why would 'import win32com' fail?

[bill]

All,

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

import win32com
....
blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?


TIA,

Bill

[Chris Rebert]

Re: why would 'import win32com' fail?

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM, bill <wgrigg@draper. comwrote:

All,
>
I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:
>
import win32com
....
blah, blah
>
I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

It's not a standard library module. You'll need to install it from:

http://python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html

Cheers,
Chris
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>
>
TIA,
>
Bill
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[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

Re: why would 'import win32com' fail?

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:21:29 -0700, bill wrote:

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:
>
import win32com
....
blah, blah
>
I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

The `win32com` module? It is not part of the standard library.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

[Mike Driscoll]

Re: why would 'import win32com' fail?

On Oct 23, 2:21 pm, bill <wgr...@draper. comwrote:

All,
>
I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:
>
      import win32com
      ....
      blah, blah
>
I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?
>
TIA,
>
Bill

Dunno. Does it give a traceback? Does the interpreter just die? Or
what? My guess is you need to uninstall Pywin32 and then reinstall it.
I've seen it get goofy like this when I upgrade Pywin32 too.

Mike

[drobinow@gmail.com]

Re: why would 'import win32com' fail?

On Oct 23, 3:21 pm, bill <wgr...@draper. comwrote:

All,
>
I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:
>
      import win32com
      ....
      blah, blah
>
I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

You need to download and install the Python Extensions for Windows.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018

[bill]

Re: why would 'import win32com' fail?

On Oct 23, 3:21 pm, bill <wgr...@draper. comwrote:

All,
>
I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:
>
      import win32com
      ....
      blah, blah
>
I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?
>
TIA,
>
Bill

Thanks for the responses. I did not realize it had to be downloaded.

Bill