I have a Python script that modifies an Excel file. It works fine.
When I turn that same script into an executable, and try to run it, it gives me an error saying it can't modify the Excel file.
I don't understand why. I run the .exe as an admin. The Excel file is not read-only and can be modified by admins. Any help would be appreciated.
The line that gives the error is wb.save('mybots.xlsx')
def myClick():
wb = openpyxl.load_workbook(r"mybots.xlsx")
sheet = wb["Sheet1"]
# loop through the list of checkboxes and write their value to excel
idx = 0
while idx < list_length:
cb = list_checkboxes[idx]
varname = cb.cget("variable")
cbValue = root.getvar(varname)
sheet.cell(row=idx+2, column=2).value = str(cbValue)
idx += 1
wb.save('mybots.xlsx')
Right now I am doing the following.
import xlrd
resp = requests.get(url, auth=auth).content
output = open(r'temp.xlsx', 'wb')
output.write(resp)
output.close()
xl = xlrd.open_workbook(r'temp.xlsx')
sh = 1
try:
for sheet in xl.sheets():
xls.append(sheet.name)
except:
xls = ['']
It's extracting the sheets but I don't know how to read the file or if saving the file as an .xlsx is actually working for macros. All I know is that the code is not working right now and I need to be able to catch the data that is being generated in a macro. Please help! Thanks.
I highly recommend using xlwings if you want to open, modify, and save .xlsm files without corrupting them. I have tried a ton of different methods (using other modules like openpyxl) and the macros always end up being corrupted.
import xlwings as xw
app = xw.App(visible=False) # IF YOU WANT EXCEL TO RUN IN BACKGROUND
xlwb = xw.Book('PATH\\TO\\FILE.xlsm')
xlws = {}
xlws['ws1'] = xlwb.sheets['Your Worksheet']
print(xlws['ws1'].range('B1').value) # get value
xlws['ws1'].range('B1').value = 'New Value' # change value
yourMacro = xlwb.macro('YourExcelMacro')
yourMacro()
xlwb.save()
xlwb.close()
Edit - I added an option to keep Excel invisible at users request
I'm trying to create a Python script that creates user accounts in Ubuntu from an excel file. The excel file contains:
Full name, an username and a password.
This is my code at the moment:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import openpyxl
import sys
reload(sys)
sys.setdefaultencoding('utf-8')
excel_file = os.open("Names_mod.xlsx", os.O_RDONLY)
wb = openpyxl.load_workbook("Names_mod.xlsx")
sheet = wb.active
max_row = sheet.max_row
for i in range(1, max_row + 1):
name = sheet.cell(row = i, column = 1)
addUser = "sudo useradd -m" + "name.value"
os.system(addUser)
At the moment I'm just trying to create the user accounts without the password but I can't get it to work. Now it only creates one account from column 1, row 12 for some reason.
Anyone know what the problem could be? Would appreciate the help :)
I am trying to call a VBA sub from my Python code to convert all excel files in a specified folder from the xls to xlsm format.
I can use the following code when I am not using a variable in the VBA and it works well.
Python Code:
import os
import win32com.client
xl=win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename="C:\Users\Name\Documents\PERSONAL.XLSB", ReadOnly=1)
xl.Application.Run("PERSONAL.XLSB!Module1.xlstoxlsmFinal"
xl.Application.Quit() # Comment this out if your excel script closes
del xl
VBA Code:
Public Sub xlstoxlsmFinal()
' goes through all the sub folders of a specified folder and created an xlsm(macro enabled version) of any xls documents
Dim fso, oFolder, oSubfolder, oFile, queue As Collection
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set queue = New Collection
Path = "C:\Users\Name\Documents\Monthly Reports\16.06 Reports\Agent Reports"
queue.Add fso.GetFolder(Path)
Do While queue.Count > 0
Set oFolder = queue(1)
queue.Remove 1 'dequeue
'...insert any folder processing code here...
