win32com.client.constants - AttributeError

[kbperry]

On my machine, this runs fine, but when I try to run it on someone
elses machine it blows up with an attribute error:

<code>
import win32com.client, pythoncom

pythoncom.CoInitializeEx(pythoncom.COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED)
myWord = win32com.client.dynamic.Dispatch ("Word.Application")
myWord.Visible = True
myDoc = myWord.Documents.Open(FileName= "C:\Test.doc")
myDoc .SaveAs(FileName = "c:\Test.htm", FileFormat =
win32com.client.constants.wdFormatHTML)

myDoc.Saved=1
myWord.Quit ()

del myWord
pythoncom.CoUninitialize()
</code>

It's pretty simple code so I don't understand why it doesn't work. I
verified that he has the same pywin32 module as me (build 207) and the
same python version (2.4.2).

Any ideas?

 

[Roger Upole]

The constants are only available if you've run makepy on the
Word object library.

Roger

 

[kbperry]

how do I do this? Where is the Word object library?

 

[kbperry]

Please help! Anyone else know?

 

[Roger Upole]

There are a couple of different ways to run makepy.
Start Pythonwin, and from the menu select
Tools->Com Makepy Utility. You should see a list
of registered typelibs. Select "Microsoft Word x.y
Object Library" and hit Ok.
This can also be done programatically by initiating
Word with
win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')

Roger

 

[kbperry]

Wow..I didn't even realize that this existed. Thanks for your help!