Accessing Python or DLLs from Word

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Goran - 03 Mar 2006 20:24 GMT

I am experimenting with an app which is to process large Word doc's, and
needs the dictionary objects available in Python (and C++). Is there a way
to make a Python app or a DLL appear like a macro within Word; is VBA a good
"glue" to access that Python app, or just dumb? If so, how do I call the
part which is in the other language from Word?

Or are there other better architectures?

Best,

Goran

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Jezebel - 04 Mar 2006 04:43 GMT

Don't know anything about Python. You can register a DLL (or any compliant
library file) in VBA through Tools > References. The functions within the
DLL can then be called from within VBA. They don't appear directly as
macros. You need to write wrapper functions (ie a macro that calls the DLL
function).

>I am experimenting with an app which is to process large Word doc's, and
> needs the dictionary objects available in Python (and C++). Is there a way
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>
> Goran

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