Using docx package in an IronPython script in Grasshopper

[Brad_Alexander]

Hello,

has anybody had success importing docx into an IronPython script within Grasshopper? I know this question has been on here in the past, but maybe there is some updated info?

If so, how did you get it to work?

My goal is to generate simple, single page calculation reports based on a python script within GH and to automatically output the data into a formatted MS Word file.

Thanks in advance!

Brad

[James_Parrott]

The PyPi docx package uses lxml, which has a lot of Cython code, so it won’t be easy (if it’s posisble at all) to run that in IronPython.

Docx is a MS format. IronPython originated at MS too. Have you tried: GitHub - xceedsoftware/DocX: Fast and easy to use .NET library that creates or modifies Microsoft Word files without installing Word. ?

[Brad_Alexander]

Hi James,
Thanks for response. Where can one find a list of the available functions and methods for Word?
Is it still possible to format the text and create tables for example?

[James_Parrott]

Hi Brad. I just found that here,

Iron Python read/write data to Microsoft Word (*.doc) files?

I’m trying to create/populate a Word document .docx file with data from grasshopper. What I’ve found is this code for ironpython: https://gist.github.com/ejstembler/1049552 But when the script is executed, the text is replaced in the document only if I have the [textfield] in a single row. It doesn’t work if I put each field on a new row. Anyone know what might is wrong with the script? My python code: import sys import clr import os import System from System import DateTime import time clr…

but then couldn’t actually add the reference. But if you want to perserver, I would look here:

.NET API browser

It’s a bit of a hack, but docx files are just zipped xml files. IronPython still has plenty of xml tools.