Push Code into Excel using OLE

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Question:

I have an excel spreadsheet (template) created in a directory... for the life of me, i cannot figure out how to write the code to simply open an existing spreadsheet so that i can push data into. i realize this is basic stuff. You can laugh, but please assist. Thanks.

Answer:

Try attached Example. It pushed code into Excel using OLE...

; ********************************************************************************
; *
; * Excel OLE Sample
; *
; ********************************************************************************                                                 

objXL = ObjectOpen("Excel.Application")

objXL.Visible = @TRUE

Workbooks=objXL.WorkBooks
Workbooks.Add

Numbers="One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten"
offset=1
row=0

:ROWLOOP
col=0
row=row+1
if row > 10 then goto byebye
strValue=ItemExtract(row,Numbers," ")
colIndex=row+offset

;Column Heading
Cells1=objXL.Cells(1, colIndex)
Cells1.Value=strValue
;Add special properties
myfont = Cells1.Font
myfont.FontStyle = "BOLD"
myfont.size = 12
myfont.ColorIndex = 3 ; RED

;Row Heading
Cells1=objXL.Cells(row+1, 1)
Cells1.Value=strValue
;Add special properties
myfont = Cells1.Font
myfont.FontStyle = "BOLD"
myfont.size = 12
myfont.ColorIndex = 3 ; RED

:COLLOOP
col=col+1
if col > 10 then goto ROWLOOP
;Sets values of cells
strValue=row*col
Cells1=objXL.Cells(row+offset, col+offset)
Cells1.Value=strValue
;Add special properties
myfont = Cells1.Font
myfont.FontStyle = "BOLD"
myfont.size = 10

goto COLLOOP

:byebye
ObjectClose(objXL)
Message("WinBatch OLE Sample","Complete")

Article ID:   W15256

File Created: 2002:09:05:13:50:52

Last Updated: 2002:09:05:13:50:52

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