auto-houstonfest

Houstonfest and Texas State German Contests registration files generation scripts and executables

Original Repo: https://github.com/PotatoCurry/auto-houstonfest

Installation

Install the necessary dependencies with pip if running from source

pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Note

Windows-support.

(NEW) Mac-support.

1. Place school registration files in the same directory as the script or executable
2. Ensure registration files do not contain the word "template" in any case form. The "template" keyword is reserved for names of template sheets.
3. Ensure generated files are not open in any program
4. Run the script with python main.py or the appropriate executable (i.e. hfest.exe or tsgc.exe)
5. Generated files can be found in the output/ directory

Compile executable file

Prepare a Python virtual environment

1. Create a Python virtual environment (i.e virtualenv)
2. Follow the installation instructions to install possible dependencies
3. Activate your Python virtual environment in your preferred terminal

Compile executable

Compile the script into an executable application by running the command pyinstaller tsgc.spec.

Note

Alternatively, run the Pyinstaller command including options. NOTE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN SYNTAX BETWEEN WINDOWS AND MACOS

For Windows machines ONLY:

pyinstaller --onedir --console --name "tsgc" --contents-directory "bin" --add-data "boomer_utils.py;." --add-data "generate_reports.py;." --add-data "models.py;." --hidden-import "pony" --hidden-import "pony.orm" --hidden-import "pony.orm.dbproviders.sqlite" "main.py" --clean --noconfirm

For MacOS only:

pyinstaller --onedir --console --name "tsgc" --contents-directory "bin" --add-data "boomer_utils.py:." --add-data "generate_reports.py:." --add-data "models.py:." --hidden-import "pony" --hidden-import "pony.orm" --hidden-import "pony.orm.dbproviders.sqlite" "main.py"

Run executable

1. Add registration sheets to the executable parent folder (same folder as the executable, NOT "bin").
2. Double click the executable OR run executable from command line.