“Not implemented” Exception when using pywin32 to control Adobe Acrobat

Question

I have written a script in python using pywin32 to save pdf files to text that up until recently was working fine. I use similar methods in Excel. The code is below:

Answer 1

makepy.py is a script that comes with the win32com python package.

Running it for your installation "wires" python into the COM/OLE object in Windows. The following is an excerpt of some code I used to talk to Excel and do some stuff in it. This example gets the name of sheet 1 in the current workbook. It automatically runs makepy if it has an exception:

import win32com;
import win32com.client;
from win32com.client import selecttlb;

def attachExcelCOM():
   makepyExe = r'python C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\makepy.py';
   typeList = selecttlb.EnumTlbs();
   for tl in typeList:
      if (re.match('^Microsoft.*Excel.*', tl.desc, re.IGNORECASE)):
          makepyCmd = "%s -d \"%s\"" % (makepyExe, tl.desc);
          os.system(makepyCmd);
      # end if
   # end for
# end def

def getSheetName(sheetNum):
   try:
      xl = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application");
      wb = xl.Workbooks.Item(sheetNum);
   except Exception, detail:
      print 'There was a problem attaching to Excel, refreshing connect config...';
      print Exception, str(detail);
      attachExcelCOM();
      try:
         xl = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application");
         wb = xl.Workbooks.Item(sheetNum);
      except:
         print 'Could not attach to Excel...';
         sys.exit(-1);
      # end try/except
   # end try/except

   wsName = wb.Name;
   if (wsName == 'PERSONAL.XLS'):
      return( None );
   # end if
   print 'The target worksheet is:';
   print '      ', wsName;
   print 'Is this correct? [Y/N]',;
   answer = string.strip( sys.stdin.readline() );
   answer = answer.upper();
   if (answer != 'Y'):
      print 'Sheet not identified correctly.';
      return(None);
   # end if
   return( (wb, wsName) );
# end def

# -- Main --
sheetInfo = getSheetName(sheetNum);
if (sheetInfo == None):
   print 'Sheet not found';
   sys.exit(-1);
else:
   (wb, wsName) = sheetInfo;
# end if