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2011-09-04, 03:22 PM #1

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Good afternoon, i'm new in visual lisp programming, so i bone
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2011-09-04, 03:33 PM #2

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2011-09-06, 06:36 AM #3

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2011-09-06, 01:50 PM #4

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You need to look at the Excel ActiveX reference: bone
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propery/object. E.g. from the Application object you get
the ActiveCell property, which contains a Range object.
This in turn either has an Address string or a Cells object
(i.e. column number & row number) - whichever you need.

I preferred showing you how to get there, so you can get

at other items as well.

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2011-11-16, 07:58 AM #5

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This is what i did until now: bone
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(defun c:proex()
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(vl-load-com)
(setq documento (getfiled "esplora" "esempi
(setq excel (vlax-create-object "Excel.Appl
(setq fogliolavoro (vlax-get-property excel
(setq attfoglio (vlax-invoke-method fogliol
(vla-put-visible excel :vlax-true)
(getint )
(setq selezione (vlax-get-property excel 'S
(print selezione)

But when i use it he gives me something like:

#<VLA-OBJECT Range 0000000036f66178>

What's wrong?
I need to store the values ​in the range in a list, how can I
go on?

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2011-11-16, 09:53 AM #6

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But when i use it he gives me something like:
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What's wrong?
I need to store the values ​in the range in a list, how
can I go on?

Nothings wrong at all. You would just want to go further.

You get the current selection inside Excel. That is a range

of cells (i.e. something like B3 ... H16). Notice the
returned value: #<VLA-OBJECT Range
0000000036f66178>

So you now have a reference to the Range Object. Thus

you need to check how many cells are selected and step
through each to find its value. Notice the Range Object's
Properties: There's an Item and a Count property which
you'd probably need to use to get hold of a list of "Cell"
Objects - which are actually Range Objects in themselves -
but addressing only one single cell.

If the range object's count property = 1, then you should

be able to get the value contained inside the cell using the
Range Object's Value property.

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2011-11-16, 10:50 AM #7

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As an example I've modified your code a bit (marked in bone
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(defun c:proex (/ documento excel fogliolavor
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(vl-load-com)
(setq documento (getfiled "esplora" "esempi
(setq excel (vlax-get-or-create-object "Exc
(setq fogliolavoro (vlax-get-property excel
(setq attfoglio (vlax-invoke-method fogliol
(vla-put-visible excel :vlax-true)
(getint)
(setq selezione (vlax-get-property excel 'S
(vlax-for row (vlax-get-property selezione
(setq row-list nil) ;Initialize the tempo
(vlax-for cell (vlax-get-property row 'Co
(setq row-list (cons (vlax-get cell 'Va
)
(setq values-list (cons (reverse row-list
)
(vlax-release-object excel) ;Release the re
(reverse values-list) ;Return the list of v

Notice I've also localized the variables, this is a thing

which I'd highly advise you do on all your routines.

And above all, release any ActiveX objects you've created

through vlax-create-object / vlax-get-or-create-object.

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Else you could run out of RAM quite quickly, not to mention
You might also want to close Excel before releasing the obje

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2011-11-16, 02:15 PM #8

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This is exactly what I need, thank irneb! bone
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2011-11-17, 05:56 AM #9

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You're welcome

There's many ways of doing this, I'm not too sure how it
would perform if you've got multiple ranges selected in
excel - i.e. If you hold down the Ctrl key and select 2 or
more areas. From my tests it seems to work fine for 2
separate portions on the same sheet, but ends up with nil
values if you've selected across sheets.

BTW, why did your code use 13 in the getfiled call? I'd
think 12 would be more "correct":
1 = Ask for new file name, if exists ask user if they
want to overwrite. (I don't agree with this one)
+
4 = Allow other extensions than the one specified.
+
8 = Search for the file in the support paths if not
specified as full path.

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2011-11-20, 05:52 AM #10

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You might be want to look at to do it bone
by Excel way using Input function:
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(defun RefSelection (/ *error* addr c2 c2 Exc
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(defun *error* (msg)
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(vl-position
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