gtheys 0 Posted January 13, 2011 I'm trying to automate some excel processing. With autoit I open several Excel with an add-in. This add-in is used to update data in this excel.In autoit I managed to open the excel files with the add-in but now I need to select the menuitem to update the excel automatically. I don't have any clue howto do this in autoit3.I can't find any tutorials or manual howto do this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
water 2,387 Posted January 13, 2011 Please have a look at function "WinMenuSelectItem" in the help file. Maybe that's what you need. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2020-10-10 - Version 1.5.2.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX (NEW 2020-12-15 - Version 1.6.3.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2020-06-27 - Version 1.3.2.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsPowerPoint (2017-06-06 - Version 0.0.5.0) - Download - General Help & SupportExcel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - WikiTask Scheduler (2019-12-03 - Version 1.5.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiTutorials:ADO - Wiki, WebDriver - Wiki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtheys 0 Posted January 13, 2011 Please have a look at function "WinMenuSelectItem" in the help file.Maybe that's what you need.Tried this one but as stated in the help file it does'nt always work...For the moment I just used the Send command. But this only works if the excel menu items are always on the same place.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
water 2,387 Posted January 13, 2011 Shouldn't Send("!NRb")always work? My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2020-10-10 - Version 1.5.2.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX (NEW 2020-12-15 - Version 1.6.3.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2020-06-27 - Version 1.3.2.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsPowerPoint (2017-06-06 - Version 0.0.5.0) - Download - General Help & SupportExcel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - WikiTask Scheduler (2019-12-03 - Version 1.5.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiTutorials:ADO - Wiki, WebDriver - Wiki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juvigy 49 Posted January 13, 2011 In the "DATA" tab there is an "Refresh all" . Does pressing it work the same as ACNielsen? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtheys 0 Posted January 13, 2011 In the "DATA" tab there is an "Refresh all" . Does pressing it work the same as ACNielsen?No it doesn't it will use a external database to update the data in the excel that is defined as Nielsen data. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juvigy 49 Posted January 13, 2011 Then Try recording a macro , and manually refresh the ACNielsen data and the stop recording and post here the code from the macro recorder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtheys 0 Posted January 13, 2011 Then Try recording a macro , and manually refresh the ACNielsen data and the stop recording and post here the code from the macro recorder.When you record this it uses mousepositions. Don't think this is usable... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juvigy 49 Posted January 13, 2011 It doesnt record mouse positions when you click on the standard menus. Did you try it? This is a small example: Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' ' Application.CutCopyMode = False ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False End Sub Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtheys 0 Posted January 13, 2011 Question now is how do I know when the refresh is finished to advance my script Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gtheys 0 Posted January 13, 2011 It doesnt record mouse positions when you click on the standard menus. Did you try it? This is a small example: Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' ' Application.CutCopyMode = False ActiveWorkbook.RefreshAll Application.DisplayFormulaBar = False End Sub When I use the macrogenerator it just spits out a lot of mouse position things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juvigy 49 Posted January 13, 2011 Paste the code of the generator here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites