# OfficeEvents - test/demonstrate events with Word and Excel. from win32com.client import DispatchWithEvents, Dispatch import msvcrt, pythoncom import time, sys import types import threading stopEvent = threading.Event() def TestExcel(): class ExcelEvents: def OnNewWorkbook(self, wb): if type(wb) != types.InstanceType: raise RuntimeError("The transformer doesnt appear to have translated this for us!") self.seen_events["OnNewWorkbook"] = None def OnWindowActivate(self, wb, wn): if type(wb) != types.InstanceType or type(wn) != types.InstanceType: raise RuntimeError("The transformer doesnt appear to have translated this for us!") self.seen_events["OnWindowActivate"] = None def OnWindowDeactivate(self, wb, wn): self.seen_events["OnWindowDeactivate"] = None def OnSheetDeactivate(self, sh): self.seen_events["OnSheetDeactivate"] = None def OnSheetBeforeDoubleClick(self, Sh, Target, Cancel): if Target.Column % 2 == 0: print("You can double-click there...") else: print("You can not double-click there...") # This function is a void, so the result ends up in # the only ByRef - Cancel. return 1 class WorkbookEvents: def OnActivate(self): print("workbook OnActivate") def OnBeforeRightClick(self, Target, Cancel): print("It's a Worksheet Event") e = DispatchWithEvents("Excel.Application", ExcelEvents) e.seen_events = {} e.Visible=1 book = e.Workbooks.Add() book = DispatchWithEvents(book, WorkbookEvents) print("Have book", book) # sheet = e.Worksheets(1) # sheet = DispatchWithEvents(sheet, WorksheetEvents) print("Double-click in a few of the Excel cells...") print("Press any key when finished with Excel, or wait 10 seconds...") if not _WaitForFinish(e, 10): e.Quit() if not _CheckSeenEvents(e, ["OnNewWorkbook", "OnWindowActivate"]): sys.exit(1) def TestWord(): class WordEvents: def OnDocumentChange(self): self.seen_events["OnDocumentChange"] = None def OnWindowActivate(self, doc, wn): self.seen_events["OnWindowActivate"] = None def OnQuit(self): self.seen_events["OnQuit"] = None stopEvent.set() w = DispatchWithEvents("Word.Application", WordEvents) w.seen_events = {} w.Visible = 1 w.Documents.Add() print("Press any key when finished with Word, or wait 10 seconds...") if not _WaitForFinish(w, 10): w.Quit() if not _CheckSeenEvents(w, ["OnDocumentChange", "OnWindowActivate"]): sys.exit(1) def _WaitForFinish(ob, timeout): end = time.time() + timeout while 1: if msvcrt.kbhit(): msvcrt.getch() break pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages() stopEvent.wait(.2) if stopEvent.isSet(): stopEvent.clear() break try: if not ob.Visible: # Gone invisible - we need to pretend we timed # out, so the app is quit. return 0 except pythoncom.com_error: # Excel is busy (eg, editing the cell) - ignore pass if time.time() > end: return 0 return 1 def _CheckSeenEvents(o, events): rc = 1 for e in events: if e not in o.seen_events: print("ERROR: Expected event did not trigger", e) rc = 0 return rc def test(): import sys if "noword" not in sys.argv[1:]: TestWord() if "noexcel" not in sys.argv[1:]: TestExcel() print("Word and Excel event tests passed.") if __name__=='__main__': test()