I have some code from several years ago where I access Word documents that
are configured to perform mail merges i.e. I add the data from a python
program and then print the .doc file. Unfortunately I didn't document it
very well (presumably I understood it at the time? It certainly worked!
:-)).
So here are some clues from that code (it was part of a lane management
system I wrote for my kids swimming club):
from win32com.client import constants, Dispatch
from win32com.gen_py.word import *
wd = Dispatch("Word.Application")
for l in range(1, int(self['lanes']) + 1):
# The Word documents will be in the same directory as the code.
lane_name = '%s\Lane%s.doc' % (os.getcwd(), l)
doc = wd.Documents.Open(lane_name)
event_range = range(int(self.component('StartEvent').getvalue()),
self.num_events,
3) # Number of events per page
doc.MailMerge.Destination =
win32com.gen_py.word.constants.wdSendToNewDocument
doc.MailMerge.MailAsAttachment = False
doc.MailMerge.MailAddressFieldName = ""
doc.MailMerge.MailSubject = ""
doc.MailMerge.SuppressBlankLines = True
for event in event_range:
doc.MailMerge.DataSource.FirstRecord = event
doc.MailMerge.DataSource.LastRecord = event + 2
doc.MailMerge.Execute(Pause = True)
wd.ActiveDocument.PrintOut()
wd.ActiveDocument.Close(SaveChanges = False)
# Now close the mailmerge template
doc.Close(SaveChanges = False)
I most likely copied this code from somewhere on the Internet - I would love
to give credit, but have long since lost the information...
Hope this helps,
Peter
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Guilherme Polo <ggp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:15 AM, The Helmbolds<hel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I managed to open a plain *.txt file in Microsoft Notepad from TkInter by
> > using Python's "spawnv" command in its "os" module.
> >
> > That does not seem to work for opening a *.txt or a *.doc file in
> Microsoft
> > Word.
> >
> > How do I open a *.doc file in Microsoft Word from TkInter? Or is this so
> > complicated it's not worth it?
> >
>
> What happens if you try os.system('start myfile.doc') ?
>
> This is not related to Tkinter, so, if you want to extend the initial
> question and include communication with ms word or anything related, I
> would suggest to post this to an appropriate list.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
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> -- Guilherme H. Polo Goncalves
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