[Tutor] new to python

Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com
Fri Nov 19 01:57:19 CET 2010


On 11/18/2010 4:20 PM Joel Schwartz said...
> Walter,
>
> For those of us who are new to writing code that makes various software
> packages interact with each other, can you say more about what "COM object
> model" means in this context and where one can learn how to use it to make
> Python interact with Excel and with Windows software in general. I've seen
> term "COM" before and I know it has something to do with how Windows
> programs interact with each other, but that's about it. Can you suggest some
> resources for learning more?


This looks like one appropriate starting point...

http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.4/pywin32/html/com/win32com/HTML/QuickStartServerCom.html

Emile



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