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Delete Column
Keywords: remove delte column columns Excel XLS
Question:
I need help deleting some columns of data in an Excel workbook... I have my code working but there are some columns of data that are not need and I would like to remove them. I am not sure how to do this.Any help or examples would be appreciated
Answer:
Here is the code I would use to delete a single column regardless of how many rows it contains:
column = "B:B" ;Column to delete
;Define .XLS file
;xls = "C:\Temp\Data\test.xls"
title = "Excel Files"
path = DirScript()
mask = "XLS Files (*.xls)|*.xls"
xls = AskFilename(title, path, mask, "", 1)
objXL = ObjectCreate("Excel.Application")
objXL.Visible = @TRUE
objXL.DisplayAlerts = @FALSE
;Open XLS file
objWorkbooks = objXL.Workbooks
objWorkbooks.Open(XLS)
;Get Active WorkSheet Object
objActiveSheet = objXL.ActiveSheet
If objActiveSheet == 0
Message("","No active workSheet")
objActiveWorkbook = 0
objXL = 0
Exit
EndIf
wrkshtname = objActiveSheet.Name
;Message("Active WorkSheet Name",wrkshtname)
objWorkSheet = objXL.Worksheets(wrkshtname)
objcols = objWorkSheet.Columns(column)
objcols.Select
;Delete Column
objcols.Delete()
objWorkbooks.Close()
objXL.Quit()
objcols = 0
objWorkSheet = 0
objActiveSheet = 0
objWorkbooks = 0
objXL = 0
Exit
Article ID: W17449
File Created: 2008:04:10:15:10:36
Last Updated: 2008:04:10:15:10:36