Office Automation :: Excel 2007 Automated By .Net 2003?
Feb 12, 2009
I have both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 installed on my system. When I call oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application"), Excel 2003 is used in the context in my .NET code instead of Excel 2007 (which I need to be used). I have referenced the "Microsoft Excel 12.0 Object Library" but when the code runs, the 11.0 version is used.
Is it because I am using Visual Studio .Net 2003 that Excel 2007 cannot be correctly referenced or do I need to change a reference or setting?
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Apr 20, 2010
Ok basically what I need to do is the following:Read FirstExcelDoc (attached)For every row in that: Retrieve data from sql server db based on info in the Orange columns of FirstExcelDoc Let's say I retrieved data elements A, B, C, D, and E from sql server. Then I need to enter those same data elements A, B, and C in another excel spreadsheet (which has formulas etc) After inputing A, B, and C in that spreadsheet, read a couple of calculated fields and compare those results to data elements D and E retrieved originally from SQL Server DB. Finally, output the results in the Blue columns of the FirstExcelDoc spreadsheet for that row.Loop through and do the same thing for row 2 of the FirstExcelDoc and keep on until you see "END TEST" in the FirstExcelDoc.
I'm looking for a method of doing this efficiently. I have read several articles over the past few days as well as those from Mike R. but just need some direction to get started on this.To start of I'm looking for whether to read the entire FirstExcelDoc spreadsheet or just read the info for first policy number(2nd row) and process it and write out the blue column info for that row and then loop through and come back and read the second policy number (3rd row) etc... Please attach a code snippet for either way of reading the data.
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Mar 28, 2011
i was wondering if someone could give me the final explanation on what i might be doing wrong here.I spent a lot of time reading around the net and the forum about how to add Threading capabilities to a VB project.
Nos, i've got .NET 4 installed, and i've added the system.tsr and mscorlib.dll files as reference in, say, Excel 2007 (see screenshot).However, when i try to make a thread with anything as basic as "Dim Thread1 As System.Threading.Thread", i get a user-defined type not found error.Indeed, when i use the object browser to see what's in the System file, theres nothing remotely linked to any Threading, and in the mscorlib file, nothing under "Threading" either, just a few Thread related functions, but nothing defining a data type
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Oct 6, 2010
I have a seemingly simple question I can't seem to figure out. I have an old VBA application that connects to a database using OLEDB, grabs data, and populates an excel sheet using Excel.QueryTable after the user clicks a button. I'm trying to port this rather large program to VB.NET. I've created a few projects in my solution, one of which being an ExcelWorkBook. I want this workbook to load each time users launch the program and be blank until they click a button which will populate the data.
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Dec 1, 2010
I used the code previously added by Mike Rosenblum but Excel is still not closing, Here is my code:
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop
Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Private Sub Check_For_Xcel(ByVal filename As String)
Dim varpath As String = ""
Dim varvalue As String = ""
Dim xlapp As New Excel.Application
Dim xlbook1 As Excel.Workbook = xlapp.Workbooks.Add()
Try
varpath = filename
xlbook1 = GetObject(varpath)
xlbook1.Application.Visible = True
xlbook1.Windows(1).Visible = True
xlbook1.Application.WindowState = Excel.XlWindowState.xlMinimized
For irow = 2 To 65536
For icol = 1 To 4
Select Case icol
Case 1
read_date_time = xlbook1.Worksheets(1).Cells(irow, icol).Value
Case 2
read_plate = xlbook1.Worksheets(1).Cells(irow, icol).Value
Case 3
read_plate_state = xlbook1.Worksheets(1).Cells(irow, icol).Value
Case 4
read_location = xlbook1.Worksheets(1).Cells(irow, icol).Value
End Select
Next
If read_plate = Nothing Then Exit For
Check_IF_Present(read_plate, read_plate_state)
Next
If Not xlapp Is Nothing Then
GC.Collect()
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()
GC.Collect()
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()
Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(xlbook1.Worksheets)
xlbook1.Close(SaveChanges:=False)
Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(xlbook1)
xlapp.Quit()
Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(xlapp)
End If
xlbook1 = Nothing
xlapp = Nothing
GC.Collect()
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Error at Check for Xcel")
End Try
End Sub
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May 23, 2011
I've managed to work out how to read EXCEL cells via static values. Ideally I would like my application to check the third column of the EXCEL sheet and if there are no entries on a given row, it should display the coresponding row of colums 1 and 2...for example if (C,3) contains no entry then get values of (A,3) and (B,3)...then mark (C,3) as pending by writing a value to (C,3). Here is my code at the moment
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Jul 7, 2009
I have an application that browses through Excel-files, changes color in some cells if they are in a wrong format etc.When my application is saving the changed file I get this alert about compatibility issues that can occur, and this alertbox has to be agreed or cancelled to move on to the next file. How can I disable this compatibility check programmatically? Or is there any way to ensure there are only Excel 2003 compatible colors in the document before saving?