For Each oSubfolder In oFolder.SubFolders
queue.Add oSubfolder 'enqueue
Next oSubfolder
For Each oFile In oFolder.Files
If Right(oFile, 4) <> "xlsm" And Right(oFile, 3) <> "pdf" Then
Workbooks.Open Filename:=oFile
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=oFile & "m", FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled, CreateBackup:=False
ActiveWorkbook.Close
End If
Next oFile
Loop
However, I am unable to call the function when I try to pass a variable from python to VBA. Below is what I have tried so far.
Python code with variable:
import os
import win32com.client
Datev = """16.06 """
xl=win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename="C:\Users\Name\Documents\PERSONAL.XLSB", ReadOnly=1)
xl.Application.Run("PERSONAL.XLSB!Module1.xlstoxlsmFinal(" + Datev + ")")
## xl.Application.Save() # if you want to save then uncomment this line and change delete the ", ReadOnly=1" part from the open function.
xl.Application.Quit() # Comment this out if your excel script closes
del xl
VBA code with Variable:
Public Sub xlstoxlsmFinal(Datev As String)
' goes through all the sub folders of a specified folder and created an xlsm(macro enabled version) of any xls documents
Dim fso, oFolder, oSubfolder, oFile, queue As Collection
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set queue = New Collection
Path = "C:\Users\Name\Documents\Monthly Reports\" & Datev & "Reports\Agent Reports"
queue.Add fso.GetFolder(Path)
Do While queue.Count > 0
Set oFolder = queue(1)
queue.Remove 1 'dequeue
'...insert any folder processing code here...
For Each oSubfolder In oFolder.SubFolders
queue.Add oSubfolder 'enqueue
Next oSubfolder
For Each oFile In oFolder.Files
If Right(oFile, 4) <> "xlsm" And Right(oFile, 3) <> "pdf" Then
Workbooks.Open Filename:=oFile
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=oFile & "m", FileFormat:=xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled, CreateBackup:=False
ActiveWorkbook.Close
End If
Next oFile
Loop
When I run this in python I get the error message:
pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, u'Microsoft Excel', u"Cannot run the macro 'PERSONAL.XLSB!Module1.xlstoxlsmFinal(16.06 )'. The macro may not be available in this workbook or all macros may be disabled.", u'xlmain11.chm', 0, -2146827284), None)
Would anybody know how to succesfully pass a Python variable to a VBA sub?
Thanks!
Per Tim Williams suggestion I read the last section of rondebruin.nl/win/s9/win001.htm and formulated the python code
import os
import win32com.client
Datev = """16.06 """
xl=win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xl.Workbooks.Open(Filename="C:\Users\Name\Documents\PERSONAL.XLSB", ReadOnly=1)
xl.Application.Run("PERSONAL.XLSB!Module1.xlstoxlsmFinal", Datev)
xl.Application.Quit() # Comment this out if your excel script closes
del xl
The material difference was changing the line:
xl.Application.Run("PERSONAL.XLSB!Module1.xlstoxlsmFinal(" + Datev + ")")
To:
xl.Application.Run("PERSONAL.XLSB!Module1.xlstoxlsmFinal", Datev)
Now the code works perfectly!
Go to Macro Security under the developer tag and choose the Enable all macros option
for sheet_name in book.sheet_names():
for index in range(len(tabs)):
tab = tabs[index]
if sheet_name == tab:
dump_file_name = dump_files[index]
dump_file_name = file_prefix+dump_file_name
sheet = book.sheet_by_name(sheet_name)
new_book = Workbook()
sheet1 = new_book.add_sheet("Sheet 1")
for row in range(sheet.nrows):
values = []
for col in range(sheet.ncols):
sheet1.write(row,col,sheet.cell(row,col).value)
xlsx_file_name = dirname+"/"+dump_file_name+".xlsx"
sheet1.title = xlsx_file_name
new_book.save(xlsx_file_name)
The file is creating and data is there, but if I open it in openoffice.org and click the save button it asks for new name.
The file can not be read by PHP also. Again if I open and save it with new name then it works perfectly. I think we have to add something in the code so that it could be used by PHP.
i did google and found the solution here
http://xlsxwriter.readthedocs.org/getting_started.html
This is exactly what i wanted.
Creating and saving files to xlsx format.
Now its working perfectly.
original source
How to save Xlsxwriter file in certain path?
important link:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyExcelerate