Thanks for the response! I tried your suggestion with the following results....
>>> import win32com.client >>> x = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("Excel.Application") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<input>", line 1, in ? File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 536, in EnsureDispatch mod = EnsureModule(tla[0], tla[1], tla[3], tla[4], bForDemand=bForDemand) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 393, in EnsureModule module = GetModuleForTypelib(typelibCLSID, lcid, major, minor) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 258, in GetModuleForTypelib mod = _GetModule(modName) File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 629, in _GetModule mod = __import__(mod_name) File "C:\Python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py\00020813-0000-0000-C000-00000 0000046x0x1x5\__init__.py", line 1748 '{000208C8-0001-0000-C000-000000000046}' : 'IWalls', '{000208C9-0001-0000-C000-000000000046}' : 'ITickLabels', ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> Any ideas from here? -Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:06 PM To: Python-Win32 List Subject: Re: [python-win32] Excel win32com newbie question Jim Steil wrote: > I've been working this week building some Excel spreadsheets using > Python and win32com. ... > > Possibly my biggest problem is that I can't get my machine to give me > the Excel constants. Here is the code I'm doing to try to test the > constants and the error I'm getting back. > > from win32com.client import constants, Dispatch > > x = constants.xlHAlignRight > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<input>", line 1, in ? > > File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line > 168, in __getattr__ > > raise AttributeError, a > > AttributeError: xlHAlignRight > > I'm hoping there is something obvious that I'm missing. I think I can > find my way through the rest of my issues if I can just get by this > constants problem. Thanks for any help you can provide. > Did you run "makepy.py" on the Microsoft Excel Object Library? "makepy" is the one that extracts the constants. Alternatively, you can replace x = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") with x = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("Excel.Application") That runs the "makepy" process, which makes the constants available: C:\tmp>python Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import win32com.client >>> x = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") >>> from win32com.client import constants >>> constants.xlHAlignRight Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "c:\apps\python24\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 18, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError, a AttributeError: xlHAlignRight C:\tmp>python Python 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import win32com.client >>> x = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch("Excel.Application") >>> from win32com.client import constants >>> constants.xlHAlignRight -4152 >>> -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32