepackages\pptx to in project.

[parthjpandya]

I have resolved the issue this way:
Getting error because of (1) space in the filename and (2) path. might help someone.