VBScript

Session 16

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Last time we’ve learned
 Regulars Expressions.
 Methods and properties.
 How to use the object and his
collections.
 How to create complex patterns.

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Subjects for session 16
 Microsoft Excel Object Model.
 Workbooks and Worksheets
 Ranges and Cells.
 Worksheet Functions.

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 Microsoft Excel Object Model
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 Microsoft Excel Object Model
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Workbooks
 Use the Workbooks property of the “Excel.Application”
object to return the Workbooks collection.
Dim objAppXL
Set objAppXL = CreateObject(“Excel.Application”)
objAppXL.Visible = False

With objAppXL.Workbooks
.Add ‘--- Create an new empty workbook.
.Open “bugs.xls” ‘--- Open an existing workbook.
.Close ‘--- Close all open workbook.
End With

objAppXL.Quit
Set objAppXL = Nothing

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Workbooks
 Use the Workbooks collection with an index or a name to
reference a workbook.

‘--- Set focus on the firstopened/created workbook.

objAppXL.Workbooks(1).Activate
‘--- Set focus on the bugs.xls workbook.
objAppXL.Workbooks(“bugs.xls”).Activate

 You can also use the ActivateWorkbook property.

‘--- Set focus on the firstopened/created workbook.

objAppXL.Workbooks(1).Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Author = “Dani V.”

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Workbooks
 Use the Workbook – Example

objAppXL.Workbooks.Open “\\zeppo\FT_QA\bugs.xls”
objAppXL.Workbooks.SaveAs “C:\bugs_local.xls”
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Close

objAppXL.Workbooks.Add.Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Subject = “sales 2004”

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WorkSheets
 Use the Worksheets property of the workbook collection to
return the Worksheets collection.

‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.

MsgBox objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count

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WorkSheets
 Use the Worksheets collection with an index or a name to
reference a worksheet.

‘--- Activate, print and save the first worksheet

objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).PrintOut
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).SaveAs “x.xls”
‘--- Delete, the “Sheet 3” worksheet
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(“Sheet3”).Delete

 You can also use application object’s ActivateWorksheet

property
‘--- Set focus on the first opened/created workbook
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorksheet.PrintOut

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Worksheets
 Use the Worksheet – Example

Dim objWshXL
Set objWshXL = objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
‘--- Perform a calculation.

objWshXL.Range(“A1:A3”) = “1”
objWshXL.Range(“A4”) = “=Sum(A1:A3)”
objWshXL. PrintOut

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Ranges and Cells
 You may want to reference cells or a range of cells for doing
something such entering a formula or changing the format.
 A Range can be also a single cell.
 Example
‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.
objWshXL.Range(“A1:A3”).Font.Bold = True

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Ranges and Cells
 Range(“A1”) Cell A1.
 Range(“A1:B5”) Cells A1 thorough B5.
 Range(“C5:D9,G9:H16”) A multiple area selection.
 Range(“A:A”) Column A.
 Range(“1:1”) Row 1.
 Range(“A:C”) Column A thorough C.
 Range(“1:5”) Rows 1 thorough 5.
 Range(“1:1,3:3,8:8”) Rows 1,3, and 8.
 Range(“A:A,C:C,F:F”) Columns A,C, and

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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing cells:

‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.

objWshXL.Cells(6,1) = “10”
objWshXL.Range(“A6”) = “10”

Dim i
For i = 1 to 20
objWshXL.Cells(i,3) = i
Next

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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing cells:

‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.

objWshXL.Cells(6,1) = “10”
objWshXL.Range(“A6”) = “10”

Dim i
For i = 1 to 20
objWshXL.Cells(i,3) = i
Next

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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing rows and columns:
 Rows(1) Row one.
 Rows All the rows on the worksheet.
 Columns(1) Column one.
 Columns(“A”) Column one.
 Columns All the columns in the worksheet.
 Example

‘--- Setting the fone of first row to be bold.

objWshXL.Rows(1).Font.Bold = True

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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing a named range:
‘--- Font all range cells red color.
objWshXL.Range(“salaries”).Font.Color = RGB(255,0,0)

 Referencing all cells:

‘--- Clear all worksheet’s cells.
objWshXL.Cells.ClearContents

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Ranges and Cells
 Looping through a range of cells:
‘--- Go over all cells in a range.
For Each c In objWshXL.Range(“A1:D10”).Cells
if Abs(c.Value) = 0.01 Then c.Value = 0
Next

 Selecting cells:
objWshXL.Range(“A1”).Select
objWshXL.ActiveCell = “Hello”

objWshXL.Range(“A1”) = “Hello”

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Ranges and Cells
 Useful methos and properties

Methods Properties
Activate Cells
CheckSpelling Columns
Clear Rows
ClearContent Font
ClearFormats Formula
Copy Style
Cut Value
Paste
Delete
Replace
Select
Sort

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Ranges and Cells
 Used as a container for Microsoft Excel worksheet functions that
can be called from VBScript.
 Example:
‘--- Find the minimum value within a range.
Dim theRange, minVal

Set theRange = objWshXL.Range(“A1:C10”)

minVal = objAppXL.WorksheetFunction.Min(theRange)
MsgBox “The minimum is: “ & minVal

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Ranges and Cells
 Useful worksheets functions
Methods
Count
Max
Min
Sum
And
Or
Power
Round
StDev
Average
Pi
And Many More

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