Problems with Python for Windows extensions

KK RayFLau at gmail.com
Sat Sep 3 11:14:35 EDT 2005


the code below is taken from M$ technet as an example on using vb
script to do a replace all in word:

Const wdReplaceAll  = 2

Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True

Set objDoc =
objWord.Documents.Open("K:\Development\Fabricbase\prod\Test.doc")
Set objSelection = objWord.Selection

objSelection.Find.Text = "Contoso"
objSelection.Find.Forward = True
objSelection.Find.MatchWholeWord = True

objSelection.Find.Replacement.Text = "Fabrikam"
objSelection.Find.Execute ,,,,,,,,,,wdReplaceAll




I did a rewrite and made it pythonic:

from win32com.client import *

wdReplaceAll  = 2

objWord = Dispatch("Word.Application")
objWord.Visible = True

objDoc =
objWord.Documents.Open("K:\Development\Fabricbase\prod\Test.doc")
objSelection = objWord.Selection

objSelection.Find.Text = "Contoso"
objSelection.Find.Forward = True
objSelection.Find.MatchWholeWord = True

objSelection.Find.Replacement.Text = "Fabrikam"
objSelection.Find.Execute (Replace = wdReplaceAll)


However, the document juz loaded up in word but no action was taken. I
am using Word 2003. Any ideas?




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