I use a VBA code to insert an image from a folder to excel. When using excel on a other computer with other resolution or change zoom 100% to other value, when reloading the macro, the position of the image change. See vba code below, what has to change?
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Option Explicit
Public Function PictureLookupUDF(FilePath As String, Location As Range, Index As Integer)
Dim lookupPicture As Shape
Dim sheetName As String
Dim pictureName As String
pictureName = "PictureLookupUDF"
''Dim picTop As Double
''Dim picLeft As Double
sheetName = Location.Parent.Name
'Delete current picture with the same Index if exists
For Each lookupPicture In Sheets(sheetName).Shapes
If lookupPicture.Name = pictureName & Index Then
lookupPicture.Delete
End If
Next lookupPicture
'Add the picture in the right location
Set lookupPicture = Sheets(sheetName).Shapes.AddPicture _
(FilePath, msoFalse, msoTrue, Location.Left, Location.Top, -1, -1)
'Resize picture to best fit the range
If Location.Width / Location.Height > lookupPicture.Width / lookupPicture.Height Then
lookupPicture.Height = Location.Height
Else
lookupPicture.Width = Location.Width
End If
'change the picture name
lookupPicture.Name = pictureName & Index
PictureLookupUDF = "Picture Lookup: " & lookupPicture.Name
End Function
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I'm trying to link shape data field from external data like excel.
As #JohnGoldsmith suggested I used DropLinked but "I'm getting object name not found" error.
My main agenda is drop multiple shapes on drawing with shape data field "Name", then fill all the shape data field using external data in order. I also used spatial search for dropping shapes on drawing(Thanks to #Surrogate). By the way I'm using Visio Professional 2019.
It's often a good plan to separate chained members so you can identify whether (as #Paul points out) you're having a problem getting to the stencil or the master.
Following is a modified example of link shapes to data. I've ditched all of the spatial search stuff as I think that's a separate issue. If you still have trouble with that I would ask another question and narrow your sample code to not include the data linking part - ie just drop shapes and try and change their position. Bear in mind there's also Page.Layout and Selection.Layout
I think you've got the adding the DataRecordsets in the other linked question, so this example makes the following assumptions:
You have a drawing document open
You have the "Basic Shapes" stencil open (note my version is metric "_M")
You have a DataRecordset applied to the document named "AllNames"
The above record set has a column named "Name" that contains the data you want to link
Public Sub ModifiedDropLinked_Example()
Const RECORDSET_NAME = "AllNames"
Const COL_NAME = "Name"
Const STENCIL_NAME = "BASIC_M.vssx"
Const MASTER_NAME = "Rectangle"
Dim vDoc As Visio.Document
Set vDoc = Application.ActiveDocument
Dim vPag As Visio.Page
Set vPag = Application.ActivePage
Dim vShp As Visio.Shape
Dim vMst As Visio.Master
Dim x As Double
Dim y As Double
Dim xOffset As Double
Dim dataRowIDs() As Long
Dim row As Long
Dim col As Long
Dim rowData As Variant
Dim recordset As Visio.DataRecordset
Dim recordsetCount As Integer
For Each recordset In vDoc.DataRecordsets
If recordset.Name = RECORDSET_NAME Then
dataRowIDs = recordset.GetDataRowIDs("")
xOffset = 2
x = 0
y = 2
Dim vStencil As Visio.Document
Set vStencil = TryFindDocument(STENCIL_NAME)
If Not vStencil Is Nothing Then
Set vMst = TryFindMaster(vStencil, MASTER_NAME)
If Not vMst Is Nothing Then
For row = LBound(dataRowIDs) + 1 To UBound(dataRowIDs) + 1
rowData = recordset.GetRowData(row)
For col = LBound(rowData) To UBound(rowData)
Set vShp = vPag.DropLinked(vMst, x + (xOffset * row), y, recordset.ID, row, False)
Debug.Print "Linked shape ID " & vShp.ID & " to row " & row & " (" & rowData(col) & ")"
Next col
Next row
Else
Debug.Print "Unable to find master '" & MASTER_NAME & "'"
End If
Else
Debug.Print "Unable to find stencil '" & STENCIL_NAME & "'"
End If
Else
Debug.Print "Unable to find DataRecordset '" & RECORDSET_NAME & "'"
End If
Next
End Sub
Private Function TryFindDocument(docName As String) As Visio.Document
Dim vDoc As Visio.Document
For Each vDoc In Application.Documents
If StrComp(vDoc.Name, docName, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
Set TryFindDocument = vDoc
Exit Function
End If
Next
Set TryFindDocument = Nothing
End Function
Private Function TryFindMaster(ByRef vDoc As Visio.Document, mstNameU As String) As Visio.Master
Dim vMst As Visio.Master
For Each vMst In vDoc.Masters
If StrComp(vMst.NameU, mstNameU, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
Set TryFindMaster = vMst
Exit Function
End If
Next
Set TryFindMaster = Nothing
End Function
The above code drops six shapes onto the page and adds a Shape Data row (Prop._VisDM_Name) with the corresponding data value. If you want the name text to appear in the shape then you would normally modify the master with an inserted field in the shape's text. (If you get stuck with this part then ask another question.)
