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Fred · Mar 8th, 2005, 7:50 PM

Hi
I am writing a liitle program, that is supposed to read in a file into a songle string. Can python recognize a word file, and if yes, which thingy in the end do I use (like *.txt for NotePad stuff).
Thanks for any help
Fred

Dietrich · Mar 8th, 2005, 9:05 PM

Looks like for text files the extension .txt is most common.
If you create the file, you can put in a marker up front like the word 'text' that your program then recognizes.

Fred · Mar 8th, 2005, 9:26 PM

With word files I actually meant:
files created in "Word"... --> sry for the misunderstanding
And I just found out, that *.txt does not work for those.
Any ideas, in how to change the document type using python? Would be an interesting project!

Fred · Mar 8th, 2005, 9:49 PM

Whoever is interested in it:
I found a way to open and read-in text files written in word:

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import win32com.client
import tkFileDialog

# Launch Word
MSWord = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
MSWord.Visible = 0 
# Open a specific file
myWordDoc = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename()
MSWord.Documents.Open(myWordDoc)
#Get the textual content
docText = MSWord.Documents[0].Content

Also I'd like to say, that I found it out by myself, I have to be fair, and say it came from somebody better in python than me...
The link to the site is:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...il/217741.html

Fred

Dietrich · Mar 9th, 2005, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fred

With word files I actually meant:
files created in "Word"... --> sry for the misunderstanding
And I just found out, that *.txt does not work for those.
Any ideas, in how to change the document type using python? Would be an interesting project!

Now I got your drift! Yes, COM will do the trick! I read an article on COM, but can't remember where exactly! Looks like you found it already!

Fred · Mar 9th, 2005, 4:00 PM

Yup!
Google rocks my world!!!
D:

Mar 8th, 2005, 7:50 PM	#1
Fred Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 4	Can python read in word files? Hi I am writing a liitle program, that is supposed to read in a file into a songle string. Can python recognize a word file, and if yes, which thingy in the end do I use (like *.txt for NotePad stuff). Thanks for any help Fred

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Dietrich Professional Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 434 Rep Power: 4	Looks like for text files the extension .txt is most common. If you create the file, you can put in a marker up front like the word 'text' that your program then recognizes. __________________ I looked it up on the Intergnats!

Mar 8th, 2005, 9:49 PM	#4
Fred Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 4	Whoever is interested in it: I found a way to open and read-in text files written in word: (Toggle Plain Text) import win32com.client import tkFileDialog # Launch Word MSWord = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application") MSWord.Visible = 0 # Open a specific file myWordDoc = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() MSWord.Documents.Open(myWordDoc) #Get the textual content docText = MSWord.Documents[0].Content import win32com.client import tkFileDialog # Launch Word MSWord = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application") MSWord.Visible = 0 # Open a specific file myWordDoc = tkFileDialog.askopenfilename() MSWord.Documents.Open(myWordDoc) #Get the textual content docText = MSWord.Documents[0].Content Also I'd like to say, that I found it out by myself, I have to be fair, and say it came from somebody better in python than me... The link to the site is: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...il/217741.html Fred

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Mar 8th, 2005, 9:26 PM	#3
Fred Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 4	With word files I actually meant: files created in "Word"... --> sry for the misunderstanding And I just found out, that *.txt does not work for those. Any ideas, in how to change the document type using python? Would be an interesting project!

Mar 9th, 2005, 4:00 PM	#6
Fred Programmer Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 4	Yup! Google rocks my world!!! D:

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