Gooey/gooey/gui/util/freeze.py

import sys
import os


def is_frozen():
  return getattr(sys, 'frozen', False)


def get_resource_path(*args):
  if is_frozen():
    # MEIPASS explanation:
    # https://pythonhosted.org/PyInstaller/#run-time-operation
    basedir = getattr(sys, '_MEIPASS', None)
    if not basedir:
      basedir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
    resource_dir = os.path.join(basedir, 'gooey')
    if not os.path.isdir(resource_dir):
      raise IOError(
        ("Cannot locate Gooey resources. It seems that the program was frozen, "
         "but resource files were not copied into directory of the executable "
         "file. Please copy `languages` and `images` folders from gooey module "
         "directory into `{}{}` directory. Using PyInstaller, a.datas in .spec "
         "file must be specified.".format(resource_dir, os.sep)))
  else:
    resource_dir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', '..'))
  return os.path.join(resource_dir, *args)