One last point is that this example loops through the DataRecordset rows dropping a shape for each one, but there is also a Page.DropManyLinkedU method that allows you to this en masse.
I've made a real estate related worksheet that includes a few cells for the property's address and a picture of a Google Maps view of the property. I want to be able to change the address in the worksheet and then click the image to have it refresh with a map of the new address. I can't figure out how to replace the image.
Here's what I've got so far:
Function scrub(s As String)
scrub = Replace(s, " ", "+")
scrub = Replace(scrub, ",", "")
End Function
Function GetImageAddress(rng As Range)
Dim cell As Range
Dim addressString As String
addressString = ""
For Each cell In rng
If cell.Value <> "" Then
If addressString <> "" Then
addressString = addressString & "+" & scrub(cell.Value)
Else
addressString = scrub(cell.Value)
End If
End If
Next cell
Dim urlstart, urlmid, urlend, key As String
key = "API_KEY" 'you'll need to get your own Google API Key for this to work
urlstart = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center="
urlmid = "&markers=color:0x359BB2%7C"
urlend = "&zoom=17&size=640x480&scale=3&maptype=hybrid&key=" & key
GetImageAddress = urlstart & addressString & urlmid & addressString & urlend
End Function
Sub fetchImage()
Dim rng As Range
Set rng = ActiveSheet.Range("E10:E12")
Dim url As String
url = GetImageAddress(rng)
Dim myImage As Shape
Set myImage = ActiveSheet.Shapes("Map")
'something should go here to replace myImage with a new downloaded picture.
End Sub
Use the .Fill.UserPicture property
myImage.Fill.UserPicture url
Here is an example
Option Explicit
Sub Sample()
Dim url As String
Dim myImage As Shape
url = "https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-X3sAhOMOHzs/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAADMM/dTqQjEqFDm4/photo.jpg?sz=32"
Set myImage = ActiveSheet.Shapes(1)
myImage.Fill.UserPicture url
End Sub
will fill the shape with your stackoverflow DP.
Note: This won't work if the original shape was an inserted picture. Insert a new shape like a rectangle, and then this will work.
I have a PowerApp which updates a cell in an Excel file hosted in OneDrive. The Excel file contains a macro that is supposed to run when the PowerApp changes the Excel file. However, it doesn't do that. If I update a cell manually, the macro works just fine. It's just not activated when the file is updated by PowerApps.
Is there a different function I can use that will be triggered when PowerApp changes the file?
If that is not possible, could I use a Flow to activate the macro?
Here is the current script that works with manual changes, but not the automatic PowerApps changes.
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Call InsertImageTest
End Sub
Here is the macro that I want to trigger using the code above.
Sub InsertImageTest()
' This macro inserts an image from a set location to a set cell.
