wouter van ooijen wrote:

>> I need to make a few programs that will stand alone and run under
>> Windoze 2K/XP and can be made into a Linux version with minimal or NO
>> expense to my client.. 
>> 
>> It has to have the ability to talk to PC Serial ports  and VCP
>> (emulated serial ports, like under USB<>RS232 converters). 
>> 
>> I have been told that Python 2.51 works great like this. Is it true?
>> Anybody using it?

> XWisp works that way. I wrote it and use it on Windows, but I got reports
> from all kinds of Linux (including Mac) users that it works OK for them.
> The drawback is that on Windows you need to install Python and the Win32
> extensions, which is a bit tedious for an end-user.

I think there is a way to create a stand-alone Win32 .exe file from Python
sources. I've never done it, but it didn't look too complicated when I
looked into it.

Gerhard

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