[AccessD] Run Excel From Within Access

Guilty as Charred.

(Not misspelled)

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:08 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Run Excel From Within Access

Which is precisely why I called William on his unequivocal statement about ShellExecute.  :-)

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Stuart

On 27 May 2012 at 13:52, Charlotte Foust wrote:

> I know that Stuart.  But unequivocal statements  about a method's 
> usefulness can be misleading to someone who doesn't make the distinction.
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:
> 
> > This thread was NOT about automating/manipulating an Excel file.   It was
> > about how to open
> > a file.
> >
> > It was started by Arthur because he was  having difficulty with 
> > Application.Run after creating the file.
> >
> > --
> > Stuart
> >
> > On 27 May 2012 at 13:15, Charlotte Foust wrote:
> >
> > > CreateObject isn't intended to just open a file. There are much 
> > > easier ways. It's there for when you need to manipulate the file. 
> > > I use it to
> > open
> > > an excel template, trigger the macro that imports an xml file into
> > multiple
> > > ranges, and then save the workbook as macro-free without getting 
> > > into the Excel app itself.
> > >
> > > Charlotte Foust
> > >
> > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Stuart McLachlan
> > > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:
> > >
> > > > And how many additional lines of code are required in addition 
> > > > to that line which sets the variable - each time you want to  
> > > > open a file?
> > > >
> > > > The  one line ShellExecute() (plus the  once per application 
> > > > Declare) isn't meant to, and does not "automate" Excel..  It 
> > > > just *opens* any type of file which has an associated 
> > > > application.
> > > >
> > > > IMNSHO,  CreateObject() is absolutely the hardest way to display 
> > > > a
> > file I
> > > > have ever seen
> > > > implemented.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Stuart
> > > >
> > > > On 27 May 2012 at 13:54, William Benson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Absolutely the hardest way to automate excel I have ever seen
> > > > implemented!
> > > > >
> > > > > Just set a variable = Createobject("Excel.Application") and 
> > > > > control
> > Excel
> > > > > through that.
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