Run python script that interact word (pywin32) in the batch mode (Task Scheduler/Windows Service) Question: I have written a python script that takes RTF files that my system is creating and converting it in to DOCX format. I accomplished this with pywin32 library. By this library I’m able to open Word and save as DOCX. …
Python-pptx – How to insert a slide number for all slides Question: I am trying to automatically insert slide numbers to all my slides in PPT that is messy and strictly formatted. When we do manually,we are not able to do it for all the PPTs due to manual work involved. Is there anyway to …
Deploy a python script to monitor mailbox and download attachments automatically Question: Below is the code to download attachments from a sender with a specific subject. I need to deploy it locally on my computer so that this code keeps monitoring outlook and as soon as the email arrives, it should download the attachment. I …
VSCode debugger not releasing COM object reference when a Python script throws an exception Question: I’ve observed a strange behavior where VSCode does not release COM object references while debugging. PyCharm works fine. To see this in action do the following: Start Excel (the problem occurs with other apps too, I’m using Excel for this …
Create new outlook exchange server email in python with win32com Question: ‘Application.CreateItemFromTemplate’ and ‘Application.CreateItem()’ don’t work. I believe it has something to do with the fact that I’m running Outlook Exchange Office 365 instead of the standard outlook session. I am able to find emails in my mailbox and open them, but I am not …
How do you use win32.WriteFile() the same way as Windows WriteFile API in python? Question: I have a PCI card that uses a pipeline handle and in order to write to its buffers I need to write to its location. I am unfortunately not a software guy but instead have the code given to me …
Using windows10 task scheduler to run python script that uses win32 to run excel file. Whenever user is logged in or not Question: So I got a python script that uses win32com to open excel file. win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") This python script is triggered by windows10 task scheduler and works fine when I remove the excel part …
How to pass an empty optional argument from Python to Excel VBA macro Question: I am using Python to test an Excel VBA macro. The macro has two optional parameters. As long as only the last or both parameters should be omitted I am fine. I just pass the preceding parameters. I don’t know how …
Xlwings Excel and Windows Task Scheduler issues Question: I have a python script that runs perfectly when I manually run the python script. It opens a shared excel file, adds data to the bottom of the sheet in real time with other users in the file, auto saves and closes. However, when I schedule this …
Trying to use win32ui with pywin32 gives: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed Question: I am trying to use the win32ui module from pywin32 (yes i have the correct version). My win32gui module does work fine but the ui module give me and error. I have already tried: reinstalling python, adding PYTHON_PATH too …
