Create Excel Files without COM

James Strater James.Strater at exolink.com
Wed Apr 10 10:32:06 EDT 2002


Thomas Guettler <st-newsgroups at thomas-guettler.de> wrote::

> Hi!
> 
> Is there something like WriteExcel from perl in python?
> I need to generate an MS-Excel file. I don't want to use
> COM although it will run on windows.
> 
> The data is simple. Just text in columns and rows.


You can format your output as HTML, and then put a .xls extension on it.
When it is opened in excel, it will be fine.  To see what your input needs
to look like, take your spreadsheet and 'save as' HTML.


James







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