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Fredrik
Fredrik

Reputation: 33

After turning a python file into a .exe file the barcode module stops working

After turning a python file into a .exe file the barcode module is no longer able to save an image file of a barcode.

for example this:

from barcode import Code39
from barcode.writer import ImageWriter

myImage = Code39("0007", writer=ImageWriter(), add_checksum=False)
myImage.save("myImage.png")

Will work as a .py file but no longer as a .exe file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 594

Answers (2)

Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley

Reputation: 1

passing some barcodeoptions to with the save command seems to work for me. as long as the font.ttf file is on the computer this will work:

barCodeOptions = {
    'font_size':22, 
    'text_distance':15, 
    'font_path': "arial.ttf"
}
barcode_instance.save(bcFile, barCodeOptions)

Upvotes: 0

Fredrik
Fredrik

Reputation: 33

The solution is quite strange and it is mentioned in IO Error:Cannot open image while generating barcode after freezing using py2exe but what you need to change has changed a tad bit so felt I could make this thread to help any beginners not knowing how to fix this.

The solution is to change this line of code:

self.font_path = os.path.join(PATH, "fonts", "DejaVuSansMono.ttf")

In the file writer.py in C:\Users\TERMINTATOR\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\barcode .

To this:

self.font_path = 'arial.ttf'

Upvotes: 2

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