Why doesn't py2exe work?

[Simon van der G]

I am getting next message trying to create an executable file:

  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\core.py", line 140, in setup
    raise SystemExit, gen_usage(dist.script_name) + "\nerror: %s" % msg
SystemExit: usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
   or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
   or: setup.py --help-commands
   or: setup.py cmd --help
 
error: no commands supplied

What do I do wrong?

[Thekid]

Are you just typing "setup.py"? If so, it's telling you that you need to add command arguments to it. You can type:
setup.py cmd --help
for options.
This line tells you the usage for setup.py:

usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
 

and these give you options for the usage. Notice the last line says "no commands supplied:

#    or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
#    or: setup.py --help-commands
#    or: setup.py cmd --help
#  
# error: no commands supplied
 

Typically setup.py is ran from a command line, and usually just needs:

python setup.py install

[Simon van der G]

Thanks for your answer.
The problem however is solved. I was working with the 64bit program. 32bit was needed (its hard to find).