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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Creating standalone executable - possibly SOLVED","articleBody":"Hi, I had problem with creating standalone executable, but I have figured it out. I am not confident to make a pull request, but I'd like to share it at least this way.\nI am using auto-py-to-exe to make the binary both on Windows and Linux. The problem was:\n\n1. Missing dynamic library from webui\n2. Wrong path to web files - if you want them separately, like  `examples/andershell3000` with `ui` folder, resulting in \"Resource Not Available\" at runtime window.\n\nThe solution to missing library was to adding this option in auto-py-to-exe: `Advanced` ➝ `What to bundle, where to search` ➝ `--collect-binaries` type: `webui`\nSo the complete pyinstaller command was like this in my case: `pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --windowed --add-data \"/home/gordon/Dokumenty/PlatformIO/Projects/python-webui/examples/andershell3000/ui:ui/\" --collect-binaries \"webui\"  \"/home/gordon/Dokumenty/PlatformIO/Projects/python-webui/examples/andershell3000/andershell3000.py\"` Do not forget to add the `ui` folder as well.\n\nThe solution to wrong webfile's path was to dynamically creating absolute path on runtime. Let's take `examples/andershell3000/andershell3000.py`. By changing it like this:\n```\nimport os\n.\n.\n.\nhtml_folder = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), \"ui\")\nMyWindow.set_root_folder(html_folder)\n.\n.\n.\n```\nthe problem is gone. It took me quite some time to figure it out. Could you please review my approach and implement it if feasible?","author":{"url":"https://github.com/triuk","@type":"Person","name":"triuk"},"datePublished":"2025-07-01T12:17:05.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/38/python-webui/issues/38"}