- 1 year ago
How to open Outlook template with using Python
To open an Outlook template file (oft) using Python, you can utilize the win32com.client
library, which provides access to the Outlook COM API. Here's an example code snippet:
pythonimport win32com.client as win32
def open_outlook_template(template_path):
outlook_app = win32.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
namespace = outlook_app.GetNamespace("MAPI")
template = namespace.OpenSharedItem(template_path)
template.Display()
# Example usage
template_path = r"C:\path\to\template.oft"
open_outlook_template(template_path)
In this code, we use the win32.Dispatch
function to create an instance of the Outlook application. Then, we retrieve the MAPI namespace and open the Outlook template file using the OpenSharedItem
method. Finally, we call the Display
method on the template object to open it in the Outlook application.
Make sure to replace "C:\path\to\template.oft"
with the actual file path of your Outlook template.
Note that you need to have the pywin32
package installed to use the win32com.client
library. You can install it using pip install pywin32
.
By executing this Python code, you can open an Outlook template file using the Outlook application on your system.