python win32 extensions documentation

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I'm new to both python and the python win32 extensions available at http://python.net/crew/skippy/win32/ but I can't find any documentation online or in the installation directories concerning what exactly the win32 extensions provide. Where is this information?

Their documentations suck. Quick solution is just go directly to venv/Lib/site-packages/win32 and look at the code. The comments are quite descriptive and they have demos too. — takasoft, Aug 08 '18 at 17:43
IT'S NOT OFF-TOPIC!!! PLEASE DO NOT CLOSE QUESTIONS UNLESS THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PROGRAMMING! Learn to think beyond yourselves! There may be a lot of people who have the question you are closing and cannot find an answer otherwise searching in the Web. The present question is a perfect example of such a case! — Apostolos, Aug 09 '18 at 20:08
Question https://stackoverflow.com/q/5481686/1099571 is a duplicate of this, and it has good answers, and it was not closed for being off-topic. (BTW voters to close, I don't understand why this question is out of scope; your decision to close would be clearer if you pointed out which out-of-scope rule it violates. I can make a case that it satisfies rules for what is in-scope.) — Jim DeLaHunt, Jul 24 '20 at 02:06
The raging screaming caps was obviously unnecessary, but no, this question shouldn't have been closed. This isn't a question for "recommendations" at all, he was asking where the official docs for a library are. Some people just like to mash the "vote to close" button for fun. — Glenn Maynard, Sep 17 '22 at 03:49

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '09 at 19:35

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You'll find documentation here: http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.4/pywin32/PyWin32.HTML

(Note: most of the API docs are under 'modules' and 'objects'. Note that the documentation is very sparse here but rembember: since it's only a wrapper on top of the win32 API --> the 'full' documentation is also on the MSDN website, google should be helpful...)

answered Sep 23 '09 at 19:35

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Those are 2.4 docs; the latest one (for 2.6) is available at http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.6/pywin32/PyWin32.HTML – Sridhar Ratnakumar Oct 11 '09 at 16:27
The lastest Version of documentation is [ActiveState doc python 3.3](http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/3.3/pywin32/win32api.html) – Yann Jun 16 '14 at 07:43
When I click on Python for Win32 Extensions Site (http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond) I get a "Forbidden You don't have permission to access /crew/mhammond on this server." error – Alf47 May 14 '15 at 21:06

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 15 '21 at 17:39

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In addition to ChristopheD's recommendations I also find that Tim Golden's Python Stuff is very useful.

edited Jun 15 '21 at 17:39

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answered Sep 23 '09 at 19:49

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 08 '17 at 14:15

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Python Programming On Win32 from O'Reilly is a great, if dated, book on the subject. I've read it and is very good.

Its not documentation, per se, but its really useful for a good introduction to COM programming with Python, among other advanced stuff.

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answered Sep 23 '09 at 20:09

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For example: http://oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/chapter/ch12.html – nergeia Jun 26 '12 at 14:05

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 24 '09 at 05:45

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PyWin32 docs are included with ActivePython (which I highly recommend you to install). ChristopheD's link is for Python 2.4 which is an older version. For Python 2.6 version (which is the latest), here is the CHM file that contains PyWin32 docs. Note that this CHM file is also included with ActivePython itself.

alt text http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/87045/permalinks/apy26-pywin32.png

answered Sep 24 '09 at 05:45

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Please send us the CHM file back. URL is broken where can we read A to Z of PyWin32 or win32ui plz? – Jun 28 '16 at 00:13

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