I had the same issue and I resolved it by following the instructions here: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2007-August/006147.html Deleting the gen_py output directory and re-running makepy SUCCEEDS and subsequently the test application runs OK again. So the symptom is resolved, but any clues as to how this could have happened. This is a VERY long running application (think … Read more
A simple example using comtypes, converting a single file, input and output filenames given as commandline arguments: import sys import os import comtypes.client wdFormatPDF = 17 in_file = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1]) out_file = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[2]) word = comtypes.client.CreateObject(‘Word.Application’) doc = word.Documents.Open(in_file) doc.SaveAs(out_file, FileFormat=wdFormatPDF) doc.Close() word.Quit() You could also use pywin32, which would be the same except for: import … Read more
The visual basic for applications reference is your friend here. Try starting with this link… Interop Outlook Mailitem Properties For instance I can see that message will probably have additional properties than what you listed above. For example. message.CC message.Importance message.LastModificationTime
pip install pywin32 didn’t work for me but pypiwin32 did.