Using Python to program MS Office macros?

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Yes, absolutely. You want to use win32com module, which is part of pywin32 (get it here).

I’ve found you can really simplify Python integration by writing a macro in VBA for Python to use, and then just have Python call the macro. It will look something like this:

from win32com.client import Dispatch as comDispatch

xl = comDispatch('Excel.Application')
xl.Workbooks.Open("Macros.xls", False, True)
xl.Run("Macros.xls!Macro_1")

I’m sure there are plently of examples on SO… Like this one.

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