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Hallo,

I've a problem getting makepy running. When I start the tool on my
machine with doubleclick everything is fine.
But when I try this in my Code:

makepy.py -i "Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library(1.5)"

I am getting an Syntax Error and command:

makepy.py

bring me this message on the screen:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interacti ve input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'makepy' is not defined

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Apr 8 '08 #1
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, <su*****@google mail.comwrote:
Hallo,

I've a problem getting makepy running. When I start the tool on my
machine with doubleclick everything is fine.
But when I try this in my Code:

makepy.py -i "Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library(1.5)"
This syntax is used to run makepy.py script from command line.
>
I am getting an Syntax Error and command:

makepy.py

bring me this message on the screen:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<interacti ve input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'makepy' is not defined

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Python interpreter obviously accepts only valid python code, like this:

import win32com.client .makepy
win32com.client .makepy.ShowInf o("Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library(1.5)")

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kv
Apr 8 '08 #2
Ok, thanks for your help. After looking into the makepy.py file it was
clear that this is only a command for the CMD console.

I want to write a function which generates this .py file of the excel
objects. I will now send the command to the CMD threw my python code.

thanks again.

suzhi
Apr 9 '08 #3
Ok, thanks for your help. After looking into the makepy.py file it was
clear that this is only a command for the CMD console.

I want to write a function which generates this .py file of the excel
objects. I will now send the command to the CMD threw my python code.

thanks again.

suzhi
Apr 9 '08 #4
Ok, thanks for your help. After looking into the makepy.py file it was
clear that this is only a command for the CMD console.

I want to write a function which generates this .py file of the excel
objects. I will now send the command to the CMD threw my python code.

thanks again.

suzhi
Apr 9 '08 #5

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