Merge pull request #1

frontend_gui

Author: Shararamosh

.github/workflows/build_executable.yml

@@ -25,11 +25,20 @@ jobs:
           pyinstaller --onefile --name="flatc_deserializer" --console --icon=images\flatbuffers-logo-clean.png --add-data="images:images" --add-data="localization:localization" flatc_deserializer.py
           pyinstaller --onefile --name="flatc_downloader" --console --icon=images\flatbuffers-downloader-logo-clean.png --add-data="images:images" --add-data="localization:localization" flatc_downloader.py
           pyinstaller --onefile --name="flatc_deserializer_batch" --console --icon=images\flatbuffers-batch-logo-clean.png --add-data="images:images" --add-data="localization:localization" flatc_deserializer_batch.py
-      - name: Move Deserializer and Downloader Executables from dist to root directory and delete dist directory
+      - name: Install additional GUI requirements
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements_frontend.txt
+          pip install pywinstyles
+      - name: Run PyInstaller for GUI
+        run: |
+          set PYTHONOPTIMIZE=2
+          pyinstaller --onefile --noconsole --name="flatc_deserializer_frontend" --console --hiddenimport pywinstyles --icon=images\flatbuffers-logo-clean.png --add-data="images:images" --add-data="localization:localization" flatc_deserializer_frontend.py
+      - name: Move Executables from dist to root directory and delete dist directory
         run: |
           move dist\flatc_deserializer.exe .
           move dist\flatc_downloader.exe .
           move dist\flatc_deserializer_batch.exe .
+          move dist\flatc_deserializer_frontend.exe .
           rd /s /q dist
         shell: cmd
       - name: Create Automatic Windows Release
@@ -42,4 +51,5 @@ jobs:
           files: |
             flatc_deserializer.exe
             flatc_downloader.exe
-            flatc_deserializer_batch.exe
+            flatc_deserializer_batch.exe
+            flatc_deserializer_frontend.exe

.github/workflows/build_executable_nuitka.yml

@@ -52,11 +52,29 @@ jobs:
             localization=localization
             images=images
           windows-icon-from-ico: images/flatbuffers-batch-logo-clean.png
+      - name: Install additional GUI requirements
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements_frontend.txt
+          pip install pywinstyles
+      - name: Run Nuitka for GUI
+        uses: Nuitka/Nuitka-Action@main
+        with:
+          nuitka-version: main
+          script-name: flatc_deserializer_frontend.py
+          mode: app
+          windows-console-mode: disable
+          enable-plugins: tk-inter
+          include-package: pywinstyles
+          include-data-dir: |
+            localization=localization
+            images=images
+          windows-icon-from-ico: images/flatbuffers-logo-clean.png
       - name: Move Executables from build to root directory
         run: |
           move build\flatc_deserializer.exe .
           move build\flatc_deserializer_batch.exe .
           move build\flatc_downloader.exe .
+          move build\flatc_deserializer_frontend.exe .
           rd /s /q build
         shell: cmd
       - name: Create Automatic Windows Release
@@ -69,4 +87,5 @@ jobs:
           files: |
             flatc_deserializer.exe
             flatc_deserializer_batch.exe
-            flatc_downloader.exe
+            flatc_downloader.exe
+            flatc_deserializer_frontend.exe

README.MD

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 # Flatbuffers Deserializer
-Set of console tools for batch deserialization of Flatbuffers binary files using pre-defined schemas and downloading latest version of Flatbuffers schema compiler written in Python.
+Set of console tools and single combined GUI for the following:
+1. Downloading latest version of Flatbuffers schema compiler.
+2. Batch deserializing binary Flatbuffers files using imported schemas.
+
 ## Requirements:
 - [Python 3.11+](https://www.python.org/)
 - [Pillow](https://pypi.org/project/pillow/)
 - [tqdm](https://pypi.org/project/tqdm/)
 - [i18nice[YAML]](https://pypi.org/project/i18nice/)
+### GUI only:
+- [customtkinter](https://pypi.org/project/customtkinter/)
+- [CTkMenuBar](https://pypi.org/project/CTkMenuBar/)
+- [CTkMessagebox](https://pypi.org/project/CTkMessagebox/)
 ## Latest Windows releases:
 - [PyInstaller](https://github.com/Shararamosh/flatc_deserializer/releases/tag/latest)
 - [Nuitka](https://github.com/Shararamosh/flatc_deserializer/releases/tag/latest-nuitka)