[IronPython] Urgent : Unable to open MS Word file from Python

[Sivaguru Perambalam]

Hello,

I have written this small script, which is (part of an application that is)
supposed to open a MS Word Document and manipulate it (do a search and
replace) .
I am getting a weird exception when I try to run the script.
It says TypeError: expected clr.Reference, got str for the line where I try
to open the file.
But the same script runs fine on a colleague's computer .
I couldn't figure out what his computer has that mine doesn't.So I thought
of asking what are the necessary things (libs, dlls) that are needed to
Open/Work on MS Word File from Iron Python.

MS Excel interaction works fine in my computer though. I have Office 07, MS
Visual Studio 05, .NET Framework 2.0 installed in my computer. I have also
verified that Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word version 12.0.0.0 is found
registered in the Assembly Cache.

This issue has become a Show-stopper for the Application I am working on.
So, any helpful suggestions or directions would mean a lot !

Thanks !!


Script :

import clr
import System

clr.AddReference("Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word")

import Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word as Word

source_filename = 'C:\Sample_Report.doc'
destination_filename = 'c:\Validation Report.doc'

missing = System.Type.Missing
replaceAll = Word.WdReplace.wdReplaceAll

# Open the Report Template MSWord File
word_application = Word.ApplicationClass()
word_application.Visible = False
document = word_application.Documents.Open(source_filename)
print 'opened microsoft word'
document.SaveAs(destination_filename)
document.Close()
document = None
word_application.Quit()
word_application = None


Error Message :

> "C:\Program Files\DotQuestLite\Bin\ipy.exe" word.py
Traceback (most recent call last):

File C:\Documents and Settings\sp19206\Desktop\word.py, line 17, in
Initialize

TypeError: expected clr.Reference, got str


> Process Exit Code: 1
> Time Taken: 00:07
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