Re: [python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 165, Issue 3

2016-12-05 Thread Greg Ewing
Tim Roberts wrote: Is it possible your 2008 laptop had had the registry changes necessary to associate .P files with Excel, but your current laptop does not? He's running a program that explicitly tells Excel to open the file, so extension associations don't come into it. What matters is whethe

Re: [python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 165, Issue 3

2016-12-04 Thread Tim Roberts
On Dec 4, 2016, at 9:17 AM, Doug Sharkey wrote: > > Appreciate the response. Although it has a .P extension it's actually an > Excel spreadsheet (xlsx format). Business rules require the name format. How does that make any sense at all? If you double-click on that file name, the system isn't

Re: [python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 165, Issue 3

2016-12-04 Thread Doug Sharkey
Hi Tim Appreciate the response. Although it has a .P extension it's actually an Excel spreadsheet (xlsx format). Business rules require the name format. I could rename it but I suspect the name isn't the issue since this code works fine on my 2008 laptop with the .P file. I'll try renaming it just