How to open a password protected excel file using python?

Question

I looked at the previous threads regarding this topic, but they have not helped solve the problem.

• how to read password protected excel in python

Answer 1

I don't think that named parameters work in this case. So you'd have to do something like:

xlwb = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(filename, False, True, None, password)

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff194819.aspx for details on the Workbooks.Open method.