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim imagePath As String
Dim cell As String
Dim posText As String
Dim imgLeft As Double
Dim imgTop As Double
Dim rngX As Range
Dim activeSheetName As String
' Customizable variables
imagePath = ActiveWorkbook.Path & Range("$B$2").Value
posText = "Signature"
activeSheetName = "Data" ' Set to "Data" by default, but will change to the Active sheets name, if the active sheet is not called "Data"
' For i = 1 To Sheets.Count
' If CStr(Sheets(i).Name) Is CStr(activeSheetName) Then
' Debug.Print "Code can be executed! Data tab was found"
' End If
' Next i
cell = "$A$1"
Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set rngX = Worksheets(activeSheetName).Range("A1:Z1000").Find(posText, lookat:=xlPart)
If Not rngX Is Nothing Then
cell = rngX.Address
Debug.Print cell
Debug.Print rngX.Address & " cheating"
Worksheets(activeSheetName).Range(cell).Value = ""
Debug.Print rngX.Address & " real"
imgLeft = Range(cell).Left
imgTop = Range(cell).Top
' Width & Height = -1 means keep original size
ws.Shapes.AddPicture _
Filename:=imagePath, _
LinkToFile:=msoFalse, _
SaveWithDocument:=msoTrue, _
Left:=imgLeft, _
Top:=imgTop, _
Width:=-1, _
Height:=-1
End If
' The code beaneath will resize the cell to fit the picture
For Each Picture In ActiveSheet.DrawingObjects
PictureTop = Picture.Top
PictureLeft = Picture.Left
PictureHeight = Picture.Height
PictureWidth = Picture.Width
For N = 2 To 256
If Columns(N).Left > PictureLeft Then
PictureColumn = N - 1
Exit For
End If
Next N
For N = 2 To 65536
If Rows(N).Top > PictureTop Then
PictureRow = N - 1
Exit For
End If
Next N
Rows(PictureRow).RowHeight = PictureHeight
Columns(PictureColumn).ColumnWidth = PictureWidth * (54.29 / 288)
Picture.Top = Cells(PictureRow, PictureColumn).Top
Picture.Left = Cells(PictureRow, PictureColumn).Left
Next Picture
End Sub
Unfortunately the server opens Excel through APIs and Excel doesn't fire macros in this way. It seems flow has the same. I would consider implement the macro function logic in PowerApps. Customize the edit form of the column which supposes to trigger the macro, depends what the macro should do. Possibly unlock a data card if the macro trys to alter a value of another column.
I've looked around on a few different ways to insert .jpg by a macro and there seem to be few, but some different ways. I tried to follow this helpful guide, but are unsuccessful.
MY macro doesn't find the image location. I want the macro to look for images saved in a folder named "Pictures" in the same location the current workbook, compare it to references in column A and insert in column B if match.
I get this error message: "Unable to get the insert property of the Pictures class." Does mean my link is wrong?
As you can see (Worksheet) my references are in Column A, starting at A7, but I have merged cells(A7:A16), so the next reference is in A18, A29.. etc.
ex.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.
Sub ImageMacro()
'Used to import picture files from a pre-sorted file. (Each picture must have a unique name, duplicates removed).
'Sub Picture()
Dim picname As String
Dim pasteAt As Integer
Dim lThisRow As Integer
lThisRow = 7
Do While (Cells(lThisRow, 1) <> "")
'Range("B7").Select 'This is where picture will be inserted
pasteAt = Cells(lThisRow, 2)
' Cells(pasteAt, 2).Select 'This is where picture will be inserted (IS THIS A DUPLICATE OF ABOVE?)
'Dim picname As String
'picname = Range("A7") 'This is the picture name
picname = Cells(lThisRow, 1) 'This is the picture name
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert("smb://pnld-svr-02._smb._tcp.local/Business Administration/Staff Folders/Ida Moe Evensen/0000 Templates/Pictures/" & picname & ".jpg").Select 'Path to where pictures are stored
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
' This resizes the picture
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
With Selection
'.Left = Range("A6").Left
'.Top = Range("A6").Top
.Left = Cells(pasteAt, 1).Left
.Top = Cells(pasteAt, 1).Top
.ShapeRange.LockAspectRatio = msoFalse
.ShapeRange.Height = 100#
.ShapeRange.Width = 80#
.ShapeRange.Rotation = 0#
End With
lThisRow = lThisRow + 11
Loop
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub
ErrNoPhoto:
MsgBox "Unable to Find Photo" 'Shows message box if picture not found
Exit Sub
End Sub
I've used a small subroutine to insert a picture into my sheet by
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(URL).Select
This works fine with Excel 2003 (Windows), but does not work with Excel 2011 (Mac) any more.
