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

Question

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)

Answer 1

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.

Comments

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.