On Oct 20, 11:24 am, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At Friday 20/10/2006 00:08, Johnny wrote: > > >doc.Workbooks.Open(excelFile, ReadOnly=True) > > > But the problem is when I only pass the filename to the Open() > >method, and of course the file is in the current directory, it will > >throw an exception that the specified file can't be found. When I use > >os.path.abspath(excelFile) instead, it works. But I do know that > >somebody can only pass a filename, and no exception is raised. Now I > >wonder is that because the "somebody" happen to put the file on the > >default location of the Open() method? If so, does any one know the > >default location?Why don't you want to use an absolute path? It's safe, will > >always > work... What if Excel, for whatever reason, decides to start the Open > dialog pointing to another location? What if your script does not > have permission to write on such location?
Yes, I agree and willing to use abstract path. I only wonder what's happending inside this method so that I can get more understanding of the problem caused by passing an relative path in. :) Regards, Johnny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
