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PythonExecutables

VisualSourceSafeAutomation
GuiAutomation

Python Win32 Extensions

• http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/ --Python for Windows Extensions by MarkHammond?
  • https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ --Download

Excel

• pyExcelerator
  • Generating Excel 97+ files with Python 2.4+ (need decorators), importing Excel 95+ files, support for UNICODE in Excel files, using variety of formatting features and printing options, Excel files and OLE2? compound files dumper. No need in Windows/COM
• http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/440661 --Read tabular data from Excel spreadsheets the fast and easy way
• http://blog.showmedo.com/2008/04/11/using-pywin32-with-excel/

Documentation

• http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/pywin32/PyWin32.html --PyWin32 Documentation
• http://www.python.org/windows/index.html
  
  
• http://www.python.org/windows/win32com/COMTutorial.ppt --Pyton & COM (PowerPoint)
• http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.html --Advanced Python and COM, from book by MarkHammond?
• http://starship.python.net/crew/pirx/spam7/ --Python with COM - Get at your Office Data
  • dataset-module??
  
  
• Taking Advantage of COM with Python - how easy it can be...

Examples

• http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/000652.html --Driving win32 GUIs with Python, part 1
• http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001835.html --TrayIcon
• http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/archives/001884.html --Listing shell windows

• http://www.python.org/windows/win32com/ --Python and COM
• http://www.python.org/windows/win32com/COMTutorial/index.htm --Python and COM (1997)
• http://www.python.org/windows/python/registry.html --Python Registry
  • http://docs.python.org/lib/module--winreg.html --_winreg - Windows registry access
  
  
• http://www.python.org/windows/pythonwin/ --Pythonwin GUI win32ui

• http://win32com.goermezer.de --Ressources and examples for Python on Windows
  
• http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2005/06/handling-path-windows-registry-value.html --Handling the 'Path' Windows registry value correctly

• http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html --Print

books

• Python Programming on Win32 by MarkHammond? and AndyRobinson?