[Tutor] Win32com/Excel

[Terje Johan Abrahamsen]

I try to open Excel thru win32com. I write:
>>>from win32com.client import Dispatch
>>>xlApp = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
>>>xlApp.Visible = 1

I get the frame of Excel, but not the spreadsheet. Even if I write:
>>>xlApp.Workbooks.Add()
it doesn't give me the ability to look whats there. I get the frame around 
the spreadsheet, and the menues at the top, as well as the paperclip. The 
paperclip works, the menus are selectable, but does not work. And the space 
where the spreadsheet should have been gives me a "picture" of what is on 
the desktop. (Other open windows in the background and so forth). I can move 
the Excel frame around, and the background follows along. I use the newest 
version of both Python and Win32com, and have tried this on two computers. 1 
with Win98 and 1 with win2k. Same result... Anyone seen this before? And 
managed to solve it?

Thanks,
Terje

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