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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
Hello All,
I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
A few questions:
What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false
vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
Ok, so create a script like this (I am not using an editor, so you'll have to
verify the syntax yourself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dim myExcelApplication set myExcelApplication = GetObject("Excel.Application") myExcelApplication.ignoreremoterequests = false myExcelApplication.quit set myExcelApplication = nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have a go with that... If this helps then please mark the reply as helpful -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
John / Anyone,
Im not really sure that I can verify the syntax and im getting a syntax error on line 2. I dont think I have a vbscript editor, I usually use notepad, but I pasted it into Excel vba and it didnt show up red. Confused........ Can you advise any further? Duncan John.Greenan wrote: Ok, so create a script like this (I am not using an editor, so you'll have to verify the syntax yourself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dim myExcelApplication set myExcelApplication = GetObject("Excel.Application") myExcelApplication.ignoreremoterequests = false myExcelApplication.quit set myExcelApplication = nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have a go with that... If this helps then please mark the reply as helpful -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
I have just changed line 2, it now looks like:
Dim myExcelApplication Set XLSA = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") XLSA.IgnoreRemoteRequests = False XLSA.Quit Set XLSA = Nothing And now it gives the answer, "activex component cannot create object" .....I have very limited knowledge of vbs files, it worked when I ran it through a macro.... Duncan Duncan wrote: John / Anyone, Im not really sure that I can verify the syntax and im getting a syntax error on line 2. I dont think I have a vbscript editor, I usually use notepad, but I pasted it into Excel vba and it didnt show up red. Confused........ Can you advise any further? Duncan John.Greenan wrote: Ok, so create a script like this (I am not using an editor, so you'll have to verify the syntax yourself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dim myExcelApplication set myExcelApplication = GetObject("Excel.Application") myExcelApplication.ignoreremoterequests = false myExcelApplication.quit set myExcelApplication = nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have a go with that... If this helps then please mark the reply as helpful -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
If Excel is not already running, GetObject will fail. maybe you need
CreateObject. Also, if you set this to false, you know that a new instance of Excel will be created if a user opens an .xls from Explorer, as this uses DDE. Is that your aim ? It will have no effect on COM calls, as with GetObject etc. NickHK "Duncan" wrote in message ups.com... I have just changed line 2, it now looks like: Dim myExcelApplication Set XLSA = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") XLSA.IgnoreRemoteRequests = False XLSA.Quit Set XLSA = Nothing And now it gives the answer, "activex component cannot create object" ....I have very limited knowledge of vbs files, it worked when I ran it through a macro.... Duncan Duncan wrote: John / Anyone, Im not really sure that I can verify the syntax and im getting a syntax error on line 2. I dont think I have a vbscript editor, I usually use notepad, but I pasted it into Excel vba and it didnt show up red. Confused........ Can you advise any further? Duncan John.Greenan wrote: Ok, so create a script like this (I am not using an editor, so you'll have to verify the syntax yourself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Dim myExcelApplication set myExcelApplication = GetObject("Excel.Application") myExcelApplication.ignoreremoterequests = false myExcelApplication.quit set myExcelApplication = nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Have a go with that... If this helps then please mark the reply as helpful -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
Nick,
My aim is solely to have something that will change the setting to false because one of our problematic programs will leave this setting at true sometimes when it crashes, What I wanted to do was leave a file that they could just double click and fix it becase all the user will know is "My spreadsheet wont open anymore..." and we can say "If excel doesnt open then try double clicking this file first and then try opening again before you cry for help" I dont understand very much at all, perhaps you could suggest something?, Im going to try changing the vbs to "CreateObject" and see if that works.... Duncan NickHK wrote: If Excel is not already running, GetObject will fail. maybe you need CreateObject. Also, if you set this to false, you know that a new instance of Excel will be created if a user opens an .xls from Explorer, as this uses DDE. Is that your aim ? It will have no effect on COM calls, as with GetObject etc. NickHK "Duncan" wrote in message ups.com... I have just changed line 2, it now looks like: Dim myExcelApplication Set XLSA = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") XLSA.IgnoreRemoteRequests = False XLSA.Quit Set XLSA = Nothing And now it gives the answer, "activex component cannot create object" ....I have very limited knowledge of vbs files, it worked when I ran it through a macro.... Duncan Duncan wrote: John / Anyone, Im not really sure that I can verify the syntax and im getting a syntax error on line 2. I dont think I have a vbscript editor, I usually use notepad, but I pasted it into Excel vba and it didnt show up red. Confused........ Can you advise any further? Duncan John.Greenan wrote: Ok, so create a script like this (I am not using an editor, so you'll have to verify the syntax yourself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Dim myExcelApplication set myExcelApplication = GetObject("Excel.Application") myExcelApplication.ignoreremoterequests = false myExcelApplication.quit set myExcelApplication = nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Have a go with that... If this helps then please mark the reply as helpful -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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Need to make a vbs, but dont know how....
