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ISSUE: COM Excel Sort works with Early Binding, but not Late Binding,
but py2exe only does Late Binding

I have code similar to this (type from notes, so there may be a
typo...)

import win32com.client
xl = win32com.client .Dispatch("Exce l.Application")
xl.Visible = False
xl.ScreenUpdati ng = False
wb = xl.Workbooks.Op en("h:\\p.xls" )
sht = wb.Sheets("Shee tName") # wb.Worksheets(" Sheetname")
sht.Cells.Sort( Key1=sht.Cells( 2,1), Order1=1, Header=1, Orientation=1)

Python: 2.4.3
pywin32 200
py2exe 0.6.5
Office 2000

The sort DOES NOT work if called from a normal install (e.g. using late
binding): the Header line gets sorted with all the data.

ID Value Mort
232 2 54
54 33 232
--->
54 33 232
232 2 54
ID Value Mort
HOWEVER, If I run

makepy.py and select the "Microsoft Excel 9.0" (--I'm typing this
from memory!)
and run it, it creates the GUID'd py file in gen_py

If I run the above code again (on a clean copy of the xls file), it
DOES sort the sheet correctly --- the header line is left alone.

ID Value Mort
232 2 54
54 33 232
--->
ID Value Mort
54 33 232
232 2 54

Normally, this would not be an issue, but when I bundle my app using
py2exe it does not grab the gen_py stuff.

Any help appreciated...

Oct 19 '06 #1
2 3719
ko******@gmail. com schrieb:
ISSUE: COM Excel Sort works with Early Binding, but not Late Binding,
but py2exe only does Late Binding

I have code similar to this (type from notes, so there may be a
typo...)

import win32com.client
xl = win32com.client .Dispatch("Exce l.Application")
xl.Visible = False
xl.ScreenUpdati ng = False
wb = xl.Workbooks.Op en("h:\\p.xls" )
sht = wb.Sheets("Shee tName") # wb.Worksheets(" Sheetname")
sht.Cells.Sort( Key1=sht.Cells( 2,1), Order1=1, Header=1, Orientation=1)

Python: 2.4.3
pywin32 200
py2exe 0.6.5
Office 2000

The sort DOES NOT work if called from a normal install (e.g. using late
binding): the Header line gets sorted with all the data.

ID Value Mort
232 2 54
54 33 232
--->
54 33 232
232 2 54
ID Value Mort
HOWEVER, If I run

makepy.py and select the "Microsoft Excel 9.0" (--I'm typing this
from memory!)
and run it, it creates the GUID'd py file in gen_py

If I run the above code again (on a clean copy of the xls file), it
DOES sort the sheet correctly --- the header line is left alone.

ID Value Mort
232 2 54
54 33 232
--->
ID Value Mort
54 33 232
232 2 54

Normally, this would not be an issue, but when I bundle my app using
py2exe it does not grab the gen_py stuff.

Any help appreciated...
You must instruct py2exe to pick up the typelib wrappers, this does
not happen automatically. IIRC, there's a sample in the distribution
somewhere.

Thomas

Oct 19 '06 #2

On Oct 19, 10:09 am, Thomas Heller <thel...@ctypes .orgwrote:
Thomas- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
That's it thanks. A quick google search lead me to:

http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/IncludingTypelibs

Cheers

- Kevin

Oct 20 '06 #3

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