I am trying to use python package appscript to control applications in my MacBook. Unfortunately I am really confused.
For example, I am trying to control one of my excel files. I want to get the position and scroll to certain roll. Here is my code
# -*- coding:utf-8 -*-
from appscript import *
file = app('Microsoft Excel').documents[u'test.csv']
position = file.window.left_position()
print position
The code is only trying to get the position but it is not working. I download the ASDictionary to check the command but I still can not fix it. Here is the screenshot of the command:
Thank you so much for your help.
Excel’s Apple event (“AppleScript”) support is atypical and quirky.
Avoid using documents; it doesn’t work correctly. Use workbooks instead.
Workbooks don’t have a window property. They do, however, have windows elements (since you can view a workbook in more than one window).
Corrected Python code:
wb = app('Microsoft Excel').workbooks[u'test.csv']
position = wb.windows[1].left_position()
print(position)
Or, in AppleScript:
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
tell workbook "test.csv"
get left position of window 1
end tell
end tell
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I would like to relink a Photoshop Smart Object to a new file using Python.
Here's a screenshot of the button that's used in Photoshop to perform this action - "Relink to File":
I've found some solutions in other programming languages but couldn't make them work in Python, here's one for example: Photoshop Scripting: Relink Smart Object
Editing Contents of a Smart Object would also be a good option, but I can't seem to figure that one out either.
Here's a screenshot of the button to Edit Contents of a Smart Object:
So far I have this:
import win32com.client
psApp = win32com.client.Dispatch('Photoshop.Application')
psDoc = psApp.Application.ActiveDocument
for layer in psDoc.layers:
if layer.kind == 17: # layer kind 17 is Smart Object
print(layer.name)
# here it should either "Relink to File" or "Edit Contents" of a Smart Object
I have figured out a workaround! I simply ran JavaScript in Python.
This is the code to Relink to File.... You could do a similar thing for Edit Contents but I haven't tried it yet, as relinking works better for me.
Keep in mind the new_img_path must be a raw string as far as I'm aware, for example:
new_img_path = r"C:\\Users\\miha\\someEpicPic.jpg"
import photoshop.api as ps
def js_relink(new_img_path):
jscode = r"""
var desc = new ActionDescriptor();
desc.putPath(stringIDToTypeID('null'), new File("{}"));
executeAction(stringIDToTypeID('placedLayerRelinkToFile'), desc, DialogModes.NO);
""".format(new_img_path)
JavaScript(jscode)
def JavaScript(js_code):
app = ps.Application()
app.doJavaScript(js_code)
I'm trying to format font size, font color, horizontal alignment, border style/weight etc on a worksheet using python xlwings on a Mac. I know you'd have to use the missing features to do this type of editing on python but i don't know what API member functions to use in order to do these formatting on Mac. The ones for windows I can find everywhere; for example:
import xlwings
wb = xlwings.Book('checker_output.xlsx')
wb.sheets.add('sheet1')
sht = wb.sheets['sheet1']
sht.range('A3:A26').api.Font.Size = 15
would work on the windows API, but not on a mac. Any work around for this?
I found you can use .api to center / left / right align but this is on a PC, perhaps it can work on Mac as well.
Set the value of the HorizontalAlignment property of the cell to:
Center-aligned, we’d set HorizontalValue to -4108;
Right-aligned, we’d set HorizontalValue to -4152;
Left-aligned, we’d set HorizontalValue to -4131;
What it would look like:
import xlwings as xw
sht = xw.sheets.active
sht.range(f'$A1:$C5').api.HorizontalAlignment = -4131
I'm trying to convert an image to ZPl and then print the label to a 6.5*4cm label on a TLP 2844 zebra printer on Python.
My main problems are:
1.Converting the image
2.Printing from python to the zebra queue (I've honestly tried all the obvious printing packages like zebra0.5/ win32 print/ ZPL...)
Any help would be appreciated.
I had the same issue some weeks ago. I made a python script specifically for this printer, with some fields available. I commented (#) what does not involve your need, but left it in as you may find it helpful.
I also recommend that you set your printer to the EPL2 driver, and 5cm/s print speed. With this script you'll get the PNG previews with an EAN13 formatted barcode. (If you need other formats, you might need to hit the ZPL module docs.)
