thx for ur reply u r rite that i should use a raw string, but that doesn't solve the problem i am q annoyed by this strange behaviour. i tried to run the script on my friend's pc, which is python2.4 + pywin 204 + office 2000, but same thing happened
now i am thinking to generate a vbs from python and run it. i know it is dumb but i dont know other solutions... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
