Why can't I find any pywin32 documentation/resources

Question

I cannot find pywin32 documentation or even a little synopsis of what the module is (I am aware its for win32 API stuff).

Is there any pywin32 documentation or resources? Maybe some examples?

It's probably best to remove the 'why' from this question. "Why' is not what you wanted answered; 'Where can I find' is ;-) — florisla, Jan 04 '17 at 12:46
Additional info: If you want to manipulate Office applications with pywin32, be sure to check out the Object Browsers in different Office applications, so that you know the properties and methods of each object. — Nicholas Humphrey, Apr 25 '19 at 22:45
The pywin32 project is such a tragedy. So much potential being wasted due to poor deployment. [1] is just an ugly mess. [1] http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/index.html — WhyWhat, Apr 11 '20 at 20:41

florisla · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-04T13:24:07.133

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The PyWin32 installation includes a .chm help file at [Pythonpath]\Lib\site-packages\PyWin32.chm.

ActiveState used to keep this documentation online as well, including listings of modules and objects, but that seems to be taken offline.

edited Jan 04 '21 at 13:24

answered Dec 01 '11 at 10:06

florisla

P2bM · Answer 2 · 2017-06-04T10:57:40.670

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There is a documentation for pywin32 on ActiveState :

edited Jun 04 '17 at 10:57

answered Mar 30 '11 at 04:04

P2bM

Thanks for the links. This answered my own question perfectly. – Mike Jun 26 '11 at 01:59
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2017 - all these links respond with a 404 not found. – Thomas Gerot Mar 17 '17 at 01:12
links updated with python 2.6 version, the 2.7 are dead – P2bM Jun 04 '17 at 10:58

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 25 '19 at 19:30

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The doc strings are all empty:

    >>> dde.CreateServer.__doc__
    >>>

answered Mar 25 '19 at 19:30

RAY SCHUMACHER

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