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Re: scripting excel
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Re: scripting excel


  • Subject: Re: scripting excel
  • From: David Wignall <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2004 16:40:56 +1300

on 4/02/2004 3:12 PM, Shelly Mendlinger at email@hidden wrote:

> hi,

hi

> First, how to set a title to the new document?
> create new document with title "NEW" doesn't work

tell application "Microsoft Excel"
Create New Workbook With Properties {Name:"foo"}
-- compiles but doesn't quite work, no name for workbook. So:
Save ActiveWorkbook In (((path to desktop) as Unicode text) & "foo.xls")

> next, how to enter data into cells: addfield rowfield {string1, string 2}
> gets "addfield can't continue

set Value of Range ("R1C1") to "hello world"
set Value of Range ("R1C2:R4C2") to 42
set Value of Range ("R1C3:R4C3") to {{4}, {2}, {"hello"}, {"world"}}
end tell

> any and all help would be appreciated.

Using R1C1 (row/column) syntax avoids XL thinking you want column C when all
you want is cell C1

> Thanx

hth
Dave
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