title: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Book1.xls'
body: <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:/my_python/read1.py", line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
      book = open_workbook('Book1.xls',on_demand=True)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\xlrd\__init__.py", line 449, in open_workbook
      ragged_rows=ragged_rows,
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\xlrd\__init__.py", line 941, in biff2_8_load
      f = open(filename, open_mode)
  IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'Book1.xls'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am getting this error message in python while trying to open an excel sheet.....How can i solve this ?</p>