> has anybody got any experience opening and manilpulating excel > spreedsheets via python? it seems pythoncom allows this to happen
i posted a couple of snippets along with others in this earlier thread: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/a7ed60067ca5a8d4 the XLRD package is a platform-independent non-COM way to *extract* Excel data. you mentioned opening and manipulating spreadsheets *using* COM, so there are more examples targeted towards what you were asking for at that link. i added a small section on Win32 COM client programming to the Core Python book, and although it doesn't go extremely in-depth, it's perfectly targeted to "newbs" coming from the Unix world, as was i. hope this helps! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001 http://corepython.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list