VBScript
Session 16
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Last time we’ve learned
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Regulars Expressions.
Methods and properties.
How to use the object and his
collections.
How to create complex patterns.
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Subjects for session 16
Microsoft Excel Object Model.
Workbooks and Worksheets
Ranges and Cells.
Worksheet Functions.
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Microsoft Excel Object Model
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Microsoft Excel Object Model
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Workbooks
 Use the Workbooks property of the “Excel.Application”
object to return the Workbooks collection.
Dim objAppXL
Set objAppXL = CreateObject(“Excel.Application”)
objAppXL.Visible = False
With objAppXL.Workbooks
.Add
‘--- Create an new empty workbook.
.Open “bugs.xls”
‘--- Open an existing workbook.
.Close
‘--- Close all open workbook.
End With
objAppXL.Quit
Set objAppXL = Nothing
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Workbooks
 Use the Workbooks collection with an index or a name to
reference a workbook.
‘--- Set focus on the firstopened/created workbook.
objAppXL.Workbooks(1).Activate
‘--- Set focus on the bugs.xls workbook.
objAppXL.Workbooks(“bugs.xls”).Activate
 You can also use the ActivateWorkbook property.
‘--- Set focus on the firstopened/created workbook.
objAppXL.Workbooks(1).Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Author = “Dani V.”
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Workbooks
 Use the Workbook – Example
objAppXL.Workbooks.Open “\\zeppo\FT_QA\bugs.xls”
objAppXL.Workbooks.SaveAs “C:\bugs_local.xls”
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Close
objAppXL.Workbooks.Add.Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Subject = “sales 2004”
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WorkSheets
 Use the Worksheets property of the workbook collection to
return the Worksheets collection.
‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.
MsgBox objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
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WorkSheets
 Use the Worksheets collection with an index or a name to
reference a worksheet.
‘--- Activate, print and save the first worksheet
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).PrintOut
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).SaveAs “x.xls”
‘--- Delete, the “Sheet 3” worksheet
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(“Sheet3”).Delete
 You can also use application object’s ActivateWorksheet
property
‘--- Set focus on the first opened/created workbook
objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
objAppXL.ActiveWorksheet.PrintOut
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Worksheets
 Use the Worksheet – Example
Dim objWshXL
Set objWshXL = objAppXL.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
‘--- Perform a calculation.
objWshXL.Range(“A1:A3”) = “1”
objWshXL.Range(“A4”) = “=Sum(A1:A3)”
objWshXL. PrintOut
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Ranges and Cells
 You may want to reference cells or a range of cells for doing
something such entering a formula or changing the format.
 A Range can be also a single cell.
 Example
‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.
objWshXL.Range(“A1:A3”).Font.Bold = True
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Ranges and Cells
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Range(“A1”)
Range(“A1:B5”)
Range(“C5:D9,G9:H16”)
Range(“A:A”)
Range(“1:1”)
Range(“A:C”)
Range(“1:5”)
Range(“1:1,3:3,8:8”)
Range(“A:A,C:C,F:F”)
Cell A1.
Cells A1 thorough B5.
A multiple area selection.
Column A.
Row 1.
Column A thorough C.
Rows 1 thorough 5.
Rows 1,3, and 8.
Columns A,C, and
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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing cells:
‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.
objWshXL.Cells(6,1) = “10”
objWshXL.Range(“A6”) = “10”
Dim i
For i = 1 to 20
objWshXL.Cells(i,3) = i
Next
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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing cells:
‘--- Show the number of worksheets in the workbook.
objWshXL.Cells(6,1) = “10”
objWshXL.Range(“A6”) = “10”
Dim i
For i = 1 to 20
objWshXL.Cells(i,3) = i
Next
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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing rows and columns:
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Rows(1)
Rows
Columns(1)
Columns(“A”)
Columns
Row one.
All the rows on the worksheet.
Column one.
Column one.
All the columns in the worksheet.
 Example
‘--- Setting the fone of first row to be bold.
objWshXL.Rows(1).Font.Bold = True
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Ranges and Cells
 Referencing a named range:
‘--- Font all range cells red color.
objWshXL.Range(“salaries”).Font.Color = RGB(255,0,0)
 Referencing all cells:
‘--- Clear all worksheet’s cells.
objWshXL.Cells.ClearContents
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Ranges and Cells
 Looping through a range of cells:
‘--- Go over all cells in a range.
For Each c In objWshXL.Range(“A1:D10”).Cells
if Abs(c.Value) = 0.01 Then c.Value = 0
Next
 Selecting cells:
objWshXL.Range(“A1”).Select
objWshXL.ActiveCell = “Hello”
objWshXL.Range(“A1”) = “Hello”
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Ranges and Cells
 Useful methos and properties
Methods
Activate
CheckSpelling
Clear
ClearContent
ClearFormats
Copy
Cut
Paste
Delete
Replace
Select
Sort
Properties
Cells
Columns
Rows
Font
Formula
Style
Value
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Ranges and Cells
 Used as a container for Microsoft Excel worksheet functions that
can be called from VBScript.
 Example:
‘--- Find the minimum value within a range.
Dim theRange, minVal
Set theRange = objWshXL.Range(“A1:C10”)
minVal = objAppXL.WorksheetFunction.Min(theRange)
MsgBox “The minimum is: “ & minVal
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Ranges and Cells
 Useful worksheets functions
Methods
Count
Max
Min
Sum
And
Or
Power
Round
StDev
Average
Pi
And Many More
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