Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
r rt8...@gmail.com writes: On Nov 23, 4:49 am, Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de wrote: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser I find the syntax far to complicated than it should be. Here is an example just to insert some text.. [employing weapons of mass snippage] It's true that it's a hassle, but the boiler plate stuff can be stuck in a function and then forgotton about really. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
In message 486869af-d89f-4261-b4c2- f45af5d3b...@e7g2000vbi.googlegroups.com, r wrote: I find the syntax far to[o] complicated than it should be. That’s because it was originally written for Java programmers. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
On Nov 27, 10:44 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro l...@geek- central.gen.new_zealand wrote: In message 486869af-d89f-4261-b4c2- f45af5d3b...@e7g2000vbi.googlegroups.com, r wrote: I find the syntax far to[o] complicated than it should be. That’s because it was originally written for Java programmers. Well that explains the high level of asininity alright! ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
On Nov 23, 5:49 am, Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de wrote: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser directly. -- Gerhard OO Calc has an HTML file feature for auto updating fields in a spreadsheet. I hacked together something for a talk a few years ago: http://www.icanprogram.com/hosug (See Open Office Calc demo section) While it isn't Python code it should be easy enough to convert to Python. bob -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser directly. -- Gerhard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de writes: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser directly. Depends on exactly what you mean by simple - but pyuno allows you to read and write openoffice spreadsheets. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 11:12 +, Paul Rudin wrote: Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de writes: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser directly. Depends on exactly what you mean by simple - but pyuno allows you to read and write openoffice spreadsheets. Odfpy is a good module and is easy too. http://kk.hipatia.net/public/gnukhata/gnukhata-client/ has a deb package I built for ubuntu 9.04. I can even provide you the distutils tarball off the list (because I can't recall the url from I downloaded it, may be sourceforge ). Happy hacking. Krishnakant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
Gerhard Häring wrote: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Ironically, if you don't mind working in .xls, which OpenOffice handles just fine, you have xlrd and xlwt to do exactly what you're after: http://www.python-excel.org/ cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
Krishnakant wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 11:12 +, Paul Rudin wrote: Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de writes: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser directly. Depends on exactly what you mean by simple - but pyuno allows you to read and write openoffice spreadsheets. Odfpy is a good module and is easy too. http://kk.hipatia.net/public/gnukhata/gnukhata-client/ has a deb package I built for ubuntu 9.04. I can even provide you the distutils tarball off the list (because I can't recall the url from I downloaded it, may be sourceforge ). Happy hacking. Krishnakant Would you including me in your response. I'd really like to find a py module to allow simple use of openoffice. Johnf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
Krishnakant wrote: On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 11:12 +, Paul Rudin wrote: Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de writes: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser directly. Depends on exactly what you mean by simple - but pyuno allows you to read and write openoffice spreadsheets. Odfpy is a good module and is easy too. Tarball at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/odfpy/ Hello world example at http://opendocumentfellowship.com/development/projects/odfpy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python OpenOffice Spreadsheets
On Nov 23, 4:49 am, Gerhard Häring g...@ghaering.de wrote: Is there a *simple* way to read OpenOffice spreadsheets? Bonus: write them, too? I mean something like: doc.cells[0][0] = foo doc.save(xyz.ods) From a quick look, pyodf offers little more than just using a XML parser I find the syntax far to complicated than it should be. Here is an example just to insert some text.. import uno Here is the sequence of things the lines do: 1. Get the uno component context from the PyUNO runtime 2. Create the UnoUrlResolver 3. Get the central desktop object 4. Declare the ServiceManager 5. Get the central desktop object 6. Access the current writer document 7. Access the document's text property 8. Create a cursor 9. Insert the text into the document localContext = uno.getComponentContext() resolver = localContext.ServiceManager.createInstanceWithContext( com.sun.star.bridge.UnoUrlResolver, localContext ) ctx = resolver.resolve ( uno:socket,host=localhost,port=2002;urp;StarOffice.ComponentContext ) smgr = ctx.ServiceManager desktop = smgr.createInstanceWithContext ( com.sun.star.frame.Desktop,ctx) model = desktop.getCurrentComponent() text = model.Text cursor = text.createTextCursor() text.insertString( cursor, Hello World, 0 ) Do a nasty thing before exiting the python process. In case the last call is a one-way call (e.g. see idl-spec of insertString), it must be forced out of the remote-bridge caches before python exits the process. Otherwise, the one-way call may or may not reach the target object. I do this here by calling a cheap synchronous call (getPropertyValue). ctx.ServiceManager WHAT!?!?!??! I don't mean to discredit these guys but the API should be re-thought, and re-written! I don't care about component contexts, unoresolvers, or little green aliens. I just want to insert 'Hello World' into cell A3! Sheesh, There must be an easier way! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
