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    #31
    Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

    Hi Stan,

    Yes you are correct, Excel does stop and ask for a password.

    The spreadsheet I'm trying to export to is not mine, which means I dont have full access to it.
    Regards
    Keith Hubert
    Alpha Guild Member
    London.
    KHDB Management Systems
    Skype = keith.hubert


    For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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      #32
      Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

      If they're not going to give you the password there's not much we can do. If they give you the password then you can unprotect it manually and save it. Then operate on the unprotected version.
      There can be only one.

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        #33
        Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

        Hi Stan,

        Back to this again.

        OK, I can enter data into a selected tab, the next question is what is the best method to use to enter data into the same spreadsheet (a) but on a different tab and (b) different data onto a different tab?
        Regards
        Keith Hubert
        Alpha Guild Member
        London.
        KHDB Management Systems
        Skype = keith.hubert


        For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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          #34
          Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

          Not sure I understand the question fully

          If you want to address a specific sheet you use

          XlApp.Sheets("sheetname").Select() 'note quotes

          or

          XlApp.Sheets(sheetnumber).Select()

          If you want to put the same data

          (a) but on a different tab

          you repeat the code section and change the sheet number or name. You could also create a list of sheet numbers or names and feed them to a

          for each..

          next
          loop

          For (b) different data onto a different tab you change sheetnumbers or names and have a different set of data insertion instructions.
          There can be only one.

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            #35
            Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

            Hi Stan,

            Sorry, did not explain properly.

            What I had in mind was loading data from another table into the same spreadsheet but on another named tab.

            The other aspect is, how do I control the path to see the spreadsheet in the My Documents folder?
            Regards
            Keith Hubert
            Alpha Guild Member
            London.
            KHDB Management Systems
            Skype = keith.hubert


            For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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              #36
              Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

              I believe the normal location of My Dcouments is in the pattern

              C:\Documents and Settings\smathews\My Documents

              So you have to know the user name and concatenate.

              Code:
              user = "smathews"
              
              ? "C:\Documents and Settings\\"+user+"\My Documents"
              = "C:\Documents and Settings\smathews\My Documents"
              loading data from another table into the same spreadsheet but on another named tab.
              You select the other tab as described and open the other table.

              From your code export_sales2, just add another section.


              Code:
              FUNCTION export_sales2 AS L (excelname AS C, newname AS C )
              export_sales2 = .F.
              Dim xlApp as p
              dim myCell as c
              xlApp = ole.create("Excel.Application")
              xlApp.Workbooks.Open("keith_sheet")
              XlApp.Sheets("Tab 1").Select()
              xlApp.Visible = .T. 'comment this line out if you don't want to see Excel
              tbl = table.open("new_sales")
              query.filter = ".T."
              query.order = "recno()"
              query.options = "I"
              query.description = "Temporary Query"
              ix = tbl.query_create()
              recs = ix.records_get()
              tbl.fetch_first()
              start_cell = 9
              FOR t = 0 TO recs
              xlApp.Range("A"+alltrim(str(start_cell+t))).Select()
              xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.sales_rep)
              xlApp.Range("B"+alltrim(str(start_cell+t))).Select()
              xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = tbl.Total_Invoice_Items__Extension
              'xlApp.Range("C"+alltrim(str(start_cell+t))).Select()
              'xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.email)
              tbl.fetch_next()
              NEXT t
              tbl.close()
              xlApp.Columns("A:B").Autofit()
              xlApp.Range("A1").Select()
              [COLOR="Blue"]XlApp.Sheets("[COLOR="red"]Tab 2[/COLOR]").Select()
              xlApp.Visible = .T. 'comment this line out if you don't want to see Excel
              tbl = table.open("some_other_table")
              query.filter = ".T."
              query.order = "recno()"
              query.options = "I"
              query.description = "Temporary Query"
              ix = tbl.query_create()
              recs = ix.records_get()
              tbl.fetch_first()
              start_cell = 9
              FOR t = 0 TO recs
              xlApp.Range("A"+alltrim(str(start_cell+t))).Select()
              xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.sales_rep)
              xlApp.Range("B"+alltrim(str(start_cell+t))).Select()
              xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = tbl.Total_Invoice_Items__Extension
              'xlApp.Range("C"+alltrim(str(start_cell+t))).Select()
              'xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.email)
              tbl.fetch_next()
              NEXT t
              tbl.close()
              xlApp.Columns("A:B").Autofit()
              xlApp.Range("A1").Select()[/COLOR]
              xlapp.DisplayAlerts = .F.
              xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(newname,-4143) '-4143 is latest supported version
              xlApp.Workbooks.Close()
              xlapp.DisplayAlerts = .T.
              xlApp.Quit()
              ex_keith = .T.
              END FUNCTION
              There can be only one.