Please bear in mind that if you print with ZLP 2844, you will either need to use their paid software, or you will need to manually configure the whole printer.
import os
import zpl
#import pandas
#df= pandas.read_excel("Datos.xlsx")
#a=pandas.Series(df.GTIN.values,index=df.FINAL).to_dict()
for elem in a:
l = zpl.Label(15,25.5)
height = 0
l.origin(3,1)
l.write_text("CUIT: 30-11111111-7", char_height=2, char_width=2, line_width=40)
l.endorigin()
l.origin(2,5)
l.write_text("Art:", char_height=2, char_width=2, line_width=40)
l.endorigin()
l.origin(5.5,4)
l.write_text(elem, char_height=3, char_width=2.5, line_width=40)
l.endorigin()
l.origin(2, 7)
l.write_barcode(height=40, barcode_type='2', check_digit='N')
l.write_text(a[elem])
l.endorigin()
height += 8
l.origin(8.5, 13)
l.write_text('WILL S.A.', char_height=2, char_width=2, line_width=40)
l.endorigin()
print(l.dumpZPL())
lista.append(l.dumpZPL())
l.preview()
To print the previews without having to watch and confirm each preview, I ended up modifying the ZPL preview method, to return an IO variable so I can save it to a file.
fake_file = io.BytesIO(l.preview())
img = Image.open(fake_file)
img = img.save('tags/'+'name'+'.png')
On the Label.py from ZPL module (preview method):
#Image.open(io.BytesIO(res)).show(). <---- comment out the show, but add the return of the BytesIO
return res
I had similar issues and created a .net core application which takes an image and converts it to ZPL, either to a file or to the console so it's pipeable in bash scripts. You could package it with your python app call it as a subprocess like so:
output = subprocess.Popen(["zplify", "path/to/file.png"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
Or feel free to use my code as a reference point and implement it in python.
Once you have a zpl file or stream you can send it directly to a printer using lpr if you're on linux. If on windows you can connect to a printer using it's IP address as shown in this stack overflow question
For what is worth and for anyone else reference, was facing a similar situation and came up with a solution. To whom it may help:
Converting the image?
After trying many libraries i came across ZPLGRF although it seems the demo is focused on PDF only, i found in the source that there is a from_image() class property that could convert from image to zpl combining it part of the demo/exaples. Full code description below
Printing from python to the zebra queue?
Many libraries again but i settled with ZEBRA seem to be the most straight forward one to send raw zpl to a zebra printer
CODE
from zplgrf import GRF
from zebra import Zebra
#Open the image file and generate ZPL from it
with open(path_to_your_image, 'rb') as img:
grf = GRF.from_image(img.read(), 'LABEL')
grf.optimise_barcodes()
zpl_code = grf.to_zpl
#Setup and print to Zebra Printer
z = Zebra()
#This will return a list of all the printers on a given machine as a list
#['printer1', 'printer2', ...]
z.getqueues()
#If or once u know the printer queue name then u can set it up with
z.setqueue('printer1')
#And now is ready to send the raw ZPL text
z.output(zpl_code )
The above i have tested successfully with a Zebra GX430t printer connected via USB in a Windows 11 machine.
Hope it helps
I am running a python script on both my laptop and home computer with:
os.startfile(r'C:\\A file.xlsx')
This works great, however I want it full size.
Any idea on how I can make it full size through python?
The following tends to work:
import win32gui, win32con, os, time
os.startfile('C:\\A File.xlsx')
time.sleep(10)
hwnd = win32gui.GetForegroundWindow()
win32gui.ShowWindow(hwnd, win32con.SW_MAXIMIZE)
Without time.sleep, it does not go full size so time.sleep is needed. I need a high time.sleep because of my slow laptop, however this means it runs slow on my home pc.
I use both Apache OpenOffice and microsoft Excel
Any idea how I can make an excel open full size reliably without time.sleep?
The solution with win32com and Excel would be:
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xl = Dispatch('Excel.Application')
xl.WindowState = -4137 # set this number meaning full size
xl.Visible = 1
xl.Workbooks.Open(r'C:\\A file.xlsx')
The excel is open on the full size of the screen. But no idea for Apache
EDIT: Figured THIS part out, but see 2nd post below for another question.
