Remo1075 Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hi everyone, I have a script that I'm using that when run on a pc creates a folder on a remote share with an Excel file under it. The Excel file contains serial numbers of all software on the computer, I need to write another sctipt that runs through the root folder and in to the subfolders, polls all Excels looking for say a cell that contains Adobe and the cell next to it contains the serial number. Get that information and write it out to a single Excel called adobe.xls. I am not an expert in scripting but think that it might be able to be done using an array? Any pointers, much appriciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 The UDF will create a nice recursive list of Excel files for you.Then loop through the files in the array and search for the info you need. My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo1075 Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thanks for the pointer.. I have started off with the code below but it seems to always return a value of 0 even though the cell has data in it. #include <RecFileListToArray.au3> #include <Excel.au3> $sDir = @ScriptDir ;List all xls files to array. $aFiles = _RecFileListToArray($sDir, "*.xls", 1, 1, 0, 2) For $i = 1 To $aFiles[0] $sCellValue = _ExcelReadCell($aFiles[$i], 1, 2) MsgBox(0, "", "Cell Value is: " & @CRLF & $sCellValue, 2) Next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted November 28, 2011 Moderators Share Posted November 28, 2011 Remo1075,Go and read the Help file for the _Excel* functions. In this case it seems that you need to use _ExcelBookOpen first and then use the return value from that in _ExcelReadCell. And do not forget to use _ExcelBookClose either once you have the data from that file! M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo1075 Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hi, thanks for your reply. I still get 0 return value in the msgbox when I add _ExcelBookOpen and _ExcelBookClose, because I'm dealing with possibly hundereds of excel sheets idealy I dont want the script to physically open an instance of Excel everytime which is what _ExcelBookOpen and _ExcelBookClose is doing. I am still facing an issue of not being able to read a cell value from an array of loaded excel sheets.Thanks for posting..[/i] [i][i]#include <RecFileListToArray.au3> #include <Excel.au3>[/i][/i] [i][i]$sDir = @ScriptDir[/i][/i] [i][i];List all xls files to array. $aFiles = _RecFileListToArray($sDir, "*.xls", 1, 1, 0, 2)[/i][/i] [i][i]For $i = 1 To $aFiles[0][/i][/i] [i][i]_ExcelBookOpen($aFiles[$i]) Sleep(200) $sCellValue = _ExcelReadCell($aFiles[$i], 2, 1) _ExcelBookClose($aFiles[$i])[/i][/i] [i][i]MsgBox(0, "", "Cell Value is: " & @CRLF & $sCellValue, 2)[/i][/i] [i][i]Next[/i][/i] [i] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Try this: #include <RecFileListToArray.au3> #include <Excel.au3> $sDir = @ScriptDir ;List all xls files to array. $aFiles = _RecFileListToArray($sDir, "*.xls", 1, 1, 0, 2) For $i = 1 To $aFiles[0] $oExcel = _ExcelBookOpen($aFiles[$i]) Sleep(200) $sCellValue = _ExcelReadCell($oExcel, 2, 1) _ExcelBookClose($oExcel) MsgBox(0, "", "Cell Value is: " & @CRLF & $sCellValue, 2) Next My UDFs and Tutorials: Spoiler UDFs:Active Directory (NEW 2022-02-19 - Version 1.6.1.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiExcelChart (2017-07-21 - Version 0.4.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Example ScriptsOutlookEX (2021-11-16 - Version 1.7.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiOutlookEX_GUI (2021-04-13 - Version 1.4.0.0) - DownloadOutlook Tools (2019-07-22 - Version 0.6.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - WikiPowerPoint (2021-08-31 - Version 1.5.0.0) - Download - General Help & Support - Example Scripts - WikiTask Scheduler (NEW 2022-07-28 - Version 1.6.0.1) - Download - General Help & Support - Wiki Standard UDFs:Excel - Example Scripts - WikiWord - Wiki Tutorials:ADO - WikiWebDriver - Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remo1075 Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thanks alot...Great Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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