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Re: Excel Range Crash
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Re: Excel Range Crash


  • Subject: Re: Excel Range Crash
  • From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:18:44 -0800

Should; maybe.

But it does.

I'll send you a copy of the file direct.

> No crash here (also Excel 2008, but OS 10.4.11, should make no difference).
>
> I get the expected result:
>
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> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
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> "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> "", "", "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> "", "", ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
> ""}, {"", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""}, {"",
> "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", 1234.0}}
>
> What sort of data do you have in P20? Exactly, please.
>
> Are you 100% sure that all the other cells are empty? No merged cells?
>
> --
> Paul Berkowitz
>
>
>> From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:31:10 -0800
>> To: AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Excel Range Crash
>>
>> First of all, I was mistaken about the cells that appear to cause the
>> problem. Looks like blank cells in a range are the problem for Excel 2008 +
>> applescript.
>>
>> Given sheet 2 that contains data in cells A1 through P20, but only cell P20
>> in column P contains data, the following will instant-crash Excel.
>>
>> tell application "Microsoft Excel"
>>  set rangeData to Value of Range "A1:P20" of sheet 2 of active workbook
>> end tell
>>
>> Range P1:P20 is OK even where only P20 contains data. It appears that if you
>> try to access a range that has empties in it, you get a crash.
>>
>>
>>> What line of script caused the crash, in your opinion?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul Berkowitz
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
>>>> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:11:41 -0800
>>>> To: AppleScript-Users <email@hidden>
>>>> Subject: Excel Range Crash
>>>>
>>>> Trying to do some basic applescripting of Excel.
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting application crashes.
>>>>
>>>> Excel 2008 (12.0)
>>>>
>>>> 10.5.2, Macbook
>>>>
>>>> This is a Windows spreadsheet received from a client.
>>>>
>>>> The crash appears to result from a sum formula like this:
>>>>
>>>> Sum( B2*15, C2*18, D2*18, E2*24 )
>>>>
>>>> Where text has been written into one of the cells such as B2, thus causing
>>>> the sum result to show #Value!
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way for applescript to read a cell error like that and not crash
>>>> the application?
>>>>
>>
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