I have an challenge that I need to change on a daily basis in a XLSX document the existing sheet name to a new sheet name and than save it
My script looks like this:
$xlspath = "C:\Users\roger\Test - Test\Daily_Files\Testfile.xlsx"
$xldoc = new-object -comobject Excel.application
$xldoc.DisplayAlerts = $false
$xldoc.Visible =$false
$workbook = $xldoc.Workbooks.Open($xlspath)
$worksheet = $workbook.worksheets.item(1)
$worksheet.name = "Headcount"
$workbook.Save = ($xlspath)
$workbook.Close()
$xldoc.Quit()
I always get this error - even so the file gets save and the name has changed:
C:\CommonUserData\Roger\Test\Test.ps1:8 char:1
+ $workbook.Save = "C:\Users\roger\Test - Test\Daily_Files\ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ```
Does someone have an idea how to solve this or make this a very simple script?
You don't even need the .Save() or .SaveAs() methods for this. Just close the workbook with parameter $true:
$xlspath = "C:\Users\roger\Test - Test\Daily_Files\Testfile.xlsx"
$xldoc = New-Object -ComObject Excel.application
$xldoc.DisplayAlerts = $false
$xldoc.Visible =$false
$workbook = $xldoc.Workbooks.Open($xlspath)
$worksheet = $workbook.worksheets.item(1)
$worksheet.Name = "Headcount"
$workbook.Close($true) # save the updated workbook
$xldoc.Quit()
# Important: remove references to the used COM objects when finished so they don't keep lingering in memory
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($worksheet)
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($workbook)
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($xldoc)
[System.GC]::Collect()
[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers()
Related
I have below code:
$excelfile="C:\Users\Administrator\Pictures\unprotect_org - Copy (2)\unprotect - Copy (2).xlsx"
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $false
$excel.DisplayAlerts = $false
$wb = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelfile,$false,123)
$wb.Unprotect(123);
$wb.Settings.Password = "";
$wb.Save($excelfile);
$excel.Quit()
I have problem with, PS script is opening ui excel application instead of remove password as without open excel.
Getting below error:
Unable to get the Open property of the Workbooks class
At line:1 char:1
+ $wb = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelfile,$false,123)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
Please help to unprotect excel sheets and workbook using powershell.
Ok, here you go:
To open an Excel workbook with a password, you need to specify that password as the fith parameter on the Workbooks.Open() method:
$password = '123'
$excelfile = "C:\Users\Administrator\Pictures\unprotect_org - Copy (2)\unprotect - Copy (2).xlsx"
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $false
$excel.DisplayAlerts = $false
$wb = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelfile, $false, $false, [Type]::Missing, $password)
# remove the protection from this workbook
$wb.Unprotect($password)
# should not be needed, but does no harm
$wb.Password=$null
# close the workbook and save the changes
$wb.Close($true)
$excel.Quit()
# Important: remove the used COM objects from memory
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($wb)
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($excel)
[System.GC]::Collect()
[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers()
My question is in the title, i dont know how to create a new sheet in excel using a powershell script.
here is my code :
#Define locations and delimiter
$csv = $pathcsv
$xlsx = $pathxlsx
$delimiter = "," #Specify the delimiter used in the file
# Create a new Excel workbook with one empty sheet
$excel = New-Object -ComObject excel.application
$workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Add(1)
$worksheet = $workbook.worksheets.Item(1)
# Build the QueryTables.Add command and reformat the data
$TxtConnector = ("TEXT;" + $csv)
$Connector = $worksheet.QueryTables.add($TxtConnector,$worksheet.Range("A1"))
$query = $worksheet.QueryTables.item($Connector.name)
$query.TextFileOtherDelimiter = $delimiter
$query.TextFileParseType = 1
$query.TextFileColumnDataTypes = ,1 * $worksheet.Cells.Columns.Count
$query.AdjustColumnWidth = 1
# Execute & delete the import query
$query.Refresh()
$query.Delete()
# Save & close the Workbook as XLSX.
$Workbook.SaveAs($xlsx,51)
$Workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($pathxlsx)
Add-Worksheet -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "test"
$excel.Quit()
pause
So i try the commande Add-Worksheet -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "test" but it seems not working, can you help me with that ?
