You've come to the right place! It is quite easy to perform operations in
Excel, and control the entire process from Access. Make sure you set a
reference to Excel, and then run this code in an Access module:
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit ' Use this to make sure your variables are defined
' One way to be able to use these objects throughout the Module is to
Declare them here, and not in a Sub
Private objExcel As Excel.Application
Private xlWB As Excel.Workbook
Private xlWS As Excel.Worksheet
Sub ControlExcelFromAccess()
Dim strFile As String
strFile = "C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan\Crosstab Query.xls"
‘Of course, this is just an example; put the actual path to your actual file
here...
' Opens Excel and makes it Visible
Set objExcel = New Excel.Application
objExcel.Visible = True
' Opens up a Workbook
Set xlWB = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(strFile)
' Sets the Workseet to the last active sheet - Better to use the commented
version and use the name of the sheet.
Set xlWS = xlWB.ActiveSheet
' Set xlWS = xlWB("Sheet1")
With xlWS ' You are now working with the Named file and the named worksheet
' Your Excel code begins here...
End With
' Close and Cleanup
xlWB.SaveAs xlSaveFile
xlWB.Close
xlapp.Quit
Set xlapp = Nothing
End Sub
HTH,
Ryan---
