Re: Making small executive file for distribution

2008-09-24 Thread Marin Brkic
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:50:56 -0700 (PDT), sturlamolden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sep 24, 3:17 pm, Marin Brkic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Has anyone had a situation like this ? All your inputs and suggestions >> are more then welcomed. > >Send them t

Re: Making small executive file for distribution

2008-09-24 Thread Marin Brkic
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:32:56 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >If you don't create a monolithic EXE, then most of the extra files >(that make up the bulk of the size) can be shared between other >converted scripts. That is, if you convert foo.py, and send the bundle >to your colleague, then c

Making small executive file for distribution

2008-09-24 Thread Marin Brkic
Not commercial distribution, but an academic kind of sorts - giving the exe file to coleagues, so they can use it in their work. Giving .py file is not an option, since due to centralized computer maintenance, they don't (and cannot) have installed python (except the ones that bring their own compu

Re: Writing to ms excel

2008-08-31 Thread Marin Brkic
On 31 Aug 2008 04:07:36 GMT, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:12:01 +0200, Marin Brkic wrote: > >> I remember an older coleague who said; "open, free and whatever licence >> type ... software is free, only up to some amount

Re: Writing to ms excel

2008-08-31 Thread Marin Brkic
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:09:31 -0700 (PDT), John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >"write to a file" has connotations of updating an existing file; >"write a file" or "create a file" are less ambiguous. Hmm, yes, maybe you're right. Write to a file, as in, create a file and then write to it is w

Re: Writing to ms excel

2008-08-30 Thread Marin Brkic
On 31 Aug 2008 02:37:16 GMT, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Of course you can. You could simply tell them that you need the >programming interface to OpenOffice and that's the format you will be >supplying the data. If they want your data, they will use what you tell >them to use

Re: Writing to ms excel

2008-08-30 Thread Marin Brkic
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:36:39 +0200, Marin Brkic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:37:16 +0200, "Marco Bizzarri" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>Is it suitable for you to use a python program talking with a running >>instance

Re: Writing to ms excel

2008-08-30 Thread Marin Brkic
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:37:16 +0200, "Marco Bizzarri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Is it suitable for you to use a python program talking with a running >instance of openoffice? in that case, pyuno could help you. Hello Marco, thanks for answering, no, sorry. As much as I like OOffice, several o

Re: Writing to ms excel

2008-08-30 Thread Marin Brkic
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:18:19 -0700 (PDT), John Machin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello John (and everyone else), thanks for answering. >It helps in situations like this to mention details of your >environment >(1) what version of what operating system (Linux, OS X, Windows, etc) >(2) what versio

Writing to ms excel

2008-08-30 Thread Marin Brkic
Hello all, please, let me apologize in advance. English is not my first language (not even my second one), so excuse any errors with which I'm about to embarass myself in front of the general public. Second, I'm relatively new to python, so sorry if this seems like a stupid question. I'm trying t