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Extracting all data validation formula values(dropdown) from excel sheet

How can we extract the data validation dropdown values(not just formulas/references or a single valued formula result) from a given excel sheet using python? Currently openpyxl helps us to get the formulas but not the values directly. It even fails in cases where file contain extensions(extLst) to the OOXML specifications that are not supported.These datavalidation formulas can contain functions like

XLWINGS conditional formatting based on value

I have a dataframe in Pandas that I have exported to Excel and formatted headers etc. using XLWINGS. That works like a charm. But I would like to format two columns based on their value in each cell (row), so if the value is above 0 then green and below zero then red. I can’t seem to find that option

How to scroll down to last row with data?

I have an Excel file with many rows and it gets many entries daily. That’s why I would like to scroll down the file to last row with data. To find the last row, I use: How could I scroll down to it using Python (and preferably XLWings module)? Answer Use used_range, it’s more robust than expand(“down) or end(“down”), if

Differences between xlwings vs openpyxl Reading Excel Workbooks

I’ve mostly only used xlwings to open (read-write) workbooks (since the workbooks I read have complicated macros). But I’ve recently begun using openpyxl to open (read-only) workbooks when I’ve needed to read thousands of workbooks to scrape some data. I’ve noticed that there is a considerable difference between how xlwings and openpyxl read workbooks. I believe xlwings relies on pywin32

Print Excel to pdf with xlwings

I am trying to print Excel files to pdf with xlwings. I am using the excel api for this. I have tried it in two ways: 1/ Using the PrintOut() call with PrintToFile argument: The problem here is Excel just prints the file, ignoring my additional settings. 2/ Using ExportAsFixedFormat Here Excel flashes a bit, but does not do anything

xlwings RunPython with function arguments

I am trying to run the RunPython function from a button in excel. I would like the function to take a parameter from a box in excel, something like this: Is this a possibility? And if so how do I write the code? I would prefer not to use UDF. Answer You can do that in two ways: 1) By

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