Nick,
Ignore my last post, I got it work with your suggestion. Many Many thanks! (its been bugging me for days now) The VBScript file just has this code: Dim myExcelApplication Set XLSA = CreateObject("excel.application") XLSA.IgnoreRemoteRequests = False XLSA.Quit Set XLSA = Nothing If I put this in the server startup directory then the problem should never ever arise again. Many thanks to you both for your help. Duncan Duncan wrote: Nick, My aim is solely to have something that will change the setting to false because one of our problematic programs will leave this setting at true sometimes when it crashes, What I wanted to do was leave a file that they could just double click and fix it becase all the user will know is "My spreadsheet wont open anymore..." and we can say "If excel doesnt open then try double clicking this file first and then try opening again before you cry for help" I dont understand very much at all, perhaps you could suggest something?, Im going to try changing the vbs to "CreateObject" and see if that works.... Duncan NickHK wrote: If Excel is not already running, GetObject will fail. maybe you need CreateObject. Also, if you set this to false, you know that a new instance of Excel will be created if a user opens an .xls from Explorer, as this uses DDE. Is that your aim ? It will have no effect on COM calls, as with GetObject etc. NickHK "Duncan" wrote in message ups.com... I have just changed line 2, it now looks like: Dim myExcelApplication Set XLSA = GetObject(, "Excel.Application") XLSA.IgnoreRemoteRequests = False XLSA.Quit Set XLSA = Nothing And now it gives the answer, "activex component cannot create object" ....I have very limited knowledge of vbs files, it worked when I ran it through a macro.... Duncan Duncan wrote: John / Anyone, Im not really sure that I can verify the syntax and im getting a syntax error on line 2. I dont think I have a vbscript editor, I usually use notepad, but I pasted it into Excel vba and it didnt show up red. Confused........ Can you advise any further? Duncan John.Greenan wrote: Ok, so create a script like this (I am not using an editor, so you'll have to verify the syntax yourself) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Dim myExcelApplication set myExcelApplication = GetObject("Excel.Application") myExcelApplication.ignoreremoterequests = false myExcelApplication.quit set myExcelApplication = nothing -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Have a go with that... If this helps then please mark the reply as helpful -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Setting: application.ignoreremoterequests = false vbscript: yes, because if i do it simply via a macro then users wouldnt be able to perform this by clicking on a shortcut, cos it wouldnt load the shortcut up with the setting set to true so catch 22 situation! Q: I didnt know vbscript was different to vba, just thought it was a differant version of the same thing because the commands appeared similar to me....shows my ignorance really doesnt it! Any help would be much appreciated. Duncan John.Greenan wrote: A few questions: What setting do you want to change in Excel? Do you want to create a VBScript? [Note - vbscript is nothing to do with Excel and the vba language that Excel uses] Post back with some answers and I'll try to help -- www.alignment-systems.com "Duncan" wrote: Hello All, I need to create a VBS that will change the setting in excel (ignore other applications) to false, but I dont really know how to do this. I have played around with a .inf file someone posted on here but cannot get that to work either....it says installation failed..(ill put it below, in case it can be changed to make it work but I dont know how to do that either!) ' [Version] Signature=$CHICAGO$ ' [DefaultInstall] BitReg=Bit.Settings ' [Bit.Settings] HKCU,Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options, Options,0x00000001,0x40,0 (the above is exactly as I have it, i put the commas in because thats what I thought was going wrong, but apparantly not. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Duncan |
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