Thanks to all who replied. As I mentioned, I am new to python. I will have to look some of this stuff, but that is fine. I am trying to learn.
I am sorry I forgot to mention, the platform is windows-xp. I am doing this for a client who has a small warehouse operation. Personally, I usually use debian at home. If it matters, the origianl file is coming from a portable scanner. After it's uploaded to the PC, the file needs to be hand processed, then loaded into an remote site with a mysql backend. When new items are recieved, they are scanned into a portable device, then transferred to a file on a PC. The python app will then process that file to provide item counts so that the shipment can be easily compared to the packing list (there has been a lot of trouble with shipments not matching). Once the list is checked, the items will have to placed into bins - this is why I need the file to be loaded into excel. The corresponding bin numbers will have to entered into that spreadsheet, then saved to a cvs, then the cvs will be processed into the online database. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
