When you want to run a Python file from Excel/VBA, the basic idea I've used successfully in the past (on Windows machines) is to write some VBA that calls a shell/command line interpreter and tells it ...

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Excel VBA to Python Converter using FastMCP A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built with FastMCP that converts Excel files containing VBA macros into equivalent Python code.

Python and Excel can only really talk to each other through limited functions—xl () and =PY ()—that can only return code results, not macros, VBA code, or other data, Microsoft claims.

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