Joe_Jefferies Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Hi I am quite new to Autoit and am having trouble with Excel #include <Excel.au3> Global $oExcel = _Excel_Open() MsgBox(0, "", "Excel Open: " & @error) Global $sFilePath = "test1.xls" _Excel_BookOpen($oExcel, $sFilePath) MsgBox(0, "", "Book Open: " & @error) Send("Writing this will cause it to fail to close!!") ; Comment it out and it works fine _Excel_Close($oExcel, False, True); MsgBox(0, "", "Excel Close " & @error) I can open and clos an excel spreadsheet Ok until I modify it (Then I get an error code 1) If I comment out the 'Send line' it works fine What am i doing wrong testexcel.au3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlackerAl Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) Worked OK for me with the Send line uncommented. 0 2 0 and closed Windows 10, Excel Office 365 I would use _Excel_RangeWrite, _Excel_CopyPaste, or _Excel_RangeReplace to modify the data myself, not sure if the Send is going to do what you want. Edited April 5, 2019 by SlackerAl Additional Info Problem solving step 1: Write a simple, self-contained, running, replicator of your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlackerAl Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 You might want to try this instead... Global $sFilePath = @ScriptDir & "\test1.xlsx" of your line, just to be sure. Problem solving step 1: Write a simple, self-contained, running, replicator of your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 If I remember right, the Send you're using leaves the cell in edit mode until you hit Enter or Tab, or click on another cell. Don't use Send anyways, that's not the right way to automate Excel, especially since you're using the Excel UDF already. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlackerAl Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Ah yes, BrewManNH is correct, once I set up an empty sheet for it to open I see the Send leaves the cell in edit mode. Problem solving step 1: Write a simple, self-contained, running, replicator of your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 As you have seen mixing API (the Excel UDF) and GUI automation (Send statement) is never a good idea 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...
Joe_Jefferies Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 Ok Thanks everyone. I was really only using 'Send' as a quick and dirty test - intending to write something better but then got hung up on this problem. I tried _Excel_RangeWrite now andand after that had no problems Thanks again Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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