On 15/06/2010 09:32, Astley Le Jasper wrote:
Does pywin32 use elements from Windows itself, or excel when dispatching?
Yes: it's simply exposing to the Python user the API provided by MS Office (or whatever other app) via the IDispatch COM mechanism. IOW, if you don't have Microsoft Excel installed, this won't work: import win32com.client win32com.client.Dispatch ("Excel.Application") TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list