[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All > > I'm a Python newbie, and I'm just getting to the wonders of COM > programming. I am trying to programmatically do the following: > > 1. Activate Excel > 2. Add a Workbook > 3. Add a Worksheet > 4. Populate the new Worksheet > 5. Repeat steps 3,4 while there is data. > > How do you add a Worksheet to a Workbook?
To find out how to do things, you can: (1) use the VBA help in Excel. You would find (eventually): """ Add method as it applies to the Sheets and Worksheets objects. Creates a new worksheet, chart, or macro sheet. The new worksheet becomes the active sheet. expression.Add(Before, After, Count, Type) expression Required. An expression that returns one of the above objects. Before Optional Variant. An object that specifies the sheet before which the new sheet is added. After Optional Variant. An object that specifies the sheet after which the new sheet is added. Count Optional Variant. The number of sheets to be added. The default value is one. Type Optional Variant. Specifies the sheet type. Can be one of the following XlSheetType constants: xlWorksheet, xlChart, xlExcel4MacroSheet, or xlExcel4IntlMacroSheet. If you are inserting a sheet based on an existing template, specify the path to the template. The default value is xlWorksheet. Remarks If Before and After are both omitted, the new sheet is inserted before the active sheet. """ so, your_handle.Worksheets.Add() looks like what you need. (2) Again in Excel, use the "record a macro" facility: turn on recording, do your thing, stop recording, inspect the generated macro. In this case, this gave Sheets.Add which you translate to your_handle.Sheets.Add() What's the difference between Sheets and Worksheets? I dunno. Try both. Look in the Excel VBA help. HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list