Build and Package: Windows

These steps need to be performed on a pre-configured development system every time a new installation package is desired.

Windows Building & Packaging

• Build the BlocklyPropClient
  • Open a command window
  • Check out the needed branch from the BlocklyPropClient repository
    • This can be done either
      • in PyCharm's VCS > Git > Branches... menu, then select origin/{branch} > Checkout as new local branch from Remote Branches (or if Local Branches section exists, you can select {branch} -> origin/{branch} from Local Branches), then Exit PyCharm
      • in Git command line:
        • $ cd C:\Users{username}\PycharmProjects\BlocklyPropClient
        • $ git checkout origin {branch}
  • Run the build script (.windows.spec) from within the repository directory:
    • $ c:\Python27\Scripts\pyinstaller BlocklyPropClient.windows.spec
      • This builds and stores the application files in the ./dist subfolder which will be used by InnoSetup.
• Package BlocklyPropClient
  • Run InnoSetup
    • File > Open the .spec file: C:\Users{username}\PycharmProjects\BlocklyPropClient\package\blocklypropclient-installer.iss
    • Select Build > Compile
  • Now the installer executable will be in the ./dist subfolder.