writing to an embeded object

[teamsimpson]

i have an embeded object in sheet 1 of my worksheet, i use a hyperlink to another excell, to copy the contents of a worksheet, then i double click on the embedded object and then paste the data.
I have tried recording a macro, but it doesnot like double clicking to open an embeded object, so i edited the macro using OBObjects Activate, which works but i cant paste the contents of my clipboard and then close the embededobject.

 

[dk]

What exactly is the embedded object?

 

[Ivan F Moala]

Don't know waht your object is but here is one way o do this;

EDIT: (Thanks DK)<pre/>
Sub PasteObj()
Dim obj As Object

'// copy
Range("C9:D10").Copy

Application.DisplayAlerts = False
'// Check the actual index of your Object!
'// and adjust accordingly
Set obj = Sheet1.OLEObjects(1)
obj.Verb Verb:=xlPrimary
'// Now paste!
SendKeys ("^V"), True

With Application
.DisplayAlerts = True
.CutCopyMode = False
End With

Set obj = Nothing

End Sub</pre>


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This message was edited by Ivan F Moala on 2002-09-21 12:57

 

[dk]

Nice code Ivan

However, shouldn't it be

obj.Verb Verb:=xlPrimary ?

 

[Ivan F Moala]

What the hell !?

Nice catch

Thanks DK

 

[teamsimpson]

the embedded object is an excel worksheet,
thanks for the help, i will try your code

 

[teamsimpson]

I could'nt get the code you wrote to work.Could you look at the code i nearley got to work, my problem is, the macro reads an outside excel file and puts it in an embeded object,it sizes the shape and renames it from new to data1.my problem is, the next time i run the macro, it can't handle the names, i think i need a loop or if else statement, see below
Sheets(1).OLEObjects.Add(Filename:="file.xls", Link:=False).Name = "new"
With Sheets(1).OLEObjects("new")
.Left = 100
.Top = 100
.Width = 50
.Height = 30
ActiveSheet.Shape("new").Name = "data1"
End With
Sheets(1).[a1].Active
End Sub