Insert comments in XLS file via Python
Build your own Python application to manipulate comments & authors in document files using server-side APIs.
Aspose.Cells for Python
Overview
Insert comments in XLS File Using Python
With Aspose.Cells for Python library, you can easily insert comments in XLS file programmatically with a few lines of code. Aspose.Cells for Python is capable of building cross-platform applications with the ability to generate, modify, convert, render and print all Excel files. Python Excel API not only convert between spreadsheet formats, it can also render Excel files as images, PDF, HTML, ODS, CSV, SVG, JSON, WORD, PPT and more, thus making it a perfect choice to exchange documents in industry-standard formats. You may install Aspose.Cells for Python via Java from pypi, use command as:$ pip install aspose-cells.System Requirements
Aspose.Cells for Python is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.
How to insert comments in XLS file via Python
You need aspose.cells.dll to try the code in your environment.
- Load XLS file by creating an instance of Workbook
- Insert comments to the Worksheet in a Cell
- Save the workbook
In Office 365, comments are for conversations, you can use the following Python code to insert and remove comments in XLS file.
Python sample code to Insert and remove comments in XLS file
import jpype
import asposecells
jpype.startJVM()
from asposecells.api import Workbook
workbook = Workbook("Input.xlsx")
sheets = workbook.getWorksheets()
for sheet in sheets:
sheet.getComments().clear()
workbook.Save("Input.xlsx")
jpype.shutdownJVM()
XLS What is XLS File Format?
Files with XLS extension represent Excel Binary File Format. Such files can be created by Microsoft Excel as well as other similar spreadsheet programs such as OpenOffice Calc or Apple Numbers. File saved by Excel is known as Workbook where each workbook can have one or more worksheets. Data is stored and displayed to users in table format in worksheet and can span numeric values, text data, formulas, external data connections, images, and charts. Applications like Microsoft Excel lets you export workbook data to several different formats including PDF, CSV, XLSX, TXT, HTML, XPS, and several others. The XLS file format was replaced with a more open and structured format, XLSX, with the release of Microsoft Excel 2007. The latest versions still provide support for creating and reading XLS files, though XLSX is the first choice of use now.
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