import error while bundling using py2exe

Question

I bundled a small script written in python using py2exe. The script uses many packages and one of them is reportlab. After bundling using py2exe I tried to run the execut

Answer 1

I've had the same problem in the past bundling reportlab with py2exe. It imports of a bunch of modules dynamically, which py2exe does not recognize when assembling the dependencies. The brute-force fix is to import the required modules directly in your code:

from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_winansi
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_macroman
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_standard
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_symbol
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_zapfdingbats
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_pdfdoc
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_enc_macexpert
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_courier
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_courierbold
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_courieroblique
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_courierboldoblique
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_helvetica
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_helveticabold
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_helveticaoblique
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_helveticaboldoblique
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_timesroman
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_timesbold
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_timesitalic
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_timesbolditalic
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_symbol
from reportlab.pdfbase import _fontdata_widths_zapfdingbats

A search also shows that Sankar found another solution, which is including the following packages in the setup script:

packages=[
    'reportlab',
    'reportlab.graphics.charts',
    'reportlab.graphics.samples',
    'reportlab.graphics.widgets',
    'reportlab.graphics.barcode',
    'reportlab.graphics',
    'reportlab.lib',
    'reportlab.pdfbase',
    'reportlab.pdfgen',
    'reportlab.platypus',
],