I got the following error :
Add-Worksheet : Unable to process argument transformation on parameter "ExcelPackage". impossible to
convert the value "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass" to type "
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.ApplicationClass "and type" OfficeOpenXml.ExcelPackage ".
Au caractère C:....\NEW.ps1:125 : 29
Add-Worksheet -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "NewSheet"
~~~~~~
CategoryInfo : InvalidData : (:) [Add-Worksheet], ParameterBindingArgumentTransformationException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentTransformationError,Add-Worksheet
thanks
To append a new sheet to the opened Excel file as last sheet, you can do the following:
Remove the line Add-Worksheet -ExcelPackage $excel -WorkSheetname "test" and instead write:
# get the last sheet in the workbook
$lastSheet = $Workbook.WorkSheets($Workbook.WorkSheets.Count)
# create a new sheet and insert it before the last sheet
$newSheet = $workbook.WorkSheets.Add($lastSheet)
# give it a name
$newSheet.Name = 'test'
# now move the previous last sheet before the new sheet, so now THAT will become the last
$lastSheet.Move($newSheet)
# Save & close the Workbook as XLSX.
$workbook.SaveAs("D:\Test\test.xlsx",51)
$excel.Quit()
# don't forget to clear the COM objects from memory
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($lastSheet)
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($newSheet)
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($workbook)
$null = [System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($excel)
[System.GC]::Collect()
[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers()
I'm trying to execute a PowerShell script for password protecting an Excel file.
this is the script:
Set objExcel = CreateObject(“Excel.Application”)
objExcel.Visible = True
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = FALSE
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Add
Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
objWorksheet.Cells(1, 1).Value = Now
objWorkbook.SaveAs “C:\Test.xlsx”,,”%reTG54w”
objExcel.Quit
I tried running it using "run as PowerShell" but it closes automatically, I've also tried using the PowerShell ISE, the result is the one below:
the text for it is this:
At C:\Users\gasgu\OneDrive\Desktop\pwoershell.ps1:14 char:39
+ objWorkbook.SaveAs “C:\Test.xlsxâ€,,â€%reTG54wâ€
+ ~
Missing expression after ',' in pipeline element.
At C:\Users\gasgu\OneDrive\Desktop\pwoershell.ps1:14 char:39
+ objWorkbook.SaveAs “C:\Test.xlsxâ€,,â€%reTG54wâ€
+ ~
Missing argument in parameter list.
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MissingExpression
I've found this script from this url: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/how-can-i-password-protect-an-excel-spreadsheet/
But if it worth mentioning, what I'm trying to do is to pick up an Excel file from my PC (.xlsx) and password protect it (creating a new copy) now, in this script what I don't understand is if it's picking the excel file from somewhere as I don't see a line that explicitly says this.
Edit: The script I was executing ended up not being PowerShell, per clarification of #BigBen (see comments and approved answer) the script is VBS. He provided with script in PowerShell that performs the needed result.
