[AccessD] Run Excel From Within Access

ROFL

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On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 6:57 AM, Benson, William (GE Global Research,
consultant) <Benson at ge.com> wrote:

> Guilty as Charred.
>
> (Not misspelled)
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> -----Original Message-----
> 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
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> 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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> > > Mob: +675 7100 2028
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