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How to close ALL instances of Excel
Hi everyone,
I would like to close ALL instances of Excel... I am able to close all workbooks within an instance of Excel but cannot close workbooks in other instances of Excel... Is there a way to scan all open windows? Or even better, to scan all open instances of Excel only? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jason |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
This code is to run in Excel VBA ?
You want to close your own instance ? Depending on the above GetObject may not be the answer, as you cannot stipulate which instance gets returned. Maybe use the API FindWindow with "XLMAIN" and SendMesssage with "WM_CLOSE" ? NickHK "spIky haIred" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone, I would like to close ALL instances of Excel... I am able to close all workbooks within an instance of Excel but cannot close workbooks in other instances of Excel... Is there a way to scan all open windows? Or even better, to scan all open instances of Excel only? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jason |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
Sorry, that should be PostMessage not SendMessage.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=176391 http://vb-helper.com/howto_terminate_process.html But you would still need to check if the Excel instance is yours, if running in Excel/VBA. NickHK "NickHK" wrote in message ... This code is to run in Excel VBA ? You want to close your own instance ? Depending on the above GetObject may not be the answer, as you cannot stipulate which instance gets returned. Maybe use the API FindWindow with "XLMAIN" and SendMesssage with "WM_CLOSE" ? NickHK "spIky haIred" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone, I would like to close ALL instances of Excel... I am able to close all workbooks within an instance of Excel but cannot close workbooks in other instances of Excel... Is there a way to scan all open windows? Or even better, to scan all open instances of Excel only? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jason |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
Application.Quit is one way, but you might get a few dialog boxes to respond
to if you don't either save the workbooks or mark them as saved before you apply it. "NickHK" wrote: Sorry, that should be PostMessage not SendMessage. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=176391 http://vb-helper.com/howto_terminate_process.html But you would still need to check if the Excel instance is yours, if running in Excel/VBA. NickHK "NickHK" wrote in message ... This code is to run in Excel VBA ? You want to close your own instance ? Depending on the above GetObject may not be the answer, as you cannot stipulate which instance gets returned. Maybe use the API FindWindow with "XLMAIN" and SendMesssage with "WM_CLOSE" ? NickHK "spIky haIred" wrote in message oups.com... Hi everyone, I would like to close ALL instances of Excel... I am able to close all workbooks within an instance of Excel but cannot close workbooks in other instances of Excel... Is there a way to scan all open windows? Or even better, to scan all open instances of Excel only? Help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Jason |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
hi all, thanks for your help on this, i have tried application.quit but
it still leaves the other "instances" of excel open... Nick i shall try your solutions, thanks again |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
sorry guys, couldnt get the solutions to work...
any more advice? let me rephrase my question... probably wasn't clear at the start.. im trying to close all excel workbooks in any number of windows using either excel vba or vbscript... thanks again |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
sorry guys, couldnt get the solutions to work...
any more advice? let me rephrase my question... probably wasn't clear at the start.. im trying to close all excel workbooks in any number of windows using either excel vba or vbscript... thanks again |
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How to close ALL instances of Excel
sorry guys, couldnt get the solutions to work...
any more advice? let me rephrase my question... probably wasn't clear at the start.. im trying to close all excel workbooks in any number of windows using either excel vba or vbscript... thanks again |
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