Re: [tlug] CrossOver Office

[Matt Gushee <mgushee@example.com>]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 12:46:02AM -0700, Jake Morrison wrote:

> > I concluded that it would be easier to write a VB app that converted
> > between the Word/PowerPoint/etc. object models and human-readable 
> > XML than to figure out all the intricacies of the MS-style XML.
> 
> It was pretty nasty code, so I converted the VBA to an 
> external Python program which accessed the document via Word
> object model. 4000 lines of VBA turned into 3000 lines of 
> Python. I highly recommend Python over VBA, even in VBA's own
> back yard :-)

Well, I'll be damned. I just happen to be a Python developer (and a
Visual Basic hater). But I didn't know you could manipulate MS Office
in Python--how ignorant of me! My only excuse is that I mostly just
ignore Windows these days. Is that part of PythonWin?

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Matt Gushee
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