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unable to read combo boxes in excel by xlrd package in python

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I want to read the combo box in excel by using "xlrd" but in the output it is showing empty message, its not reading the combo box can u guys help me how to read the combo box in excel by "xlrd"

code written like this

workbook = xlrd.open_workbook('path of the file')
worksheet = workbook.sheet_by_name('sheetname')
TargetSystem = worksheet.cell_value(4, 2)
posted Sep 27, 2013 by Seema Siddique

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It depends on what kind of combo-box it is. The Excel-native combo-box sucks (no auto-completion, no multi-select, etc.), and so it's possible a Visual Basic widget was used instead. That would leave the cell contents blank when read, as above.

You will need to retrieve the value from the combo-box object directly somehow.

answer Sep 27, 2013 by Sheetal Chauhan
If it's an Active-X ListBox or ComboBox, there's probably be a CellLink defined. This will be the cell you need to read with xlrd to get the value.
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