(a little backstory here, skip ahead for the TLDR :) )
I'm currently trying to write a few scripts for Blender to help improve the level creation workflow for a game that I play (Natural Selection 2). Currently, to move geometry from the level editor to Blender, I have to 1) Save a file from the editor as an .obj 2) import obj into blender, and make my changes. Then I 3) export to the game's level format using an exporter script I wrote, and 4) re-open the file in a new instance of the editor. 5) copy the level data from the new instance. 6) paste into the main level file. This is quite a pain to do, and quite clearly discourages even using the tool at all but for major edits. My idea for an improved workflow: 1) Copy data to clipboard in editor 2) Run importer script in Blender to load data. 3) Run exporter script in blender to save data. 4) Paste back into original file. This not only cuts out two whole steps in the tedious process, but also eliminates the need for extra files cluttering up my desktop. Currently though, I haven't found a way to read in clipboard data from the Windows clipboard into Blender... at least not without having to go through some really elaborate installation steps (eg install python 3.1, install pywin32, move x,y,z to the blender directory, uninstall python 3.1... etc...)
TLDR
I need help finding a way to write/read BINARY data to/from the clipboard in Blender. I'm not concerned about cross-platform capability -- the game tools are Windows only.
Ideally -- though obviously beggars can't be choosers here -- the solution would not make it too difficult to install the script for the layman. I'm (hopefully) not the only person who is going to be using this, so I'd like to keep the installation instructions as simple as possible. If there's a solution available in the python standard library, that'd be awesome!
Things I've looked at already/am looking at now
Pyperclip -- plaintext ONLY. I need to be able to read BINARY data off the clipboard.
pywin32 -- Kept getting missing DLL file errors, so I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. Need to take another stab at this, but the steps I had to take were pretty involved (see last sentence above TLDR section :) )
TKinter -- didn't read too far into this one as it seemed to only read plain-text.
ctypes -- actually just discovered this in the process of writing this post. Looks scary as hell, but I'll give it a shot.
Okay I finally got this working. Here's the code for those interested:
from ctypes import *
from binascii import hexlify
kernel32 = windll.kernel32
user32 = windll.user32
user32.OpenClipboard(0)
CF_SPARK = user32.RegisterClipboardFormatW("application/spark editor")
if user32.IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_SPARK):
data = user32.GetClipboardData(CF_SPARK)
size = kernel32.GlobalSize(data)
data_locked = kernel32.GlobalLock(data)
text = string_at(data_locked,size)
kernel32.GlobalUnlock(data)
else:
print('No spark data in clipboard!')
user32.CloseClipboard()
Welp... this is a new record for me (posting a question and almost immediately finding an answer).
For those interested, I found this: How do I read text from the (windows) clipboard from python?
It's exactly what I'm after... sort of. I used that code as a jumping-off point.
Instead of CF_TEXT = 1
I used CF_SPARK = user32.RegisterClipboardFormatW("application/spark editor")
Here's where I got that function name from: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms649049(v=vs.85).aspx
The 'W' is there because for whatever reason, Blender doesn't see the plain-old "RegisterClipboardFormat" function, you have to use "...FormatW" or "...FormatA". Not sure why that is. If somebody knows, I'd love to hear about it! :)
Anyways, haven't gotten it actually working yet: still need to find a way to break this "data" object up into bytes so I can actually work with it, but that shouldn't be too hard.
Scratch that, it's giving me quite a bit of difficulty.
Here's my code
from ctypes import *
from binascii import hexlify
kernel32 = windll.kernel32
user32 = windll.user32
user32.OpenClipboard(0)
CF_SPARK = user32.RegisterClipboardFormatW("application/spark editor")
if user32.IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_SPARK):
data = user32.GetClipboardData(CF_SPARK)
data_locked = kernel32.GlobalLock(data)
print(data_locked)
text = c_char_p(data_locked)
print(text)
print(hexlify(text))
kernel32.GlobalUnlock(data_locked)
else:
print('No spark data in clipboard!')
user32.CloseClipboard()
There aren't any errors, but the output is wrong. The line print(hexlify(text)) yields b'e0cb0c1100000000', when I should be getting something that's 946 bytes long, the first 4 of which should be 01 00 00 00. (Here's the clipboard data, saved out from InsideClipboard as a .bin file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bf8yhi1h5z5xvzv/testLevel.bin?dl=1 )