To get OpenOffice and Python setup and working follow these steps:

(note: adjust the paths accordingly)

1. Install OpenOffice

2. (My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Environment Vairables)
   a) Add open-office's program directory to new environment variable PYTHONPATH
      for example: C:\OpenOffice4.1.2\program
   b) Add location of Python.exe to PATH
      for example: C:\OpenOffice4.1.2\program\python-core-2.7.6\bin

3. try python:
   a) in command prompt window type python <enter>
   b) if python comes up, type: import uno <enter>
   c) if no error-message, then python is ready! Hurray

4. start openIOffice, to get the initialization process completed

5. in command prompt window start openOffice service manager
   soffice.exe -calc '-accept=pipe,nam=tmh;urp;StarOffice.Servicemanager'

6. on command prompt call python providing cashResource.py as script to execute 
   for example: python E:\nancy\workspace113\sfs\cashResource\system\cashResource.py