Python COM Examples
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============================================================================ Try this Python-based COM automation “Hello World” code in XSI just for kicks! import win32com.client from win32com.client import constants as c excel = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") book = excel.Workbooks.Add() sheet = book.Worksheets(1) sheet.Range("A1").Value = "Hello World!" sheet.Range("A2").Value = str(Application.SIFilter(None, c.siObjectFilter)) book.SaveAs("c:\myBook.xls") sheet = None book = None excel.Quit() excel = None You will have created a file in your root C: drive called myBook.xls that is an Excel file containing one cell in which the words “Hello World!” are written. Please note that this COM usage is not limited to Python. You can do this in whatever language that supports COM. I’ll leave it up to the reader to learn more about the specifics of the different COM objects that are out there. ============================================================================ def index(): import win32com.client a=win32com.client.Dispatch('Excel.Application') a.Visible = 1 a.Workbooks.Add() a.ActiveSheet.Cells(1,1).Value = 'aha' return "aha" if __name__ == "__main__": print index() ============================================================================ But for your problem: You are trying to read the page before it is completely loaded either add a wait function or a simple sleep ( see below) from win32com.client import Dispatch import time ie = Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application") ie.Navigate("https://secure.authorize.net/") # ie.Visible = True time.sleep(1) doc = ie.Document print doc.body.innerHTML or with a wait function from win32com.client import Dispatch import time def wait(ie): while ie.Busy: time.sleep(0.5) while ie.Document.readyState != "complete": time.sleep(0.5) ie = Dispatch("InternetExplorer.Application") ie.Navigate("https://secure.authorize.net/") # ie.Visible = True wait(ie) doc = ie.Document print doc.body.innerHTML ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ ============================================================================