I'm trying to update a microsoft word - 2010 table by deleting its contents (except the first row contents) using python and win32com client component. I even looked at the MSDN library ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244515.aspx ) and found that Delete could help me in this, something like this. (Also had a look @ How to read contents of an Table in MS-Word file Using Python? )
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# delete row 1 of table 1
doc.Tables(1).Rows(1).Delete
# delete cell 1,1 of table 1
doc.Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Delete
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but on doing the above steps, the table row isn't deleted (neither the cell [1,1] is deleted). Is there something that I'm missing ? Any suggestions are welcome.
Python function for clearing the table contents is pasted herein with
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def updateTable(name):
#tell word to open the document
word.Documents.Open (IP_Directory_Dest + "\\" + name)
#open it internally (i guess...)
doc = word.Documents(1)
## doc.Content.Text = "This is the string to add to the document."
## doc.Content.MoveEnd()
## doc.Content.Select
## doc.Tables(1).Rows(2).Select
## Selection.InsertRowsBelow
## doc.Tables [1]. Rows [1]. Cells [1]. Range.Text = '123123 '
## doc.Tables [1]. Rows.Add () # add a line
# specifically select TABLE # 1
table = doc.Tables(1)
# count the number of rows in TABLE # 1
numRows = table.Rows.Count
# count number of columns
numCols = table.Columns.Count
print ('Number of Rows in TABLE',numRows)
print ('Number of Columns in TABLE',numCols)
# print the row 1 of TABLE # 1 -- for checking
print ('### 1 - CHECK this ONE ... ',table.Rows(1).Range.Text)
# delete row 1 of table 1
doc.Tables(1).Rows(1).Delete
# delete cell 1,1 of table 1
doc.Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Delete
# again count the number of rows in table
numRows = table.Rows.Count
print numRows
# print the row 1 of TABLE # 1 -- after Deleting the first ROW --> for checking
print ('### 2 - CHECK this ONE ... ',table.Rows(1).Range.Text)
# get the number of tables
numberTables = doc.Tables.Count
# count the number of tables in document
print numberTables
#delete ALL tables
tables = doc.Tables
for table in tables:
# to get the content of Row # 1, Column # 1 of table
print table.Cell(Row =1, Column = 1).Range.Text
## table.Delete(Row =2)
# this one deletes the whole table (which is not needed)
#table.Delete()
#re-save in IP folder
doc.SaveAs(IP_Directory_Dest + "\\" + name)
#close the stream
doc.Close()
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Please ignore the commented out sections (I was also trying to make the stuff work)
All,
So this is what I have figured out. I'm going to share the code which I have written to fix it.
While doing this, I learned how to clear content of a table (specific row and column), how to add a row, get the count of columns and rows in a word table et al. Also I figured out, since there in not much documentation available on the API's used for python/win32 (except the MSDN library), the one way which i thought to get used to these APIs is to understand the VB code (mostly its present @ MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244515.aspx ) and try to make a corresponding similar code for python-win32 too. Thats my understanding.
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########################
#
# Purpose : To update the Table contents present in file
# @ name : name of the document to process.
# @ tableCount : Specific Table number to edit.
#
#######################
def updateTable(name,tableCount):
#tell word to open the document
word.Documents.Open (IP_Directory_Dest + "\\" + name)
#open it internally
doc = word.Documents(1)
# answer to Question # 2 (how to update a specific cell in a TABLE)
# clearing Table # 1, Row # 1, cell # 1 content
doc.Tables (1). Rows (1). Cells (1). Range.Text = ''
#Clearing Table # 1, Row # 1, Col # 4 content to blank
doc.Tables (1). Cell(1, 4). Range.Text = ''
# specifically select TABLE # tableCount
table = doc.Tables(tableCount)
# count the number of rows in TABLE # 1
numRows = table.Rows.Count
# count number of columns
numCols = table.Columns.Count
print ('Number of Rows in TABLE',numRows)
print ('Number of Columns in TABLE',numCols)
# NOTE : ROW # 1 WILL NOT BE DELETED, AS IT IS COMMON FOR BOTH IP AND IR
# delete and add the same number of rows
for row in range(numRows):
# add a row at the end of table
doc.Tables(tableCount).Rows.Add ()
# delete row 2 of table (so as to make the effect of adding rows equal)
doc.Tables(tableCount).Rows(2).Delete()
#re-save in IP folder
doc.SaveAs(IP_Directory_Dest + "\\" + name)
#close the stream
doc.Close()
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Add empty parentheses at the end of the line:
doc.Tables(1).Rows(1).Delete()
Those parentheses are necessary to call a method.
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