Open excel hidden w/VBS script

tx12345

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i came acros this code on the board:

on error resume next
set app = createobject("excel.application")
set wb = app.workbooks.open (replace(wscript.scriptfullname,wscript.scriptname,"hello.xls"))
if wb is nothing then app.quit

it opens an excelfile while keepig excel completely hidden. pretty cool.

but i have about 8 interactive files and once one of them tries to open the prog quits.

is there a way to modify this script to account for the possibility of other files that might come into play?

TIA!


tx
 

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you can always
set app = Getobject(, "excel.application") ' use already open excel
app.visible = false

after opening another workbook
 
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maybe an example will help

here are the files:

hello.xls
goodbye.xls
hello.vbs

place all three files in the same folder. ok, so you''ll see if you open hello.xls directly from excel, everything works fine, as the Run macro does some processing in hello and goodbye, and finally ends up at goodbye.

but if you open with the hello.vbs file, which eliminates the big excel splash - even if only for a second - and run the routine, everything seems to work, and you even see the userform header for the goodbye file, but then once the macro is done, the application quits.

i tried to add your code, but could not figure out where it should go.

thanks for the reply


tx
 
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sorry about that. guess the links were only good for that day or something. i changed the links so (if you want) you can access the files now.

thanks again

tx
 
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