"Tim Michelsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > Therefore I tried to add this code on top of the original converter: > > ###get OOo service started first: > import os > code = > os.system('soffice -headless -accept="socket,port=8100;urp;"')
> when I execute this script nothing happens and I would have to > cancel it. When you say nothing happemed I assume you mean the script never terminated? If so I suspect your command needs to be run in the background by placing an ampersand at the end, like so: code = os.system('soffice -headless -accept="socket,port=8100;urp;" &') That should result in os.system returning with an exit code. HTH, Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor