pywin32 - word object reference module - automating form filling

Tim Golden mail at timgolden.me.uk
Tue Jun 9 11:24:52 EDT 2009


Brendan wrote:
> Hmmm.  The VB examples in the Word Object Reference give the best idea
> of how to play with Word documents. No further help required on this
> although I am still curious about why the python does not return the
> "real" objects and methods for the COM object.


Try doing it this way:

<code>
import win32com.client

word = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch ("Word.Application")

help (word)

doc = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch (word.Documents.Add ())

help (doc)

</code>


or just run the makepy util first.

TJG



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