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    copied!<p>At home, on Linux, I've experimented with pyUNO to control OpenOffice.org using Python. I've been using Python 2.6. It all seems to work nicely.</p> <p>Now I thought I would try one of my scripts (<a href="http://craig.mcqueen.id.au/OpenOfficeGraphicalDiff.html" rel="noreferrer">run a graphical diff for ODF doc</a>) on Windows. But when I tried to run it, I got:</p> <pre><code>ImportError: No module named uno </code></pre> <p>According to <a href="http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html" rel="noreferrer">udk: Python UNO Bridge</a> and <a href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Using_Python_on_Windows" rel="noreferrer">OpenOffice.org Running Python on Windows</a>, I have to run the Python interpretter that's installed with OpenOffice.org.</p> <p><strong>Q1: Is Python 2.6 available for OpenOffice.org?</strong></p> <p>However, that interpreter is <strong>Python 2.3</strong>, which is getting a little old! and my script uses a feature not supported by 2.3 (<code>subprocess</code> module).</p> <p><strong>Q2: Can pyUNO programming on Windows be done with a pyUNO add-on to the standard Python distribution, not the Python that is bundled with OpenOffice.org?</strong></p> <p>In my searching so far, I haven't been able to find any indication that there is a pyUNO module available to be installed into the standard Python Windows distribution... which is a surprise because on Ubuntu Linux, UNO is supported just fine in Python just by:</p> <pre><code> apt-get install python-uno </code></pre> <p>Another problem with this is: what if I want to make a program that uses both pyUNO and other 3rd party libraries? I can't install pyUNO into my Python installation on Windows, so am I forced to somehow install my other 3rd party libraries into OpenOffice.org's bundled Python? It makes it difficult to create larger, more full-featured programs.</p> <p>Am I missing something, or are we stuck with this situation for now?</p>
 

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