Microsoft KB Archive/142476

= ACC: Using Automation to Create and Manipulate an Excel Workbook =

Article ID: 142476

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q142476



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SUMMARY
This article show you how to use Automation to create and manipulate a Microsoft Excel Worksheet.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.



Create a New Microsoft Excel Worksheet
 Create a new folder on drive C named Examples. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.  Create a new module and type the following function in the Module windows: Function ExcelTest Dim xlobject As Object, xlsheet As Object

Set xlobject = CreateObject("excel.sheet.5") Set xlsheet = xlobject.Application.activeworkbook.sheets("sheet1")

With xlsheet .range("a1").Value = CDbl(InputBox("Enter 1st Number", _ "Excel Example")) .range("b1").Value = CDbl(InputBox("Enter 2nd Number", _ "Excel Example"))

.range("c1").Value = xlsheet.range("a1").Value * _ xlsheet.range("b1").Value

End With

xlsheet.Parent.SaveAs "c:\examples\xltest.xls" xlobject.Application.Quit Set xlobject = Nothing

End Function  Save the module as basExcel. Press CTRL+G to open the Debug window, and then type the following word:

ExcelTest

 When prompted to "Enter 1st number" enter 1. When prompted to "Enter 2nd number" enter 2.</li> Start Microsoft Excel and open the workbook c:\examples\xltest.xls to view the results.</li></ol>

Create a New Microsoft Excel Worksheet by Using a Bound Control on a Form
<ol>  Create a new table with the following properties: <pre class="fixed_text">     Table: tblTestExcel --     Field Name: MyOleField Data Type : OLE Object </li> Create a new form based on the tblTestExcel table by using the AutoForm: Columnar Wizard.</li> Add two text boxes to the form named Text1 and Text2.</li> Add a command button to the form with the following properties:

Name: cmdMyButton

Caption: My Button

OnClick: [Event Procedure]

</li>  Set the command button's OnClick property to the following event procedure: Dim xlobject As Object, xlsheet As Object With myOleField .Class = "excel.sheet.5" .OLETypeAllowed = acOLEEmbedded .Action = acOLECreateEmbed .Verb = acOLEVerbInPlaceUIActivate .Action = acOLEActivate End With

Set xlobject = Me!myOleField.Object.Application Set xlsheet = xlobject.Application.activeworkbook.sheets("sheet1")

With xlsheet .range("a1").Value = CDbl(Me!Text1) .range("b1").Value = CDbl(Me!Text2) .range("c1").Value = xlsheet.range("a1").Value * _ xlsheet.range("b1").Value End With

xlobject.Parent.Quit Text1.SetFocus </li> Switch the form to Form view and enter numeric values into the Text1 and Text2 fields.</li> Click the cmdMyButton command button. Note that the Microsoft Excel data is inserted into the Object on the form.</li></ol>

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