Python 2.6/2.7, pyuno and Apache OpenOffice (AOO)

I personally use LibreOffice (LO) not AOO, but as LO was forked from OOo back in 2010 many things are still similar if not identical.

With a LO installation in Windows, assuming I include the python-uno bridge then a 2.6.1 python.exe gets installed along with other .py, .dll and .pyd files.

Here is a small piece (i.e. there is a lot more) of what I see under the C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3.6\program directory:

09/07/2012  09:46 AM    <DIR>          python-core-2.6.1 08/21/2012  11:39 PM            11,264 python.exe 08/22/2012  05:03 AM         2,248,192 python26.dll 08/22/2012  05:09 AM             7,024 pythonloader.py 08/22/2012  05:03 AM            27,136 pythonloader.uno.dll 08/22/2012  05:12 AM171 pythonloader.uno.ini 08/21/2012  11:39 PM           463,872 pyuno.pyd

For a quick get your feet wet solution, in PyCharm create a new project and then via File \ Settings add that python.exe (noted above) as your Python interpreter.  Will take a moment to build the skeletons and then you should be good to go.

Each project has a single interpreter, so you can't do 2.6 and 2.7 side by side.  Think of it like this, how could auto-complete know what to do?  That being said, if you play some games with virtualenv you can come close, though I am not sure why in this case you'd want to.

As for hacking python-uno, best of luck to you.

Forgot to answer your original question — python.org has links to all their "production" releases.  Here is where you can grab Python 2.6.1

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.1/

If you do install that older release, you'll have to install the pyuno goodies yourself.

Cheers

Thanks Rob,

I added the AOO python.exe as the project interpreter and got a few of
the examples working.

I'm not quite sure why I'm trying to hack pyuno, advanced masochism
possibly!

Cheers
Jim

On 25/09/2012 14:54, Rob Weigel - PyCharm wrote:

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<http://forum.jetbrains.com/thread/PyCharm-1122?message=PyCharm-1122-1> Rob
Weigel <http://forum.jetbrains.com/user/sedtnrob>

I personally use LibreOffice (LO) not AOO, but as LO was forked from
OOo back in 2010 many things are still similar if not identical.

With a LO installation in Windows, assuming I include the python-uno
bridge then a 2.6.1 python.exe gets installed along with other .py,
.dll and .pyd files.

Here is a small piece (i.e. there is a lot more) of what I see under
the C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3.6\program directory:

09/07/2012 09:46 AM <DIR> python-core-2.6.1 08/21/2012 11:39 PM 11,264
python.exe 08/22/2012 05:03 AM 2,248,192 python26.dll 08/22/2012 05:09
AM 7,024 pythonloader.py 08/22/2012 05:03 AM 27,136
pythonloader.uno.dll 08/22/2012 05:12 AM 171 pythonloader.uno.ini
08/21/2012 11:39 PM 463,872 pyuno.pyd

So in PyCharm create a new project and then via File \ Settings add
that python.exe as your Python interpreter. Will take a moment to
build the skeletons and then you should be good to go.

Each project has a single interpreter, so you can't do 2.6 and 2.7
side by side. Think of it like this, how could auto-complete know what
to do? That being said, if you play some games with virtualenv you can
come close, though I am not sure why in this case you'd want to.

As for hacking python-uno, best of luck to you.

     Jaffa McNeill <http://forum.jetbrains.com/user/jaffamcneill> @ Sep
     24 <http://forum.jetbrains.com/thread/PyCharm-1122>

     I'm looking at python scripting for Apache OpenOffice, and thought
     I'd ask some questions here to save time in case someone has
     already been down this route.

     AOO bundles Python 2.6.1

       * Does anyone know where I can download Windows binaries for
         Python 2.6.1?
       * Can I use PyCharm to run Python 2.6.1 and Python 2.7 side by
         side? I'd like 2.7 to be the default, but develop for AOO
         using 2.6.1
       * Any hints at all about pyuno in PyCharm
       * Any hints at all about using PyCharm for AOO


     Any help much appreciated