Program's MS-DOS windows disappears.

[Noisy Spy]

The program works fine within Python's shell, but when I compile it into an exe with py2exe, the MS-DOS window always disappears before I can do anything. How do I fix this?

Here's the [url=http://www.filefactory.com/file/ah65dhc/n/Degrees_Conversion_exe][B]program.[/B][/url]

Requested source code.

def START():
    Celsius = input('Degrees in Celsius:');
    Fahrenheit = (9.0 / 5.0) * Celsius +32;
    print Celsius, "Degree(s) Celsius =", Fahrenheit, "Degree(s) Fahrenheit",

Very simple program I wrote for classmates, but seeing as most of them don't have Python I used py2exe to turn it into an executable, but that didn't exactly work....

[Cathbadh]

getchar() or whatever it's equivalent is in python

Isn't there a sticky or something that says this? You people ask this question at least once a month, and it never seems to stick.

[Noisy Spy]

[QUOTE=Cathbadh;17184693]getchar() or whatever it's equivalent is in python

Isn't there a sticky or something that says this? You people ask this question at least once a month, and it never seems to stick.[/QUOTE]

No, there isn't. If you had read the one and only sticky here, you would know it has nothing to do with Python other than mentioning it exists.

[Robber]

It's not MS-DOS, it's just a cmd.exe window.

[reeferdk]

Please source code instead of executable... For all we know it could be a trojan.. plus unless we decompile your executable theres no way to see what you did wrong

[HubmaN]

What Cathbadh is trying to say is that the application doesn't know to pause for you before it quits, even though that's what you expect.

[reeferdk]

That was what i originally wrote.. But then i looked at the name of the program and figured that it probably expected user input at some point..

[TehDoomCat]

[QUOTE=Noisy Spy;17184473]The program works fine within Python's shell, but when I compile it into an exe with py2exe, the MS-DOS window always disappears before I can do anything. How do I fix this?[/QUOTE]

Easiest fix is to open up a command prompt and run the program from there, rather than double-clicking its icon. Needs no altering of the script's source.

[Xama]

Console applications are meant to be run by the command line... which is why they close if you click them.

[Noisy Spy]

[QUOTE=TehDoomCat;17250710]Easiest fix is to open up a command prompt and run the program from there, rather than double-clicking its icon. Needs no altering of the script's source.[/QUOTE]

Thank you good sir.

[editline]10:51AM[/editline]

Well that didn't work, and google hasn't correctly answered what Python's getchar() equivalent is...

[editline]10:53AM[/editline]

def START():
    Celsius = input('Degrees in Celsius:');
    Fahrenheit = (9.0 / 5.0) * Celsius +32;
    print Celsius, "Degree(s) Celsius =", Fahrenheit, "Degree(s) Fahrenheit",

Very simple program I wrote for classmates, but seeing as most of them don't have Python I used py2exe to turn it into an executable, but that didn't exactly work....

[ZeekyHBomb]

Try raw_input()

[Solid.Snake]

(Noisy Spy alt)

Screw it, going back to C++ and mah

	system( "PAUSE" );
	return 0;

[PvtCupcakes]

Who compiles py into exes? :raise:

[Solid.Snake]

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17541236]Who compiles py into exes? :raise:[/QUOTE]

People who are mad that Python programs can only be run with Python. (It'd be okay if Python came with all computers like Java, but it doesn't.)

[PvtCupcakes]

[QUOTE=Solid.Snake;17541735]People who and are mad that Python programs can only be run with Python. (It'd be okay if Python came with all computers like Java, but it doesn't.)[/QUOTE]

Does the exe bundle the the python interpreter into them?

[Solid.Snake]

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;17541770]Does the exe bundle the the python interpreter into them?[/QUOTE]

What? I'm going to go ahead and say no....

[ShaunOfTheLive]

Actually, that's exactly what it does. py2exe is not a compiler.

[Solid.Snake]

If you mean that it knows to pause at inputs and outputs in the executable like it does in Python, as I found out no.

[editline]04:22PM[/editline]

Broke mah Automerge

[TheHeartSmasher]

[QUOTE=Noisy Spy;17288098]Thank you good sir.

[editline]10:51AM[/editline]

Well that didn't work, and google hasn't correctly answered what Python's getchar() equivalent is...

[editline]10:53AM[/editline]

def START():
    Celsius = input('Degrees in Celsius:');
    Fahrenheit = (9.0 / 5.0) * Celsius +32;
    print Celsius, "Degree(s) Celsius =", Fahrenheit, "Degree(s) Fahrenheit",

Very simple program I wrote for classmates, but seeing as most of them don't have Python I used py2exe to turn it into an executable, but that didn't exactly work....[/QUOTE]

Please try this:

def START():
    Celsius = input('Degrees in Celsius:');
    Fahrenheit = (9.0 / 5.0) * Celsius +32;
    print Celsius, "Degree(s) Celsius =", Fahrenheit, "Degree(s) Fahrenheit"

START()

You have defined a function but you never initialized it :)

Also you can ask for the user to input text or press a key after your print Celsius statement.
But console windows are normally closed after their completion.

EndText = input("Enter any text to continue then press enter")