why would 'import win32com' fail?

[bill]

All,

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

import win32com
....
blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?


TIA,

Bill

 

[Chris Rebert]

All,

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

import win32com
....
blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

It's not a standard library module. You'll need to install it from:
http://python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

import win32com
....
blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

The `win32com` module? It is not part of the standard library.

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

 

[Mike Driscoll]

All,

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

      import win32com
      ....
      blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

TIA,

Bill

Dunno. Does it give a traceback? Does the interpreter just die? Or
what? My guess is you need to uninstall Pywin32 and then reinstall it.
I've seen it get goofy like this when I upgrade Pywin32 too.

Mike

 

[drobinow]

All,

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

      import win32com
      ....
      blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

You need to download and install the Python Extensions for Windows.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018

 

[bill]

All,

I am trying to access Excel from Python. Many of the examples started
with:

      import win32com
      ....
      blah, blah

I try that from my Python shell and it fails. What am I missing here?

TIA,

Bill

Thanks for the responses. I did not realize it had to be downloaded.

Bill