Excel process still running after program completion.

[Hamilton, William]

> From: Chris
>
> I have a python script that is driving Excel and using the win32com
> module. However, upon program completion there's still an Excel.exe
> process running in the background that I must terminate through Task
> Manager. Reading up on other threads indicate that maybe I still have
> some Excel objects referenced within my code. Is this why the process
> doesn't terminate?
> 
> The related (I hope) parts of my code is here.
> 
> x1App = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
> Book1 = x1App.Workbooks.Open(ExcelLogPath+"\\outputLog-template.xls")
> x1App.Visible = 1
> for sheets in Book1.Worksheets:
>              if sheets.Name == file_name:
>                       sheetExists = True
> if sheetExists != True:
>              activeSheet =
> Book1.Worksheets.Add(After=Book1.Worksheets(1))
>              activeSheet.Name = file_name
>              testNum[file_name] = 0
> Book1.Worksheets(file_name).Select()
> Book1.ActiveSheet.Cells(1+(testNum[file_name]*20),1).Value = "Original
> File Name"
> Book1.ActiveSheet.Cells(2+(testNum[file_name]*20),1).Value =
> file_name
> Book1.ActiveSheet.Pictures().Insert(output).Select()
> Book1.SaveAs(Filename=path)
> x1App.ActiveWorkbook.Close(SaveChanges=0)
> x1App.Quit()
> del x1App
> del Book1
> del activeSheet
> 
> What am I missing?
> 

In my Excel projects, I terminate it with:

xlBook.Close()
xlApp.Quit()

I haven't had a problem with Excel staying open after the program ends.

(On a tangent, I want to find the person who thought it was a good idea
to use the same symbol in a font for 1, l, and I and do some unpleasant
things.)


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-Bill Hamilton