Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread lcazarre
I am by no means a serious programmer (which will become evident as you read this very message), except that I use VBA almost daily to automate Excel spreadsheets. I do enjoy programming however and the only thing that prevented me from learning a language other than VBA is the lack of a project.

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread Michiel Sikma
Op 10-aug-2006, om 14:45 heeft [EMAIL PROTECTED] het volgende geschreven: Now my questions: - is it legal? (I do have a subscription to Factiva. I do not intend to distribute the printouts) - If so, can I use Python to automate this task? Thank you. --

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread lcazarre
You can indeed automate this task, but I don't know if writing to a Word file is possible. Thanks to you all. I mentioned Word as example. Actually, any format would do, as long as I can print them (pdf, txt,etc.). Now I just have to learn Python! LC --

Re: Absolute beginner - is this feasible?

2006-08-10 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Michiel Sikma wrote: I don't know if writing to a Word file is possible. It's a proprietary format, afterall. see: Python To Word Capture script output in MS Word http://gflanagan.net/site/dotnet/05/RunPythonScriptFromWord.html rd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list