Re: Modifying an existing excel spreadsheet
On Dec 21, 8:56 am, Ed Keith e_...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a user supplied 'template' Excel spreadsheet. I need to create a new excel spreadsheet based on the supplied template, with data filled in. I found the tools herehttp://www.python-excel.org/, andhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/. I have been trying to use the former, since the latter seems to be devoid of documentation (not even any docstrings). pyExcelerator is abandonware. Use xlwt instead; it's a bug-fixed/ maintained/enhanced fork of pyExcelerator Read the tutorial that you'll find mentioned on http://www.python-excel.org Join the google group that's also mentioned there; look at past questions, ask some more, ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Modifying an existing excel spreadsheet
On Dec 20, 9:56 pm, Ed Keith e_...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a user supplied 'template' Excel spreadsheet. I need to create a new excel spreadsheet based on the supplied template, with data filled in. I found the tools herehttp://www.python-excel.org/, andhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/. I have been trying to use the former, since the latter seems to be devoid of documentation (not even any docstrings). My first thought was to copy the template, open the copy, modify it and save the modifications. But it looks like if I open an existing spreadsheet it must be read only. So I tried to open the template, copy it to a new spreadsheet and write the new spreadsheet, but I can't seem to copy the images, and it looks like copying the formatting is going to be difficult. Can anyone give me any tips or advice? Thanks in advance, -EdK Ed Keith e_...@yahoo.com Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com Have you tried: http://groups.google.com/group/python-excel and searching the archives for template? Similar questions have come up before there. hth Jon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Modifying an existing excel spreadsheet
I have a user supplied 'template' Excel spreadsheet. I need to create a new excel spreadsheet based on the supplied template, with data filled in. I found the tools here http://www.python-excel.org/, and http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/. I have been trying to use the former, since the latter seems to be devoid of documentation (not even any docstrings). My first thought was to copy the template, open the copy, modify it and save the modifications. But it looks like if I open an existing spreadsheet it must be read only. So I tried to open the template, copy it to a new spreadsheet and write the new spreadsheet, but I can't seem to copy the images, and it looks like copying the formatting is going to be difficult. Can anyone give me any tips or advice? Thanks in advance, -EdK Ed Keith e_...@yahoo.com Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Modifying an existing excel spreadsheet
Am 20.12.2010 22:56, schrieb Ed Keith: I have a user supplied 'template' Excel spreadsheet. I need to create a new excel spreadsheet based on the supplied template, with data filled in. I found the tools here http://www.python-excel.org/, and http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/. I have been trying to use the former, since the latter seems to be devoid of documentation (not even any docstrings). My first thought was to copy the template, open the copy, modify it and save the modifications. But it looks like if I open an existing spreadsheet it must be read only. Could you post some code ? Did you try a simple file copy or do you iterate over all the cells ? So I tried to open the template, copy it to a new spreadsheet and write the new spreadsheet, but I can't seem to copy the images, and it looks like copying the formatting is going to be difficult. Can anyone give me any tips or advice? Thanks in advance, -EdK Ed Keith e_...@yahoo.com Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com As long as your program only needs to run under windows, COM automation is IMHO the best solution. Python tells Excel what to do. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
