Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a .csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28 am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to a more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and sorting by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open the .csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called 'FormatMailServerCapacityReport' and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Hello JJ(UK),

I'm not sure if this will help but give this a try....

In an Excel Spreadsheet, place the following code in the Workbook_Open()
subroutine:

Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Dim FileS As FileSearch
Dim File As Variant

On Error Resume Next
Dim usedRng As Range

ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
DetermineUsedRange usedRng
usedRng.Clear

Set FileS = Application.FileSearch
With FileS
.NewSearch
.FileName = "*.log"
.LookIn = "\\Sever\log$"
.SearchSubFolders = False
.Execute
End With

For Each File In Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles
ImportTextFile File, ","
Next File

Skip:

Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic

What this code does is find auto-generated log files, clears the spreadsheet
and then imports the data (comma delimited). Now you can change this to
clear only a dynamic named range (ie.
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$5,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)*2,10) ), so that your column
headings do not get blown away. Also, you would change it to find the files
on your server, directory with your file naming wildcard.

This is very simplistic and can be augmented for a more robust solution.
This should get you in the direction I think you are tying to go.

HTH, Dean.

"JJ (UK)" wrote:

Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a .csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28 am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to a more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and sorting by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open the .csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called 'FormatMailServerCapacityReport' and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your macro. The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at the end. Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else it will need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
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"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a .csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28 am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to a more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open the
..csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called 'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of the .csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each time the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at the end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else it will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a
..csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28 am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called 'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Surely there is a rule that you can codify. You have the problem however you
do it.

An alternative has just occurred to me. Your Excel macro could do a
GetOpenFilename to browse for the file.

fileToOpen = oXLApp_
.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileToOpen < False Then
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open fileToOpen
End If
--

HTH

RP
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"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of the .csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each time the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at the end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else it will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow
this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a
.csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28
am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and
sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called
'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

I like that GetOpenFilename thang, although it's no good here since I want
the script to run unattended...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Surely there is a rule that you can codify. You have the problem however
you
do it.

An alternative has just occurred to me. Your Excel macro could do a
GetOpenFilename to browse for the file.

fileToOpen = oXLApp_
.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileToOpen < False Then
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open fileToOpen
End If
--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of the
..csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each time
the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your
macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at the end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else it will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow
this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a
.csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28
am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to
a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and
sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open
the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called
'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

So, as I said before, what are the rules to determine the filename?

--

HTH

RP
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"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
I like that GetOpenFilename thang, although it's no good here since I want
the script to run unattended...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Surely there is a rule that you can codify. You have the problem however
you
do it.

An alternative has just occurred to me. Your Excel macro could do a
GetOpenFilename to browse for the file.

fileToOpen = oXLApp_
.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileToOpen < False Then
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open fileToOpen
End If
--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of the
.csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each time
the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your
macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at the
end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else it
will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would
allow
this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what
I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces
a
.csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28
am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in
to
a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and
sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open
the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called
'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Oh, sorry, within the batch script it's something like

for /f %a in ('date /t') do set date=%a && set month=%b && set year=%c
for /f %a in ('time /t') do set hour=%a && set year=%b

then further down

echo
Server,Drive,SpaceIS_ScanResults_%year%%month%%da te%_%hour%.%minutes%.csv

So the report will be appended with the date and time the script was started
thus creating a unique name everytime.

The alternative is to keep the .csv filename the same and get the Excel
macro to SaveAs with the date and time that the macro was running which I
guess will be close enough...I've got the code to do this somewhere...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
So, as I said before, what are the rules to determine the filename?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
I like that GetOpenFilename thang, although it's no good here since I
want
the script to run unattended...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Surely there is a rule that you can codify. You have the problem
however
you
do it.

An alternative has just occurred to me. Your Excel macro could do a
GetOpenFilename to browse for the file.

fileToOpen = oXLApp_
.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileToOpen < False Then
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open fileToOpen
End If
--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of the
.csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each
time
the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your
macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at the
end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else it
will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would
allow
this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within
an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match
what
I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and
produces
a
.csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see
the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at
11:28
am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in
to
a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and
sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to
open
the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called
'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Sorry, don't know that code. But could you not plug that value into the part
of the script that opens the file?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Oh, sorry, within the batch script it's something like

for /f %a in ('date /t') do set date=%a && set month=%b && set
year=%c
for /f %a in ('time /t') do set hour=%a && set year=%b

then further down

echo
Server,Drive,SpaceIS_ScanResults_%year%%month%%da te%_%hour%.%minutes%.csv

So the report will be appended with the date and time the script was
started
thus creating a unique name everytime.

The alternative is to keep the .csv filename the same and get the Excel
macro to SaveAs with the date and time that the macro was running which I
guess will be close enough...I've got the code to do this somewhere...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
So, as I said before, what are the rules to determine the filename?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
I like that GetOpenFilename thang, although it's no good here since I
want
the script to run unattended...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Surely there is a rule that you can codify. You have the problem
however
you
do it.

