, again it had to do with kfx since I was trying to compile that support into it, so in any case it was not exactly off-topic since I was talking about kfx support in the app, just not calibre or kfx output plugin, but that app could be good for if you say want icons on your device without having to download every icon for every ebook you may have, if you say to the kfx output plugin at all.
I was trying to use the information that user in the last posts I posted online at their website, in any case, I was able to get the con.exe working but not the gui.exe file, again it did have to do with kfx but not with calibre or kfx output plugin, it had to do with ExtractCoverThumbs support files for kfx icons to work with the kfx output format, I hope you understand me about that.
I got this reply back
Quote:
Originally Posted by jhowell
@maximalmobi7,
Lengthy posts regarding the compilation of ExtractCoverThumbs are off-topic for this thread.
Please be considerate and move that discussion to a more appropriate thread, such as this one. |
Below is my posts on having problems with compiling the gui part of the exe
ok I following the process of making the app with default kfx,
installed python 2.7
installed pywin32-220.win32-py2.7.exe
installed PyInstaller-3.2 by using pip install pyinstaller on cmd prompt
python -m pip install -- upgrade pip
build on Windows (with Python 2.7.x):
C:\Python27\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe -Fn ExtractCoverThumbs_con .\ExtractCoverThumbs\__main__.py
C:\Python27\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe -Fn ExtractCoverThumbs_win --windowed .\ExtractCoverThumbs\gui.pyw
used those command it compiles it in C:\Python27\Scripts\dist
I wanted to report on windows 10 I am getting an error about missing msvcr100.dll, I guess I have to search for the app that installs this dll file, since it reads ExtractCoverThumb_win.exe - System Error with that file missing and saying try reinstalling the program to fix this problem, so I have to figure out which app would normally install msvcr100.dll on windows 10, that's the only error I got when trying to make that app with kfx support
I found two links that may fix the missing dll for this app
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package is what you need to install on windows 10 I guess. but I got pass the x86 error for the dll, but it will not launch from ExtractCoverThumb_win.exe
I installed the x86 and x64 versions of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package, it seemed to need the x86 version which had msvcr100.dll in it but now it doesn't seem to be able to run ExtractCoverThumb_win.exe so something else may of gone wrong compiling it on my windows 10 system. I trying the build on Windows (with Python 2.7.x):
commands again after installing that dll to see if I can make it work at all for me.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downl....aspx?id=14632
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en...s.aspx?id=5555
here, the commands, the exe will not launch at all on my computer , so I don't no what I did wrong if anything, any help would be great for getting the commands or it to compile right? I don't no if this helps but con exe gets an error message , I have to find that to see if it can be installed when you run the first one it just does nothing in the gui exe I build didn't run at all, I think it may of to do with the con.exe error but I am not sure yet.
Wanted to update my post to say that I downloading the stuff from the error from here, I hope this helps get the app working
http://wp.stolaf.edu/it/installing-p...ndows-and-mac/ that link doesn't provide the files need for my computer need to search more the pillow installer on that link here didn't work at all, still gets that message
C:\Python27\Scripts\dist>ExtractCoverThumbs_win.ex e
C:\Python27\Scripts\dist>ExtractCoverThumbs_con.ex e
ERROR! Python Imaging Library (PIL) or Pillow not installed.
I have yet to try to change kfx to azw8 since that extension will open in Kindle Previewer 3, but the kfx extension doesn't open at all in the software that outputs the kfx format, so I think its better to stick with an extension like azw8 with kfx format in it, that makes sense right? so I was thinking of trying to make the default with kfx support first, then try to correct it to work with azw8 files so they have their icons instead. I don't plan on posting any more about broken software , we see if kindle even switches from azw3 to kfx at all, at this point the broken software is annoying me since I can't get it to compile without problems but any help would still be great on this matter, I just may not post anymore since I am out of ideas about how to make it compile without problems for kfx support.