Many thanks, Wade, I'll have to see whether I did that or not. I came up with a workaround which is burried now in a package.
I suppose I will have to have a look into the whole thing anyway, because I changed my OS to W2k. Since then Winword behaves differently: Despite the fact that I set Visible to 1 it is not visible. It is only visible in the process list of the task manager (well, that's also a kind of visibility :-)). Unfortunately it remains there and has to be killed! Anyway - man thanks again! Cheers Franz > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Wade > Leftwich > Gesendet: Samstag, 04. August 2001 12:57 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Activepython@Listserv. Activestate. Com > Betreff: RE: Automating Word 9.0 ("Python Programming on Win32"): Cannot > replace text > > > Have you made sure your wordSel covers the entire document? This > works from > a prompt: > > from win32com.client import Dispatch > wapp = Dispatch('Word.Application') > doc = wapp.Documents.Open('doc_containing_foo.doc') > wapp.Visible = 1 > sel = wapp.Selection > sel.WholeStory() > f = sel.Find > f.Text = 'foo' > f.Execute() # if successful, returns 1 and only 'foo' will be highlighted > sel.Range.Text = 'bar' > > > I also tried setting f.Replacement.Text and doing > f.Execute(Replace=2), but > that did > not make the change, though it DID return 1 and highlight the text to be > found. > > > Wade Leftwich > Ithaca, NY > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of F. > > GEIGER > > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 5:18 AM > > To: Activepython@Listserv. Activestate. Com > > Subject: Automating Word 9.0 ("Python Programming on Win32"): Cannot > > replace text > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I created a Word template, which contains a marker, that has to > > be replaced > > by some generated text (to be precise: it's a table, where one > > cell contains > > the marker text '__CONTENTS__'). I use easyword.py from "ppw32" to wrap > > word, the only substantial change I did was to rename the class > to MSWord. > > > > So I added a method replacetText(self, old, new): > > > > def replaceText(self, old, new): > > f = self.wordSel.Find > > f.ClearFormatting() > > f.Text = old > > f.Replacement.ClearFormatting() > > f.Replacement.Text = new > > f.Execute(Replace=2, Forward=-1, Wrap=2) > > # ^ ^ ^...wdFindContinue > > # | |...True > > # |...wdReplaceAll > > return > > > > > > The test driver is: > > > > def test(): > > import os > > from time import sleep > > > > dirName = '%s\\' % os.getcwd() > > w = MSWord(dirName + 'ExTract.dot') > > w.show() > > > > w.replaceText('__CONTENTS__', 'Blah blah blah') > > > > # sleep(5) > > # w.close() > > > > return > > > > > > When executing this, word starts up, loads the template, and selects > > '__CONTENTS__'. Then nothing else happens. Especially, > '__CONTENTS__' does > > not get replaced with "Blah blah blah". > > > > So I tried to do it from within Word, which works. > > > > So I tried to do it from within MSVB, which works too: > > > > Private Sub cbDoIt_Click() > > Dim Word As Word.Application > > > > Set Word = CreateObject("Word.Application") > > > > Word.Visible = True > > > > Word.Documents.Add "D:\\PyFL\\MSOffice\\exTract.dot" > > > > Selection.Find.ClearFormatting > > Selection.Find.Text = "__CONTENTS__" > > Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting > > Selection.Find.Replacement.Text = "Blah blah blah" > > Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=2, Forward:=-1, Wrap:=2 > > > > End Sub > > > > > > As I use ActivePython 2.0 on a NT4.0Svr/SP6 I tried 2.1.1.212 > on an other > > machine (NT4.0Svr/SP6). Does not work either. > > > > Does anybody see, what I forgot to do/call to make it work from within > > Python too? > > > > > > Best regards > > Franz GEIGER > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > DATEC Datentechnik GmbH > > Software Development > > Retrieval Computing > > A-6890 LUSTENAU, Schmiedgasse 7 > > Tel +43 5577 630 04-0 > > Fax +43 5577 630 04-40 > > Mobile > > +43 664 214 57 43 > > E-Mail > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW www.datec.at (in Partnerschaft mit Amazon.de) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ActivePython mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activepython > > > > _______________________________________________ > ActivePython mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activepython > _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/activepython