That is VBScript, not Powershell. Perhaps try this:
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $true
$excel.DisplayAlerts = $false
$wb = $excel.Workbooks.Add()
$wb.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 1).Value = Get-Date
$wb.SaveAs("C:\Test.xlsx",[Type]::Missing,"%reTG54w")
$excel.Quit()
Perhaps this:
$Files = Get-ChildItem C:\Users\xxxx\Downloads\test\*.xlsx -Recurse
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $false
$excel.DisplayAlerts = $false
ForEach($File in $Files){
try {
$Workbook = $Excel.Workbooks.Open($File)
$Workbook.SaveAs($File,[Type]::Missing,"1234") #password set to 1234
$Workbook.Close($false)
$Excel.Quit()
}
catch {
}
}
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($Excel)
I am currently trying to take a csv file generated from a VBScript, and use powershell to convert it to an xls then save it. (Using it as an offline Database file) Problem, is that one column (Column E) is for SKU's and has leading 0's that get lost during the translation. I am getting errors when trying the following. Powershell is new to me, so I could be making a simple mistake:
$xl = new-object -comobject excel.application
$xl.visible = $true
$Workbook = $xl.workbooks.open("file location.csv")
$Worksheets = $Workbooks.worksheets
$Worksheets.Columns.("E").NumberFormat = "00000000000"
$Workbook.SaveAs("file location.xls",1)
$Workbook.Saved = $True
$xl.Quit()
EDIT: I got it to work! Here's the following, if anyone has any pointers:
$excel = new-object -comobject excel.application
$excel.visible = $true
$Workbook = $excel.workbooks.open("file location.csv")
$Worksheets = $Workbooks.worksheets
$Worksheet = $Workbook.Worksheets.Item(1)
$Range = $Excel.Range("E:E").EntireColumn
$Range.NumberFormat = "00000000000"
$Workbook.SaveAs("file location.xls",1)
$Workbook.Saved = $True
$excel.Quit()
You can achieve the same thing with changing
$Worksheets.Columns.("E").NumberFormat = "00000000000"F15
to
$workbook.ActiveSheet.Columns.Item("E").NumberFormat = "00000000000"
from the first example to have less code.
Good Evening everyone,
I have a problem that I am having some issues with and I really need some help. I took two csv files and compared them and converted them to an xls. Now the part I am confused about is how will I be able to take the hyperlinks from Column 1, Row 1 in one excel document and embed them into the text in the other document Column 1, Row2.
is there an easy way to do this? I found the follow link which left me a little confused : https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/123d673a-f9a7-4ae6-ae9c-d4ae8ef65015/powershell-excel-how-do-i-create-a-hyperlink-to-a-cell-in-another-sheet-of-the-document?forum=ITCG
I appreciate any guidance and help you can offer.
#Define the file path and sheet name
$FilePath= `enter
code"C:\Users\cobre\Desktop\PowerShell\HomeWork2\Test3.csv"
$FilePath2="C:\Users\cobre\Desktop\PowerShell\HomeWork2\Test3.xls"
$FilePath3="C:\Users\cobre\Desktop\PowerShell\HomeWork2\Test4.xls"
$SheetName="Test3"
$SheetName2="HyperLinks"
#Compare two CSV files to look for matches
$CSV1 = import-csv -path
C:\Users\cobre\Desktop\PowerShell\HomeWork2\Test1.csv
$CSV2 = import-csv -path
C:\Users\cobre\Desktop\PowerShell\HomeWork2\Test2.csv
Compare-Object $CSV1 $CSV2 -property ShoppingList -IncludeEqual | where-
object {$_.SideIndicator -eq "=="}
# Create an Object Excel.Application using Com interface
$objExcel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
# Enable the 'visible' property so the document will open in excel
$objExcel.Visible = $true
$objExcel.DisplayAlerts = $False
# Open the Excel file and save it in $WorkBook
$WorkBook = $objExcel.Workbooks.Open($FilePath)
# Load the WorkSheet "Test3"
$WorkSheet = $WorkBook.sheets.item($SheetName)
# Delete data from column
[void]$WorkSheet.Cells.Item(1,2).EntireColumn.Delete()
#Auto fit everything so it looks better
$usedRange = $WorkSheet.UsedRange
$usedRange.EntireColumn.AutoFit() | Out-Null
#Save and convert to XLS
$Workbook.SaveAs("C:\Users\cobre\Desktop\PowerShell\HomeWork2\Test3.xls",1)
$Workbook.Saved = $True
#Load
$excel = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $True
$workbook = $objExcel.Workbooks.Add()
$workbook.Worksheets.Item($FilePath2).Hyperlinks.Add( `
$workbook.Worksheets.Item($FilePath2).Cells.Item(1,2) , `
"" , $FilePath3, "https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/673034-powers
You can use something like this:
$excel = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
$excel.Visible = $True
$workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Add()
$workbook.Worksheets.Item(1).Hyperlinks.Add($workbook.Worksheets.Item(1).Cells.Item(1,1) ,"" , "Sheet2!C4", "", "Link to sheet2")
Reference : Hyperlinks.Add Method
Hope it helps