Therefore I modified my subroutine
(like proposed http://www.launchexcel.com/google-maps-excel-demo/),
but the subroutine stops at
theShape.Fill.UserPicture URL
with the error message
"-2147024894 (80070002) Fehler der Methode UserPicture des Objekts FillFormat"
The rectangle is green!
Sub Q1()
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim URL As String
Dim i As Long
Dim lastRow As Long
Dim theShape As Shape
Dim pasteCell As Range
' Used Worksheet
Set wks = Worksheets("Blatt1")
' Delete already existing shapes
For Each theShape In wks.Shapes
theShape.Delete
Next theShape
' Check all existing rows in Column K
lastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "K").End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To lastRow
' the URLs are already computed and stored in column K
URL = wks.Range("K" & i).Value
' try to put the images in column L
Set pasteCell = wks.Range("L" & i)
pasteCell.Select
' Create a Shape for putting the Image into
' ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(URL).Select is deprecated and does not work any more!!!
Set theShape = wks.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, pasteCell.Left, pasteCell.Top, 200, 200)
' fill the shape with the image after greening
theShape.Fill.BackColor.RGB = RGB(0, 255, 0)
theShape.Fill.UserPicture URL
Next i
End Sub
Any suggestions or hints? Probably I'm blind as a bat....
Have you tried syntax along the lines of this for setting a shape to a URL:
Sub Picadder()
Dim Pic As Shape
Set Pic = ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddPicture("http://stackoverflow.com/content/stackoverflow/img/apple-touch-icon.png", msoFalse, msoTrue, 0, 0, 100, 100)
End Sub
This code, when adapted to your efforts, might look something along the lines of this:
Sub Q1()
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim URL As String
Dim i As Long
Dim lastRow As Long
Dim theShape As Shape
Dim pasteCell As Range
' Used Worksheet
Set wks = Worksheets("Blatt1")
' Delete already existing shapes
For Each theShape In wks.Shapes
theShape.Delete
Next theShape
' Check all existing rows in Column K
lastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "K").End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To lastRow
' the URLs are already computed and stored in column K
URL = wks.Range("K" & i).Value
' try to put the images in column L
Set pasteCell = wks.Range("L" & i)
pasteCell.Select
' Create a Shape for putting the Image into
' ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(URL).Select is deprecated and does not work any more!!!
Set theShape = wks.Shapes.AddPicture(URL, pasteCell.Left, pasteCell.Top, 200, 200)
' Set shape image backcolor.
theShape.Fill.BackColor.RGB = RGB(0, 255, 0)
Next i
End Sub
Your urls will need to be properly formatted - I had to use quotations on my URL for the initial snippet to get it function effectively, but it may be a solution.
For Mac-Excel 2011, there is a workaround discussed by Michael McLaughlin on his blog. Evidently, it is not easy to tie images to cells in Mac-Excel 2011, if at all. Moreover, research reveals that the question of inserting images into an excel workbook has been asked many times. It also appears that it has not been readily solved through picture methods thus far in the research. Thus, a work-around may be the best solution.
The code snippet, which was very closely adapted and ported from Michael's blog, is as follows:
Function InsertImageCommentAsWorkAround(title As String, cellAddress As Range)
' Define variables used in the comment.
Dim ImageCommentContainer As comment
' Clear any existing comments before adding new ones.
Application.ActiveCell.ClearComments
' Define the comment as a local variable and assign the file name from the _
' _ cellAddress as an input parameter to the comment of a cell at its cellAddress.
' Add a comment.
Set ImageCommentContainer = Application.ActiveCell.AddComment
' With the comment, set parameters.
With ImageCommentContainer
.Text Text:=""
'With the shape overlaying the comment, set parameters.
With .Shape
.Fill.UserPicture (cellAddress.Value)
.ScaleHeight 3#, msoFalse, msoScaleFormTopLeft
.ScaleWidth 2.4, msoFalse, msoScaleFromTopLeft
End With
End With
InsertImageCommentAsWorkAround = title
End Function
I would advise adapting the comment sets into your loop, and use that to set your images into place, using the shape formatting in your loop to set the formatting of the comment shapes generated by the adapted code.