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                #37
                Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

                Originally posted by Keith Hubert View Post
                Hi Stan,

                Sorry, did not explain properly.

                What I had in mind was loading data from another table into the same spreadsheet but on another named tab.

                The other aspect is, how do I control the path to see the spreadsheet in the My Documents folder?
                Keith

                Using the Alpha DAO export, I export multiple tables to a single spreadsheet with each table in it's own tab.

                I can control what field go into a column.

                Stan's method is fantastic if you need to have individual cell control, but requires a bit more work - as expected.
                Al Buchholz
                Bookwood Systems, LTD
                Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                Occam's Razor - KISS
                Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                Albert Einstein

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                  #38
                  Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

                  Thanks Guys.

                  You are just tooo much.
                  Regards
                  Keith Hubert
                  Alpha Guild Member
                  London.
                  KHDB Management Systems
                  Skype = keith.hubert


                  For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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                    #39
                    Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

                    Originally posted by Keith Hubert View Post
                    Thanks Guys.

                    You are just tooo much.
                    Hey, I resemble that remark... ;)
                    Al Buchholz
                    Bookwood Systems, LTD
                    Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                    Occam's Razor - KISS
                    Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                    Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                    When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                    "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                    Albert Einstein

                    http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                      #40
                      Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

                      Stan - This is an old post, but I have a project where I need to integrate Alpha with Excel. Do you know where I can find documentation where I can learn more about the code you have used in this thread?

                      Thanks - Don

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                        #41
                        Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

                        Hi Don,
                        When you say that you need to "integrate" Alpha with Excel, can you explain what that means more specifically? The application I developed and manage now has so many interfaces with Excel that I wonder what your definition of "integrate" is.
                        Mike W
                        __________________________
                        "I rebel in at least small things to express to the world that I have not completely surrendered"

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                          #42
                          Re: Export to Excel Tabs?

                          Mike - thanks for your reply. I worked out what I wanted to accomplish using bits of the code on this thread and some internet searching. I have an app where I needed one records worth of data at a time to be injected into different excel sheets.

                          HTML Code:
                          	Dim templatex AS C
                          	Dim cutsheetx AS C 
                          	Dim xlApp as p
                          	dim myCell as c
                          	
                          	
                          	templatex = "P:/Donald/" +alltrim(var->Template)+ ".xlsx" 'This is the template file to use                                                        
                          	cutsheetx = "P:/Donald/" +alltrim(str(var->Cutsheetkey))+ ".xlsx" 'This is the name of the file that is created/saved
                          	
                          	if file.exists(cutsheetx) then
                          	    templatex = cutsheetx
                          	    
                          	 else
                          	 	templatex = templatex
                          	end if
                          	
                          	xlApp = ole.create("Excel.Application")
                          	xlApp.Workbooks.Open(templatex)
                          	xlApp.sheets("Sheet2").Select()
                          	'xlApp.Visible = .T. 'comment this line out if you don't want to see Excel
                          	tbl = table.open("cutsheet")
                          	query.filter = "Cutsheetkey = var->cutsheetkey"
                          	query.order = "recno()"
                          	query.options = "N"
                          	query.description = "Temporary Query"
                          	ix = tbl.query_create()
                          	recs = ix.records_get()
                          
                          	
                          	
                          		xlApp.Range("B3").Select()
                          		xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.Unit_Label)
                          		xlApp.Range("B4").Select()
                          		xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.Str_Type)
                          		xlApp.Range("B5").Select()
                          		xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(tbl.Insidedim)
                          		xlApp.Range("B6").Select()
                          		xlApp.ActiveCell.Formula = alltrim(str(tbl.Topofwall))
                          		
                          		query.filter = ""
                          			
                                  tbl.close()
                          	xlApp.Columns("B").Autofit()
                          	xlApp.Range("A1").Select()
                          	xlApp.sheets("Sheet1").Select()
                          	xlApp.Range("A1").Select()
                          	xlapp.DisplayAlerts = .F.
                          	xlApp.ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs(cutsheetx) '-4143 is latest supported version,-4143
                          	xlApp.Workbooks.Close()
                          	xlapp.DisplayAlerts = .T.
                          	xlApp.Quit()
                          	
                          	sys_open("P:/Donald/" +alltrim(str(var->Cutsheetkey))+ ".xlsx")

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