Py2exeAndCtypesComDllServer

Use attribute ctypes_com_server of method setup to create a com dll server. Unlike the case with win32com, with ctypes.com only a dll server will be created. Also see: Py2exeAndWin32com & Py2exeAndCtypesComExeServer

You can define and instantiate a Target class to explicitly add version info resources that get attached to the file as metadata.

file setup.py would look something like this:

   1 # This is the distutils script for creating a Python-based com dll
   2 # server using ctypes.com.  This script should be run like this:
   3 #
   4 #  % python setup.py py2exe
   5 #
   6 # After you run this (from this directory) you will find two directories here:
   7 # "build" and "dist".  The .dll file in dist is what you are looking for.
   8 ##############################################################################
   9 
  10 from distutils.core import setup
  11 import py2exe
  12 import sys
  13 
  14 class Target:
  15     def __init__(self, **kw):
  16         self.__dict__.update(kw)
  17         # for the version info resources (Properties -- Version)
  18         self.version = "0.0.1"
  19         self.company_name = "my company"
  20         self.copyright = "© 2006, my company"
  21         self.name = "my com server name"
  22 
  23 my_com_server_target = Target(
  24     description = "my com server",
  25     # use module name for ctypes.com dll server
  26     modules = ["dir.my_com_server"],
  27     # the following line embeds the typelib within the dll
  28     other_resources = [("TYPELIB", 1, open(r"dir\my_com_server.tlb", "rb").read())],
  29     # we only want the inproc (dll) server
  30     create_exe = False
  31     )
  32 
  33 setup(
  34     name="my_com_server",
  35     # the following two parameters embed support files within dll file
  36     options={"py2exe": {"bundle_files": 1, }},
  37     zipfile=None,
  38     version="0.0.1",
  39     description="my com server",
  40     # author, maintainer, contact go here:
  41     author="First Last",
  42     author_email="some_name@some_company.com",
  43     packages=["dir"],
  44     ctypes_com_server=[my_com_server_target]
  45     )