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I am generating report and want to highlight the tab when its fails. 

import xlrd    
import xlwt

wb = Workbook()    
add_result = wb.add_sheet(req_id[req_num])    
wb.save("report_name.xls")
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I found something but that will to use another lib, that is xlsxwriter (stackoverflow.com/questions/15667750/coloring-a-tab-in-openpyxl). But, I prefer use less lib as much as possibe. – Deepak Dubey May 29 at 9:45
What do you mean by highlighting the tab: coloring the tab or just making the sheet active? – alecxe May 29 at 11:36
I mean colouring the tab.. – Deepak Dubey May 29 at 12:03
Got it, I bet there is no way to do it via xlwt. – alecxe May 29 at 12:07
How about using from win32com.client import Dispatch ? – Deepak Dubey May 29 at 12:22
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xl = Dispatch( 'Excel.Application' )

xl.Visible = False

xlFile = "C:/tab_colour.xls"

wkb = xl.Workbooks.Open(xlFile)

sheet = xl.Worksheets.Item('SVP INFO')

sheet.Tab.Color = 255

wkb.Save()

wkb.Close()

xl.Quit()

xl = None
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