[AccessD] Losing 3ms on date insert?

[Bill Benson]

Stuart, where do you use that code?

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:48 AM Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
wrote:

> In answer to your question: Yes.
>
> But I don't see how your link relates to that.  OLE is a different beasst
> to passing data to and
> from a spreadsheet.
>
> Here's an example of controlling a spreadsheet from another application
> (which could easily
> be a service).
>
>
> #COMPILER PBWIN 10
> #COMPILE EXE
> #DIM ALL
> #INCLUDE ONCE "Excel.inc"
>
>
> '------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ' Main application entry point...
> '
> FUNCTION PBMAIN
>   DIM oExcelApp       AS Excel_Application
>   DIM oExcelWorkbook  AS Excel_Workbook
>   DIM oExcelWorkSheet AS Excel_WorkSheet
>
>   DIM vBool    AS VARIANT
>   DIM vText1   AS VARIANT
>   DIM vText2   AS VARIANT
>   DIM vFile    AS VARIANT
>   DIM vFileFmt AS VARIANT
>   DIM oVnt     AS VARIANT
>   DIM nVnt     AS VARIANT
>   DIM vX       AS VARIANT
>   DIM vY       AS VARIANT
>   DIM x        AS LONG
>   DIM y        AS LONG
>   DIM ws       AS WSTRING
>
>   ' Open an instance of EXCEL
>   oExcelApp = ANYCOM $PROGID_Excel_Application
>
>   ' Could EXCEL be opened? If not, terminate this app
>   IF ISFALSE ISOBJECT(oExcelApp) OR ERR THEN
>     MSGBOX "Excel could not be opened. Please check that Excel and VBA are
> installed."
>     EXIT FUNCTION
>   END IF
>
>   ' Make MSEXCEL visible
>   vBool = 1
>   OBJECT LET oExcelApp.Visible = vBool
>
>   ' Create a new workbook in EXCEL
>   OBJECT CALL oExcelApp.WorkBooks.Add TO oExcelWorkBook
>   IF ISFALSE ISOBJECT(oExcelWorkbook) OR ERR THEN
>     MSGBOX "Excel could not open a new workbook. Please check that VBA is
> installed."
>     GOTO Terminate
>   END IF
>
>   ' Create a new worksheet in the workbook and use this
>   ' worksheet reference to pump data into EXCEL
>   OBJECT CALL oExcelWorkBook.WorkSheets.Add TO oExcelWorkSheet
>   IF ISFALSE ISOBJECT(oExcelWorkSheet) OR ERR THEN
>     MSGBOX "Excel could not open a new worksheet. Please check that VBA is
> installed."
>     GOTO Terminate
>   END IF
>
>   FOR y = 1 TO 50
>     FOR x = 1 TO 5
>       vX = x
>       vY = y
>       ws = "Cell " & CHR$$(x + 64) & FORMAT$(y)
>        vText1 = ws
>       OBJECT LET oExcelWorkSheet.Cells.Item(vY, vX) = vText1
>     NEXT x
>
>      vX = 6
>      nVnt = y + y / 10
>     OBJECT LET oExcelWorkSheet.Cells.Item(vY, vX) = nVnt
>
>    vX = 7
>     ws = FORMAT$(RND(-1000,1000), "$#,.00")
>     vText2 = ws
>     OBJECT LET oExcelWorkSheet.Cells.Item(vY, vX) = vText2
>   NEXT y
>
>   OBJECT CALL oExcelWorksheet.PrintPreview
>
>   ' Save the new XLS document to disk
>   vFile = "Test.xls"$$
>   OBJECT CALL oExcelWorkBook.SaveAs(vFile)
>     '----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Terminate:
>   MSGBOX "Press the OK button to close Excel and exit the application"
>
>   ' Close the current document and then close EXCEL completely
>   OBJECT CALL oExcelApp.ActiveWindow.Close
>   OBJECT CALL oExcelApp.Quit
>
>   ' Release the interfaces.  We could omit this since the
>   ' app is about to close, but "best practice" states we
>   ' should clean our house before moving out.
>   SET oExcelApp       = NOTHING
>   SET oExcelWorkbook  = NOTHING
>   SET oExcelWorkSheet = NOTHING
>
> END FUNCTION
>
>
> On 26 Nov 2018 at 22:32, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>
> > Can an external service be attached to an excel spreadsheet in which
> > parameters can be pasted back and forth?
> >
> > Like:
> >
> > https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-an-object-in-your-exce
> > l-spreadsheet-e73867b2-2988-4116-8d85-f5769ea435ba
> > http://bit.ly/2P5iUDh
> >
> > Jim
> >
>
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