An alternative has just occurred to me. Your Excel macro could do a
GetOpenFilename to browse for the file.

fileToOpen = oXLApp_
.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileToOpen < False Then
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open fileToOpen
End If
--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of
the
.csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each
time
the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in
message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with your
macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at
the
end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else
it
will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would
allow
this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro
within
an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match
what
I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and
produces
a
.csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see
the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at
11:28
am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file
in
to
a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes
and
sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to
open
the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called
'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Ah, that's what I'm trying to do.

I was hoping I'd be able to do something like this:

Excel.exe IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv
/m:"Macros.xls:FormatMailServerCapacityReport"

So, run Excel, opening the .csv report and run the macro called
FormatMailServerCapacityReport stored within macros.xls.

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Sorry, don't know that code. But could you not plug that value into the
part
of the script that opens the file?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Oh, sorry, within the batch script it's something like

for /f %a in ('date /t') do set date=%a && set month=%b && set
year=%c
for /f %a in ('time /t') do set hour=%a && set year=%b

then further down

echo

Server,Drive,SpaceIS_ScanResults_%year%%month%%da te%_%hour%.%minutes%.csv

So the report will be appended with the date and time the script was
started
thus creating a unique name everytime.

The alternative is to keep the .csv filename the same and get the Excel
macro to SaveAs with the date and time that the macro was running which
I
guess will be close enough...I've got the code to do this somewhere...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
So, as I said before, what are the rules to determine the filename?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
I like that GetOpenFilename thang, although it's no good here since
I
want
the script to run unattended...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Surely there is a rule that you can codify. You have the problem
however
you
do it.

An alternative has just occurred to me. Your Excel macro could do
a
GetOpenFilename to browse for the file.

fileToOpen = oXLApp_
.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileToOpen < False Then
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open fileToOpen
End If
--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Nice and simple. Except for one thing. How do I pass the name of
the
.csv
file to the macro bearing in mind the .csv filename changes each
time
the
batch file is run...

JJ (UK)

"Bob Phillips" wrote in
message
...
Get the script file to run Excel and open the workbook with
your
macro.
The
macro can open the csv and so it's bit, closing Excel down at
the
end.
Just
make sure there is no screen interaction in the macro, or else
it
will
need
to be attended

Dim oXLApp

Set oXLApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oXLApp.Workbooks.Open "C:\dir\file.xls"



--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"JJ (UK)" wrote in message
...
Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that
would
allow
this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro
within
an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite
match
what
I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and
produces
a
.csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can
see
the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at
11:28
am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv
file
in
to
a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes
and
sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it
to
open
the
.csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called
'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)

Dean

Sorry for not responding earlier.

First time I read your post it gave me a headache, but I think I see what
you mean now.

It's in the melting pot, just as soon as I find a spare moment to give it a
go.

Thank you.

:-)

JJ (UK)

"Dean Hinson" wrote in message
...
Hello JJ(UK),

I'm not sure if this will help but give this a try....

In an Excel Spreadsheet, place the following code in the Workbook_Open()
subroutine:

Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.ScreenUpdating = False

Dim FileS As FileSearch
Dim File As Variant

On Error Resume Next
Dim usedRng As Range

ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
DetermineUsedRange usedRng
usedRng.Clear

Set FileS = Application.FileSearch
With FileS
.NewSearch
.FileName = "*.log"
.LookIn = "\\Sever\log$"
.SearchSubFolders = False
.Execute
End With

For Each File In Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles
ImportTextFile File, ","
Next File

Skip:

Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic

What this code does is find auto-generated log files, clears the
spreadsheet
and then imports the data (comma delimited). Now you can change this to
clear only a dynamic named range (ie.
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$5,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A)*2,10) ), so that your column
headings do not get blown away. Also, you would change it to find the
files
on your server, directory with your file naming wildcard.

This is very simplistic and can be augmented for a more robust solution.
This should get you in the direction I think you are tying to go.

HTH, Dean.

"JJ (UK)" wrote:

Hi all

I was hoping there were some command line switches that would allow this
functionality but I can't find them.

I've found instructions on automatically running a macro within an
existing
workbook by calling it Auto_Open but that doesn't quite match what I
need.

What we have is a batch script that runs every Monday and produces a
..csv
file called IS_ScanResults_yyyymmdd_hh.mm.csv. As you can see the
filename
changes every time the script runs (such as
IS_ScanResults_20041130_11.28.csv if the script ran today at 11:28 am).

I've also written a VB macro that tidies up the raw .csv file in to a
more
presentable Excel spreadsheet, converting bytes to megabytes and sorting
by
one of the columns etc. etc.

What I'd like to do is at the end of the batch file get it to open the
..csv
file in Excel and run the macro (called 'FormatMailServerCapacityReport'
and
stored in macros.xls) on that .csv file.

Is there a way of achieving this?

Thanks in advance

JJ (UK)