[Tutor] Win32Com.client help

[Bob Gailer]

Gardner, Dean wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have been looking at simple examples of controlling applications 
> like excel and word using python. All seems well until I read in a 
> word document with multiple lines. It then seems to pick out seemingly 
> random sections of the document to display.
>
> This is the class that is handling the opening etc of the document
>
Please show us the relevant parts of the program. Most of the methods 
you posted have nothing to do with the problem, and the crucial code for 
instantiating the class and calling its methods is missing, as is an 
example of the desired output vs the actual output.
No can help without this.
>
> class word:
>     def __init__(self, filename=None):
>         """
>            @ Opens a word document specified by the user
>         """
>         print "Initiating and opening..."+str(filename)
>        
>         self.wdApp = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')     
>         self.wdDoc = self.wdApp.Documents.Open(filename)
>        
>     def save(self, newfilename=None):
>         """ Saves the open document with
>             a user defined new filename
>         """
>         if newfilename:
>             self.filename = newfilename
>             self.wdDoc.SaveAs(newfilename)
>         else:
>             self.wdDoc.Save()
>    
>       
>     def close(self):
>        
>         print "Preparing to close"
>         #self.wdDoc.Close()
>         self.wdDoc.Close()
>         self.wdApp.Quit()
>        
>         #del self.wdApp
>
>     def show(self):
>         self.wdApp.Visible = 1
>
>     def hide(self):
>         self.wdApp.Visible = 0
>        
>    
>     def getFileContents(self):
>         print "Get file contents"
>         docString = self.wdApp.Documents[0].Content
>        
>         return str(docString).decode('latin-1')
>
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