theAutoitSpammer Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) [sOLVED see my second post]After much reading I still can't figure out how to run an excel macro.here is my problem1-excel book1 already open2-personal.xls (with several macros in it) running in the background as add-in (invisible)3-autoit should call macro "compare_files" in module 4 of personal.xls and run it in "book1"I try some code found here but get an error (see below)---------------------------------------------WinActivate("Microsoft Excel - Book1")WinWaitActive("Microsoft Excel - Book1")Dim $objXL$objXL = ObjCreate("Excel.Application")With $objXL .Visible = True $x = .Run("compare_files")EndWith---------------------------------the run function returns an "error in expression"I think "Run" can't find the macro but I have no idea as to how to point in the right direction.please help and thanks in advance Edited November 19, 2008 by alram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arikirangi44 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 After much reading I still can't figure out how to run an excel macro.here is my problem1-excel book1 already open2-personal.xls (with several macros in it) running in the background as add-in (invisible)3-autoit should call macro "compare_files" in module 4 of personal.xls and run it in "book1"I try some code found here but get an error (see below)---------------------------------------------WinActivate("Microsoft Excel - Book1")WinWaitActive("Microsoft Excel - Book1")Dim $objXL$objXL = ObjCreate("Excel.Application")With $objXL .Visible = True $x = .Run("compare_files")EndWith---------------------------------the run function returns an "error in expression"I think "Run" can't find the macro but I have no idea as to how to point in the right direction.please help and thanks in advancethis UDF works quite well. I use it at work to automate some Excel workbooks.. if you just want to write a few COM functions i sugest you look at the source for this UDF... should point you in the right directionhttp://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...mp;hl=excel+udf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arikirangi44 Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 this might help alsohttp://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...12&hl=excel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theAutoitSpammer Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 thank you guys I found the solution before your posts and is quite simple anyway is much appreciated and now, with your posts, I can learn more about COM's for Excel ------------------------------------------------------------- AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ;match any substring in window title WinActivate("Microsoft Excel") WinWaitActive("Microsoft Excel") If WinActive("Microsoft Excel") Then Dim $objXL $objXL = ObjGet("", "Excel.Application") With $objXL .Visible = True $x = .Run("'C:\Documents and Settings\Al User\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\PERSONAL.XLS'!module4.compare_files") EndWith EndIf -------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks again Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sivaramanm Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hey theAutoitSpammer I am also in need of the same situation of running a macro of Book2 on Book1. When i ran your above code, I am getting the following error. Can you please help? Global $ExcelReport = $BaseDir & "STA_Market_weekly_report_master.xlsx" $oExcel1 = _ExcelBookOpen($ExcelReport,1)_ExcelSheetActivate($oExcel1,"NV STA")$oExcel1.run("C:\Users\s.mailappan\Desktop\3G-Reports\week_module.xlsm!A1__Market_Summary") ;*Note:* week_module.xlsm is the second Book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 This is a 5 year old thread, I don't know the poster you asked, but I don't think he's been around much lately. 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...
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