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Aug 24, 2009
I have an issue which has successfully busted my head all weekend. I created a COMAdd-in, in VB.NET (VS 2008) for Excel 2003. We now need to work the solution out for 2007 and since the layout and objects are a little different we had to make some critical Interface changes.Instead of a floating CommandBar we are now going with RibbonBar, which looks good but it doesn't work. Whenever I open Excel Workbook (which is the primary application). The Add-in successfully recognizes it and opens it up properly (bunch of Macro calls, layout settings etc). Anyway, after it opens, if I click on any button (on the new ribbon tab) I get "Application not properly initialize. Program will now close" and excel object is lost.
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Jun 10, 2009
I have used Visual Studio 2008 (VB) to create a custom tab and button group with custom buttons. When any of those buttons are clicked, I simply want to run a macro (add-in) that will already be loaded when Excel is launched. The main examples I've seen create an Excel object in the VB code and then call the macro, but that seems like unnecessary overhead, since the custom buttons are are already loaded into Excel.
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May 3, 2010
I'm trying to use common Worksheet functions found in Excel 2003 (average, standard deviation, etc) from within VS 2008. See thinned down sample code below:
Code:
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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When ran it returns "New cannot be used on an interface". Removing "New" returns "'WorksheetFunction' is a type in 'Excel' and cannot be used as an expression."
I've added a reference to the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel library v11.0.0.0, which I'm using in other places in the code with no complaints.
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Mar 31, 2009
Assume all traces of Office 2003 will be removed from the computer.I understand that I will still be able to use .xls files. I'm asking about automating Excel through the COM interop from outside Excel. When I add a reference to Excel to a VB project, it gives me a different version of the dll for different versions of Excel. If a program was compiled with a reference to Office 2003's dll, will it need to be recompiled for Office 2007? Will the code need to be updated to use the new dll?
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Jun 19, 2009
I added the reference and the "Imports" line, and I get the folowing error on the line
Code:
Dim oApp As New Excel.Application
Dim oWB As Excel.Workbook = oApp.Workbooks.Add()
Dim oWS As Excel.Worksheet = CType(oWB.Worksheets(1), Excel.Worksheet)
COMException was unhandled
Old format or invalid type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))
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May 28, 2010
I have completed a 145 page automated PowerPoint presentation application. The presentation is completed successfully. In the presentation, there are sets of charts that are repeated for difference Item Manager sections.
I created the template with the desired font for the graph datasheet, legend, etc. Most of the sections use the same font that is in the template. However, a few sections randomly change the font on the chart, making the words and numbers overlap eachother. I have attached two images showing this difference.
Have any of you encountered this type of problem? Do you have a solution for it? Also, if you do not have a solution directly with this problem - do you know how to change the font programmatically so that I can make sure the font is successfully chosen?
One thing to note - if I open up the presentation and open the graph to edit it, when I close the graph it successfully reverts to the font that is used with the rest of the presentation.
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Jul 2, 2009
I have created a Customized Excel template for Office 2007 using VSTO. currently i am showing this template under my templates. is it possible to show under Installed templates?
like we have in office 2007 Billing Statement, Blood Presser Tracker, Time Card , etc. Is it possibe to show the template which is created by me; under Installed templates?
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Nov 10, 2009
We have currently upgraded our development machines to Windows 7 and Office 2007. We have a vb 2008 app that references 2003 Office components to use for mail-merging to word.We loaded up our app in the vb environment today and were instantly greeted with missing components/functions which are related to the 2003 Office components. We can update these to use the Office 2007 components/functions instead, however we are unsure whether after doing this our vb app will work with machines only with Office 2003 on. can machines with Office 2003 on work with our vb app that references Office 2007 components?
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Jan 23, 2010
this is my vs:but i want to get the office 2003 and 2007 add-ins in it.i am using the professional edition of vs do i need to install some components?
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Feb 14, 2009
It appears that when one creates an instance of Excel, using CreateObject, (Late binding), the suggested Excel closing function (with GC.collect etc) does not work. I have tried several suggestions, and the only one that works is process.kill method. Do you see any problem in using this? BTW: the reason we are using late binding is that we cannot use Office PIAs....not sure which version of Office would be installed on the client site. We work with O2003, but the client might still be at 2000 or 2002.
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Aug 2, 2009
I Am about to buy a new office, and I must decide between 2007 and 2003.
I'd like to buy 2007 (same price where I live) but I cannot stand the UI.
Is there a way to make it look like 2003 (for me Word/Excel is enough) ?
