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find full file path of running excel instance
Hi Experts,
Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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Hi Rama,
ActiveWorkbook.Path Returns the complete path of the ActiveWorkbook, excluding the final separator, as a string. See under 'Path' in Excel's VBE Help file. Cheers -- macropod [MVP - Microsoft Word] "Rama" wrote in message ... | Hi Experts, | | Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: | c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind | accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to | find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls | file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can | get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full | path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") | | For more details please have a look at the following link. | | http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 | | | -- | Cheers, | Rama |
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John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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Hi ,
Thanks for the reply but the trouble is I can get the instance full path(bbc.xls) from Process library as illustarted in the following link so I dont know how to instantiate this excel running instance as I dont have full path. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 This following line works fine for unsaved excel instances Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("Book2").Application but it fails to create reference whne it uses saved instance. Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("bbc").Application it requires full path to access the currently running instance Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("c:\rama\bbc.xls").Application -- Cheers, Rama "John Green" wrote: ThisWorkbook.FullName John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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It's not straightforward to find and reference multiple Excel instances.
If you understand C# (could use in your .Net) a method was described here - http://tinyurl.com/yt36s5 In the same thread I briefly described my relatively though not 100% reliable method to find and reference multiple Excel instances. Having done so, for each referenced instance you could do something like this On Error resume next For i = 0 to UBound(arrXL) ' array of XL instances set ws = arrXL(i).Workbooks("abc.xls") if not ws is nothing then sFile = ws.Fullname Exit for Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi , Thanks for the reply but the trouble is I can get the instance full path(bbc.xls) from Process library as illustarted in the following link so I dont know how to instantiate this excel running instance as I dont have full path. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 This following line works fine for unsaved excel instances Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("Book2").Application but it fails to create reference whne it uses saved instance. Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("bbc").Application it requires full path to access the currently running instance Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("c:\rama\bbc.xls").Application -- Cheers, Rama "John Green" wrote: ThisWorkbook.FullName John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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Hi Peter,
Thanks for the reply. How do you get arrXL ?? I know the list of process using Process library in .NET but dont know what you are referring to arrXL in the following message. Could you eloborate bit futher? I tried to understand the ROT code posted in google forums but failed. -- Cheers, Rama "Peter T" wrote: It's not straightforward to find and reference multiple Excel instances. If you understand C# (could use in your .Net) a method was described here - http://tinyurl.com/yt36s5 In the same thread I briefly described my relatively though not 100% reliable method to find and reference multiple Excel instances. Having done so, for each referenced instance you could do something like this On Error resume next For i = 0 to UBound(arrXL) ' array of XL instances set ws = arrXL(i).Workbooks("abc.xls") if not ws is nothing then sFile = ws.Fullname Exit for Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi , Thanks for the reply but the trouble is I can get the instance full path(bbc.xls) from Process library as illustarted in the following link so I dont know how to instantiate this excel running instance as I dont have full path. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 This following line works fine for unsaved excel instances Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("Book2").Application but it fails to create reference whne it uses saved instance. Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("bbc").Application it requires full path to access the currently running instance Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("c:\rama\bbc.xls").Application -- Cheers, Rama "John Green" wrote: ThisWorkbook.FullName John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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Hi Rama
How do you get arrXL ?? That's the difficult bit. As I said, I briefly described my VBA method in the thread I referred you to (message #6 in date view). It is clunky though, especially the bit about DDE and adding a new workbook (unsaved BookX) if necessary in instances with which to use GetObject to attach to it's parent (ie the particular Excel instance). If you are able to get the C# method working you're probably better to go with that (I didn't get it working, probably down to me rather than the method). The point is there is no simple way to do what I think you are asking purely to find the path of a file loaded in some Excel instance (surely some other work around). If you have a very serious need and don't mind 'clunky' with a LOT of VBA revert back. Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Peter, Thanks for the reply. How do you get arrXL ?? I know the list of process using Process library in .NET but dont know what you are referring to arrXL in the following message. Could you eloborate bit futher? I tried to understand the ROT code posted in google forums but failed. -- Cheers, Rama "Peter T" wrote: It's not straightforward to find and reference multiple Excel instances. If you understand C# (could use in your .Net) a method was described here - http://tinyurl.com/yt36s5 In the same thread I briefly described my relatively though not 100% reliable method to find and reference multiple Excel instances. Having done so, for each referenced instance you could do something like this On Error resume next For i = 0 to UBound(arrXL) ' array of XL instances set ws = arrXL(i).Workbooks("abc.xls") if not ws is nothing then sFile = ws.Fullname Exit for Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi , Thanks for the reply but the trouble is I can get the instance full path(bbc.xls) from Process library as illustarted in the following link so I dont know how to instantiate this excel running instance as I dont have full path. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 This following line works fine for unsaved excel instances Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("Book2").Application but it fails to create reference whne it uses saved instance. Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("bbc").Application it requires full path to access the currently running instance Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("c:\rama\bbc.xls").Application -- Cheers, Rama "John Green" wrote: ThisWorkbook.FullName John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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Hi,
Thanks to all. I found the suitable code in the following link. It gives the full path names of all running excel(saved and non saved) instances. http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewto...37277&start=10 -- Cheers, Rama "Rama" wrote: Hi Peter, Thanks for the reply. How do you get arrXL ?? I know the list of process using Process library in .NET but dont know what you are referring to arrXL in the following message. Could you eloborate bit futher? I tried to understand the ROT code posted in google forums but failed. -- Cheers, Rama "Peter T" wrote: It's not straightforward to find and reference multiple Excel instances. If you understand C# (could use in your .Net) a method was described here - http://tinyurl.com/yt36s5 In the same thread I briefly described my relatively though not 100% reliable method to find and reference multiple Excel instances. Having done so, for each referenced instance you could do something like this On Error resume next For i = 0 to UBound(arrXL) ' array of XL instances set ws = arrXL(i).Workbooks("abc.xls") if not ws is nothing then sFile = ws.Fullname Exit for Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi , Thanks for the reply but the trouble is I can get the instance full path(bbc.xls) from Process library as illustarted in the following link so I dont know how to instantiate this excel running instance as I dont have full path. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 This following line works fine for unsaved excel instances Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("Book2").Application but it fails to create reference whne it uses saved instance. Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("bbc").Application it requires full path to access the currently running instance Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("c:\rama\bbc.xls").Application -- Cheers, Rama "John Green" wrote: ThisWorkbook.FullName John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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That looks very good indeed !
Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi, Thanks to all. I found the suitable code in the following link. It gives the full path names of all running excel(saved and non saved) instances. http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewto...37277&start=10 -- Cheers, Rama "Rama" wrote: Hi Peter, Thanks for the reply. How do you get arrXL ?? I know the list of process using Process library in .NET but dont know what you are referring to arrXL in the following message. Could you eloborate bit futher? I tried to understand the ROT code posted in google forums but failed. -- Cheers, Rama "Peter T" wrote: It's not straightforward to find and reference multiple Excel instances. If you understand C# (could use in your .Net) a method was described here - http://tinyurl.com/yt36s5 In the same thread I briefly described my relatively though not 100% reliable method to find and reference multiple Excel instances. Having done so, for each referenced instance you could do something like this On Error resume next For i = 0 to UBound(arrXL) ' array of XL instances set ws = arrXL(i).Workbooks("abc.xls") if not ws is nothing then sFile = ws.Fullname Exit for Regards, Peter T "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi , Thanks for the reply but the trouble is I can get the instance full path(bbc.xls) from Process library as illustarted in the following link so I dont know how to instantiate this excel running instance as I dont have full path. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 This following line works fine for unsaved excel instances Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("Book2").Application but it fails to create reference whne it uses saved instance. Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("bbc").Application it requires full path to access the currently running instance Set xlObj = VBA.GetObject("c:\rama\bbc.xls").Application -- Cheers, Rama "John Green" wrote: ThisWorkbook.FullName John Green "Rama" wrote in message ... Hi Experts, Can anyone know how to findout the full path( ex: c:\rama\bbc.xls) from the curently running instance "bbc.xls". I dont mind accepting VB6\.NET\Windows script solution for the same as i'm desperate to find the full path from ruinng instance. Lets say I've opened saved bbc.xls file and i know the currently opened instances from Process library and i can get the title("bbc.xls") but i dont know how to get the full path("c:\rama\bbc.xls") For more details please have a look at the following link. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/sho...06503&siteid=1 -- Cheers, Rama |
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