I am looking to run a macro, let's call it Macro01 from WorkSheet01 on WorkSheet02.
Using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Namespace I have opened a WorkSheet01.
public void Main_CodedStep()
{
// Object for missing (or optional) arguments.
object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
// Create an instance of Microsoft Excel
Excel.ApplicationClass oExcel = new Excel.ApplicationClass();
// Make it visible
oExcel.Visible = true;
// Open Worksheet01.xlsm
Excel.Workbooks oBooks = oExcel.Workbooks;
Excel._Workbook oBook = null;
oBook = oBooks.Open("C:\\Users\\Admin\\Documents\\Worksheet01.xlsm", oMissing, oMissing,
oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing,
oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing, oMissing);
}
I then use an automated script to pull a report. This report is opened via IE's download prompt and not the Interop.
The problem comes when I try to run the macro via C# (I made another new Excel.ApplicationClass(); only so it compiled, I believe this is one of my missteps.)
public void FirstMacro_CodedStep()
{
// Create an instance of Microsoft Excel
Excel.ApplicationClass oExcel = new Excel.ApplicationClass();
Console.WriteLine("ApplicationClass: " + oExcel);
// Run the macro, "First_Macro"
RunMacro(oExcel, new Object[]{"Worksheet01.xlsm!First_Macro"});
//Garbage collection
GC.Collect();
}
private void RunMacro(object oApp, object[] oRunArgs)
{
oApp.GetType().InvokeMember("Run", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Default | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, oApp, oRunArgs);
}
When this method runs it runs the macro from Worksheet01 on Worksheet01 instead of Worksheet02. Also it was looking for the worksheet in My Documents so I moved it over to see what would happen.
Recap:
Resources:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306683
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.excel.aspx
For those who would like to try it add this to your using directives:
using System.Reflection;
using Microsoft.Office.Core; //Added to Project Settings' References from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Visual Studio Tools for Office\PIA\Office14 - "office"
using Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel; //Added to Project Settings' References from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Visual Studio Tools for Office\PIA\Office14 - "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel"
You can call a (C#) web service via a macro. I think the same applies to restful endpoints written in webapi ...
There are many instances where you could copy your Excel Macro to a VBScript file and run it directly, but sometimes you don't want to deal with that headache. It's in these moments where it's beneficial to create a VBScript file to run your existing macros from outside Excel. You already have a working VBA macro.
I ran this C# VSTO code to invoke a VBA Macro, this is the syntax I use:
this.Application.Run("mymacro");
Edit:
Macros are Workbook wide, perhaps you need to make Sheet2 the active worksheet before running the macro, eg:
foreach (Worksheet worksheet in workbook.Sheets.ComLinq<Worksheet>())
{
if (worksheet.Name == "Sheet2") worksheet.Activate();
}
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