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Feb 16, 2012
I have a application VB.net which is working fine for office 2003.But one of the user has installed office 2007.I dont have the knowledge of BindingRedirect .
Old references
Interop.Access version 11.0
VBE.Interop version 11.0[code]....
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Jun 24, 2010
I'm a longtime vba user with little vb.net experience, and had a slightly general question before I embrk on the vb learning curve. I'd very much like to use some of the itextsharp pdf watermarking functionality in an access 2003 application. Alas itextsharp is tragically not referencable in VBA. My question is whether I can build my functions in Visual Studio, referencing itextsharp there, and render them in some form that makes the functions available to use within vba..
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Jan 25, 2011
I have written an automation addin in Excel with C# (addin.dll). To use the addin, I need to 1. register it using "regasm /codebase c:...addin.dll"2. select in ExcelOptionsAddInsExcel AddinsAutomation the respective addin from the list
I would like to automatize 1) and 2), so that the user just needs to run an exe-file in order to use the addin. 1) should be no problem, but how can one automatize 2)?
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Jun 17, 2009
I'm using excel via interop in application.Sometimes users kill application that created excel instance and that results in excel instance sitting in memory without any chance of disposing it.First I tried to tackle this using ROT(running object table) looks like not all instances of excel are registered there.Than I tried to somehow mark excel process after it is started via interop.[code]This works as long as excel is visible but in my case excel window is invisible.All I need is to somehow mark process that started via automation with the parent PID, so that later I can kill it if parent does not exist.
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Dec 17, 2010
I have been pulling my hair out trying to fix this.
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Jun 1, 2010
We have a vb program which is run on our server by scheduled task every day. The program opens about 30 excel files, refreshes the data connections, pivot tables and then saves the document in another location.
This may run fine for a couple days but sooner or later the process starts crashing, usually with this error: RPC_E_SERVERFAULT.
My question is, Is it expected that continually opening/closing/refreshing workbooks will inevitably cause the Excel object to crash at some point.
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Apr 29, 2009
I am designing a shared add-in using VB.Net 2008 and VSTO that has to fire up when any MS Office App is started. It has to work for both 2002, 2003 and 2007 applications. I have managed to put together a working add-in that pops up a test message stating the version of Office and the Application name and tested this across all the apps ok.
The next part of the solution is to code the application specific code that needs to run for document auditing and corporate protective marking as well as, for example; in Excel checking that all the Add-Ins are linked to the Network Add-Ins folder.
My approach from now was going to be to late bind against the application object and set one of my typed (e.g. Excel) application object references which exist in the code to this object.
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Mar 4, 2009
Anyone who could provide me a direction to start with?
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Mar 11, 2010
I have a .NET winforms app that automates Excel and checks for a worksheet password. The requirements are to be able to detect
1) that the protection is turned off
2) that the password is removed (protected but there is no password)
3) that the password matches the correct password from a database
To meet the second requirement the program calls the Worksheet.Unprotect command with a null string, capturing the error. If error as expected, the 3rd check is made. If no error, then the Unprotect worked without a password ==> password was removed.
The code sample below has these checks.The application can do this fine with Office 2003. I have since had my dev machine updated to Office 2007 and it no longer works as it did. When I call the Worksheet.Unprotect, Excel prompts for the password!
I need to know how this should be accomplished in the new version of Excel or if there is a way to reference the old PIA. No matter what if I set a reference to Excel 11 it is replaced with the PIA for 12 in the GAC.
'return true if unprotect of worksheet does not generate an error
'all other errors will bubble up
'return false if specific error is "Password is invalid..."
Try
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Sep 25, 2009
I'm having an issue where my excel.exe process doesn't close until I close my .net application. I'd like to avoid using Process.Kill() if at all possible.
Code:
Private Sub WriteRowsToXls(ByVal rows As DataRowCollection, ByVal xlsPath As String, ByVal showStatus As Boolean, Optional ByVal AddTotals As Boolean = True)
Dim xlsApp As New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application
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This method references a couple of other methods I use for repeated formatting tasks, I'll include those methods below. (I added the FinalReleaseComObject into the other methods after reading Mike's thread but the issue persists)
Code:
Private Sub SetRangeValidation(ByVal rng As Range)
With rng.Validation
.Delete()
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Method SetRangeAllBorders does about the same as these other methods but my post is too long to add it. The only other things not shown in these code snippets are a few string variable that are defined in the class, studentWS, studentsWSPW, paymentsWS and paymentsWSPW My App creates an instance of the class, loads some data, runs the method above, and then sets the class to nothing. I'm using .NET 3.5 automating Excel 10
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Mar 3, 2009
Anyone who could provide me a direction to start with?
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May 28, 2009
I am developing an application using excel automation.The worst thing is the client's side doesn't have excel installed.What is the solution for this case?
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