How can I get the process ID of the current Excel instance that my VBA code is running in? I don't want to asking for it by the name in the caption, which causes problems when I have two or more Excel instances with the same caption.
To get the process ID, based on handler of the Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint application instance, you need to import 'user32. dll' via DllImport and then use the Win32 API 'GetWindowThreadProcessId'.
An End is a statement in VBA that has multiple forms in VBA applications. One can put a simple End statement anywhere in the code. It will automatically stop the execution of the code. One can use the End statement in many procedures like to end the sub procedure or to end any Loop function like “End If.”
Define the FIND function of VBA Excel. To search, a VBA code is written by entering some or all arguments of the FIND function. One can specify the direction of search, order of search, data to be searched, the format of the search value, and so on. The FIND function returns the cell containing the specified value.
View More. VBA stands for Visual Basic Analysis. Excel VBA is Microsoft's programming language for Office applications such as MS-Excel, MS-Word, and MS-Access. Macros are what most people who write VBA code use.
My solution in Excel 2013: in a new module, I added the following code:
Private Declare Function GetCurrentProcessId Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Public Sub Test()
Debug.Print GetCurrentProcessId
End Sub
You can use this method to get the current process id.
Declare Function GetCurrentProcessId Lib "kernel32" () As Long
This page has a good overview of exactly how you can do it in various versions of excel.
As a vba n00b, some other things I did not know
The Declare statement goes at the top. VBA will complain if the declare statement is inserted after a sub declaration
For example, this will work
Declare Function GetCurrentProcessId Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Sub Update
...
...
End Sub
But this will not work
Sub Update
...
...
End Sub
Declare Function GetCurrentProcessId Lib "kernel32" () As Long
Here is how we display the PID in a messagebox in vbscript
Set app = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
MsgBox("Excel PID is " + CStr(app.Run("GetCurrentProcessId")))
Hope this helps someone
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