On 1/26/07, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > > > I've always loved that quote about Unix being very friendly, but very > > selective about it's friends. Perl seems that way to me as well. > > not a friend of mine. Python has eaten it alive. Have a look at pyuno http://udk.openoffice.org/python/python-bridge.html You can drive the openoffice library directly from python, no need to have Word popping up windows all over the place. I didn't like cygwin so much, I installed vmware-player and run an xubuntu appliance in there for my command line needs. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist