Question about compiling a script

[jojolom]

Hi, trying to build to one file with a word doc as a resource and plan on keeping the exe in the same file as the word doc. In the script I am accessing the word doc using os.path.expanduser(dir_path + "/file.docx") and can't seem to get it to run. Any help would be appreciated!

[rokm]

What are you using as your dir_path?

[jojolom]

my mistake, dir_path =os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(file))

[jojolom]

I'm trying to get it to access the file in it's base folder

[rokm]

Using __file__ as reference currently doesn't work, because it is always set to just the program basename in the frozen application (see #5626). But this is documented behavior. So checking for sys.frozen and using sys._MEIPASS is necessary.

However, the above applies to resources that are bundled into onefile application (sys._MEIPASS refers to temporary directory where program contents are unpacked). If I understand correctly, you are instead trying to put a .docx file next to the executable, and do not want to bundle it into the executable itself? In that case, you'll probably need to use sys.executable, which in a frozen application (if sys.frozen is True and/or sys._MEIPASS attribute exists) should point to the onefile executable itself.