[Newbie] Help with _ExcelReadSheetToArray

[SkysLastChance 10]

I was wondering if it is possible to make a input box that could change the number of rows? 

So instead of $aArray= _ExcelReadSheetToArray($oExcel,2,1,10,3,True)

I was wondering If I could have a input box where I can change the number of row to a variable number each time I run the bot? 

Because sometimes I might have 10 row other times I might have 250... 

Sorry, If this is not the right place for this post. This is the first time I have posted 

Any help would be awesome. Thanks

[water 2,359]

Welcome to AutoIt and the forum!

Use function InputBox to get the number from the user and assign it to a variable. Then pass the variable to _ExcelReadSheetToArray.

Make sure to use function "Number" to convert the string returned by InputBox to a number.

[SkysLastChance 10]

Awesome, Thank you for the quick response! 

This is what I did

$number = inputbox( "Sky Bot", "How many entires?")

_ExcelReadSheetToArray($oExcel,2,1,$number,3,True)

[water 2,359]

Out of curiosity: Can you explain what your "Sky bot" is?

[SkysLastChance 10]

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#include <File.au3>
#include <Excel.au3>
#include <Word.au3>
#include <Array.Au3>
#include <Clipboard.au3>

$number = inputbox( "Sky Bot", "How many entires?")


HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate")
Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc
Opt("SendKeyDelay", 80)
Dim $oExcel, $sExcelFile, $ms
Dim $fExcelVisible = 1 ;Change this to 0 for Production
While ProcessExists("EXCEL.EXE")
$ms = MsgBox(5,"","Process error.  You have an Excel sheet open.  You must close it in order to let this program work.  Please close it now.") ;Retry=4 and Cancel=2
    If $ms=2 Then Exit
Sleep(250)
WEnd
$sExcelFile = FileOpenDialog("Choose/Create Excel File", @ScriptDir, "(*.xlsx)") ;Changed $oExcel to $sExcelFile
If FileExists($sExcelFile) Then

    $oExcel = _ExcelBookOpen($sExcelFile,$fExcelVisible, False);this will open the chosen xls file.
If IsObj($oExcel) Then ConsoleWrite("Excel book " & $sExcelFile & " has been opened." & @CRLF)
Else
$oExcel = _ExcelBookNew($fExcelVisible);this is here to create the xls file if it does not exist.


EndIf
$aArray= _ExcelReadSheetToArray($oExcel,2,1,$number,3,True) ; $iStartRow = 1, $iStartColumn = 1, $iRowCnt = 10, $iColCnt = 3, $iColShift = True as excel
$rows = 1
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 1)
Local $loop = 0
Run("notepad.exe")

Do
For $i =  1 to $aArray[0][0]  ; if you change 1 it will start reading from that.
$sR1 = $aArray[$i][0] ; Entry Number
$sR2 = $aArray[$i][1] ; Weight
$sR3 = $aArray[$i][2] ; Value

WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
send($sR1)
send("{ENTER}")
send($sR2)
send("{ENTER}")
send($sR3)
send("{ENTER}")
Next

    $loop = $loop + 1
Until $loop = $rows


_ExcelBookClose($oExcel) ; close excel
ProcessClose("Excel.exe") ; close excel
MsgBox(0,"Sky Bot ","Total Number of Entries" &": "& $i - 1) ;ProcessClose("notepad.exe") ; close notepad ;send("!n")

[SkysLastChance 10]

It is not done yet. I am using notepad as a testing program, until I get it working how I want. I just basically need it to move information from excel into my program to store data.

side question: I am probably going to look this up tomorrow, but If you know I would appreciate a response. How do I do Shift commands with the F keys. Such as Shift+F6. I know control is "^" ,but not sure on shift.

Edit: Figured it out - Send ("{LSHIFT}+{F6}") 

Edited September 11, 2013 by SkysLastChance

[water 2,359]

Just as an information: You do not need to close Excel if it is already running. If the workbook you want to process is already open just use _ExcelBookAttach to connect to this workbook. If it fails (because the running Excel instance uses another workbook) use _ExcelBookOpen.