using export to excel python program in a python progam not spss program block

Listers,

Can I use the following python program which comes with spss to export output to excel from a python program. Just prior to this syntax I have an spss.submit statement that results in an spss graph. Can this graph then cross over to the python program? Does that make sense? The graph is created in the unseen spss process, can I then maninpulate it with python? Like export it to excel?

Thanks in advance,

matt

import SpssClient, sys

#ExportToExcel.py

SpssClient.StartClient()

OutputDoc = SpssClient.GetDesignatedOutputDoc()

OutputDoc.ClearSelection()

# Create a new workbook and export all charts to a worksheet

# named Utilization.

OutputDoc.SetOutputOptions(SpssClient.DocExportOption.ExcelOperationOptions,

                            "CreateWorkbook")

OutputDoc.SetOutputOptions(SpssClient.DocExportOption.ExcelSheetNames,

                            "Utilization")

OutputItems = OutputDoc.GetOutputItems()

for index in range(OutputItems.Size()):

    OutputItem = OutputItems.GetItemAt(index)

    if (OutputItem.GetType() == SpssClient.OutputItemType.HEAD and

        OutputItem.GetDescription() == "Utilization"):

            OutputItem.SetSelected(True)

try:

    OutputDoc.ExportDocument(SpssClient.SpssExportSubset.SpssSelected,

                            "outfile",

                            SpssClient.DocExportFormat.SpssFormatXls)

except:

    print sys.exc_info()[1]

OutputDoc.ClearSelection()

SpssClient.StopClient()