Have your tried looking into the tutorial, listed on the main page?
The Tutorial The notes for the tutorial which covers all three packages can be downloaded here: python-excel.pdf | GitHub http://www.simplistix.co.uk/presentations/python-excel.pdf On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:10 PM, <rhosk...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > Noli, Thanks for your reply, but ... OK I downloaded a .tar file, eventually > I got a folder dist/xlrd-0.8.0/scripts and dist/xlrd-0.8.0/doc & examples > and 1000s of words of Python documentation stuff. > I have no idea what to do with what I downloaded. What to I put where to get > QGIS XYtools to read Excel files? > > Sorry don't mean to be dense/difficult but I have no background in Python, > and if that is not required I am missing out otherwise. I am not aware of > any other documentation that explains these kinds of issues with plugins. > > Thanks for your help - > > Richard > > > > On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Noli Sicad wrote: > >>> QGIS 1.8 XYtools gives and error message about needing XLW & XLRD Python >>> libraries. I have found the site where they are but I do not understand >>> any >>> of the directions, etc. I am not a Python programmer resulting in my >>> having >>> no clue about one has to do. Can sopmeone point me to directions that >>> will >>> tell me exactly what one is supposed to do and where one does it to get >>> the >>> XYtools Excel pythins working. Same for Open Office. Seems the >>> installation >>> process for XYtools should do this. Is there something I missed in the >>> installation? Thanks! >> >> >> http://hub.qgis.org/projects/xytools/ >> >> You need to install these packages / modules. >> >> xlrd >> This package is for reading data and formatting information from Excel >> files. >> >> xlwt >> This package is for writing data and formatting information to Excel >> files. >> >> You can download these packages / modules here >> >> http://www.python-excel.org/ >> >> Noli >> > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user