I open several different workbooks (excel xlsx format) in COM, and mess with them. As the program progresses I wish to close one specific workbook but keep the rest open.
How do I close ONE workbook? (instead of the entire excel application)
xl = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
xl.Visible = False
try:
output = xl.Workbooks.Open(workbookName)
output2 = xl.Workbooks.Open(workbook2Name)
except com_error:
print "you screwed up blahblahblah"
exit()
#work on some stuff
#close output but keep output2 open
The the Workbook COM object has a Close() method. Basically, it should be something like:
xl = Dispatch('Excel.Application')
wb = xl.Workbooks.Open('New Workbook.xlsx')
# do some stuff
wb.Close(True) # save the workbook
The above was just a skeleton here's some code that works on my machine against Office 2010:
from win32com.client import Dispatch
xl = Dispatch('Excel.Application')
wb = xl.Workbooks.Add()
ws = wb.Worksheets.Add()
cell = ws.Cells(1)
cell.Value = 'Some text'
wb.Close(True, r'C:\Path\to\folder\Test.xlsx')
Of course, that creates a new xlsx file. But then I'm able to successfully open and modify the file in the same session as follows:
wb = xl.Workbooks.Open(r'C:\Path\to\folder\Test.xlsx')
ws = wb.Worksheets(1)
cell = ws.Cells(2)
cell.Value = 'Some more text'
wb.Close(True)
Don't know if any of that helps...
You can also try to use the following code:
excel = Dispatch("Excel.Application")
excel.Visible = False
workbook = excel.Workbooks.Open(fileName)
# with saving
excel.DisplayAlerts = False
if saveAs:
excel.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(fullFileNameToSave)
else:
excel.ActiveWorkbook.Save()
excel.Quit()
#without saving
map(lambda book: book.Close(False), excel.Workbooks)
excel.Quit()