On Jan 9, 4:12 pm, "3lvss0...@gmail.com" <3lvss0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > Im very new with python. I have got some answer on my issue to use > interop or COM ''plugins'' to access MS Word through python but i > don't even know what those two ''plugins'' are so I cannot use them. > What I want to do is the following: > > I need the script that moves (only moves, not change or delete!) > entire (100% of the text) text from one .doc file to another. But its > not so easy as it sounds. The target .doc file is not the only one but > can be many of them. All the target .doc files are always in the same > folder (same path) but all of them don't have the same name. The .doc > file FROM where I want to move entire text is only one, always in the > same folder (same path) and always with the same file name. > Names of the target are only similar but as I have said before, not > the same. Here is the point of whole script: > Target .doc files have the names: > HD1.doc > HD2.doc > HD3.doc > HD4.doc > and so on > > What I would like to have is moved the entire (but really all of the > text, must be 100% all) text into the .doc file with the highest ( ! ) > number. The target .doc files will always start with ''HD'' and always > be similar to above examples. > It is possible that the doc file (target file) is only one, so only > HD1.doc. Therefore ''1'' is the maximum number and the text is moved > into this file. > Sometimes the target file is empty but usually won't be. If it won't > be then the text should be moved to the end of the text, into first > new line (no empty lines inbetween). > So for example in the target file which has the maximum number in its > name is the following text: > > a > b > c > > In the file from which I want to move the text is: > > d > > This means I need in the target file this: > > a > b > c > d > > Could someone tell me please how to do this? > > Thank you.
Hi, I will try to head you in the right direction with the Python/MS.Word link. First of all, you need to install the win32 extension. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ Once you have this installed you can instantiate a MS.Word application like this (code untested): >>> from win32com.client import Dispatch >>> app = Dispatch("Word.Application") >>> app.Visible = True The code so-far is more or less equivalent to opening Word without opening a document (normally Word will start with an empty document). To open a document do something like the following. >>> doc = app.Documents.Open("c:\\example.doc") Further builtin Python modules that could be helpfull are: glob -> for searching files matching a pattern os, os.path -> for path related functionality like stripping directory names from a complete path Take a look at the online documentation for more information http://docs.python.org/modindex.html Good luck and let us know the result. Marco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list