wpkonverter 0.0.1

Extract information from WPK mails

WPKonverter

A script to convert registration data for the “Wiener Produktionstechnik-Kongress” (WPK) into an Excel file.

Requirements

• Python 3.12 or later

  Note: When you install the software, please do not forget to enable the checkbox “Add Python to PATH” in the setup window of the installer.

Installation

1. Open Microsoft Terminal

2. Install the package with pip

   pip install wpkonverter
   

Usage

Preparation

1. Open Outlook Classic

2. Move WPK mails into folder e.g. one named “WPK”

3. Click on “Datei”

4. Click on “Öffnen und Exportieren”

5. Click on “Importieren/Exportieren”

   

6. Click on “In Datei exportieren” and “Weiter”

   

7. Click on “Durch Trennzeichen getrennte Werte” and “Weiter”

   

8. Click on “Durch Trennzeichen getrennte Werte” and “Weiter”

   

9. Select the folder from step 2 (e.g. “WPK”) and click on “Weiter”

   

10. Choose the folder (e.g. Downloads) and the filename (e.g. WPK.CSV) for the exported file and click on “Weiter”

    

11. Click on “Fertig stellen” to store the file

    

Conversion

1. Open “Windows Terminal”

2. Execute the following command:

   wpkonverter ~/Downloads/WKP.CSV
   

   Note: The command above assumes that you stored the CSV file from Outlook in a file called WPK.CSV in the Downloads folder of the current user

Development

While not strictly required we assume that you installed:

• gh,
• just and
• uv

in the description below.

Release

Note: Please replace <VERSION> with the version number e.g. 0.0.1 in the text below

To release a new version of WPKonverter, please use the following steps:

1. Switch to the main branch

   git switch main
   

2. Check that the CI jobs for the main branch finish successfully

3. Change the version number and commit your changes:

   just release <VERSION>
   

   Note: GitHub Actions will publish a package based on the tagged commit and upload it to PyPi.

4. Publish your release on GitHub:

   gh release create
   

   1. Choose the tag for the latest release
   2. As title use “Version <VERSION>”, e.g. “Version 0.0.1”
   3. Choose “Write my own”
   4. Paste the release notes for the latest version into the text editor window
   5. Save and close the text file
   6. Answer “N” to the question “Is this a prerelease?”