Python 2.3, win32all-157, AttributeError: wdFormatText

Bob Gailer bgailer at alum.rpi.edu
Thu Oct 23 21:20:42 EDT 2003


At 01:18 AM 10/20/2003, Reinhard Koenig wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I' m using Python 2.3, win32all-157 under W2K. I've applied the makepy
>utility for the Word 8.0 object library. I now receive:
>
>Python 2.3.1 (#47, Sep 23 2003, 23:47:32) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)]
>on win32
>Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import win32com.client
> >>> win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
><COMObject Word.Application>

Shouldn't you assign the result of the Dispatch to a variable, then 
reference that variable in subsequent code?
 >>> app =  win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
[snip]

Bob Gailer
bgailer at alum.rpi.edu
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