Viewing a specific sheet within a workbook using powershell - excel

I have my code for opening and gathering information from any sheet within the workbook, basically what it does it open the workbook, ask what sheet you want to pull info from, and it processes it. It then quits powershell and leaves excel open.
The only problem I have is that I would like powershell to actually show the sheet it is pulling from in the excel window. For instance if I choose sheet 3 to process info from, excel will by default show the last sheet I had selected and leave it, I would like it to go to a specific one. Is there a way to do that?

Yes, it's the Activate() method.
$Excel = new-object -ComObject Excel.Application
$Workbook = $Excel.Workbooks.Add()
[void]$Workbook.Worksheets.Add()
[void]$Workbook.Worksheets.Add()
$Workbook.Worksheets.Item(2).Activate()
$Excel.Visible = $true
That will open Excel, create a workbook, add two sheets, and then display the second sheet.

$excel = New-Object -ComObject excel.application
$excel.Visible = $true
$workbook = $excel.workbooks.open('D:\Projects\working\data.xlsm')
$sheet = $workbook.Worksheets.Item('Graph')
$sheet.activate()
$rangeSource=$sheet.range("A50","M73")
$rangeSource.Copy() | out-null
$Results = Get-Clipboard -TextFormatType Html | select -skip 7 | Out-String

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I have an API request that set a variable named $data with CSV style data.
I want to open a Workbook with that data without writing on disk.
How can I do that?
The best I can do is
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Unfortunately, it fills my CSV into 1 cell, adding delimiter, instead of simply "copying" data into the workbook.
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Powershell Run Excel Macros

hello im trying to open an excel document then open an excel Macro Document, then have powershell run the specific macro that i want and let the macro do its magic and call it a day.
the script i have is this:
# start Excel
$excel = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
#open file
$FilePath = 'C:\Users\Username\Desktop\ExcelWorkbook.xlsm'
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#Popup box to show completion - you would remove this if using task scheduler
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So my issue is im getting the error "all macros may be disabled"
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PowerShell Initiated Excel VBA Macro not doing anything

I have a working VBA Macro with working Data in an Excel. Probably some of you wan't to see that Macro but trust me it works. It worked for multiple weeks and if I open the File PowerShell is going to edit and click on the Button the Macro works as well, so no Problem there.
For the start my PowerShell Script should just execute the macro and save the Excel.
I Found out how you run macros / click a button and how to save the File. Here's my Code:
$ExcelPath = "PathToMyExcel"
$excel = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
$workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($ExcelPath)
$excel.Visible = $true
$app = $excel.Application
$app.Run("Sheet.Macro")
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 # -> Just so I can see what the Macro "Should" be doing
$excel.Visible = $false
$workbook.Saved = $true
$workbook.SaveAs($ExcelPath)
$xl.Quit()
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($xl)
[System.GC]::Collect()
My first Problem was that it didn't find and couldn't run the Macro, so I activated macros from the getgo and later found out that I had to include the sheet name my Button / Macro was in (Sheet.Macro).
I tried changing up the $app.Run("") with everything, Sheet, Workbook, Whole Excel Path and others, everyone gives me back an Error that It couldn't find the Macro but not the "Sheet.Macro" which gives back no Errors but, like I already said, doesn't do anything.
So, now I don't have any Errors it should work, but it doesn't. Is it because it's a VBA Macro or something different?
$ExcelPath = "PathToMyExcel"
$excel = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
$workbook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($ExcelPath)
$excel.Visible = $true
$app = $excel.Application
$app.Run("Sheet1.Macro")
Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 # -> Just so I can see what the Macro "Should" be doing
$excel.Visible = $false
$workbook.Saved = $true
$workbook.SaveAs($ExcelPath)
$excel.Quit()
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($excel)
[System.GC]::Collect()
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I am assuming it should be Sheet1 and the macro should be a public sub under `Sheet1'.

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I am trying to implement a script to update some Excel sheets/cells.
For this I am using Windows PowerShell ISE with the following code:
# open application
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$document.Application.Visible = $true
$document.DisplayAlerts = $false
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$workbook = $document.Workbooks.Add()
After this, I can use the following command to see which sheets I have:
$workbook.Sheets | Select-Object -Property Name
And it works perfectly. The problem is when I add a new sheet with the following:
$workbook = $document.Sheets.Add()
It creates the new sheet, but… when I use the command to see the sheet names, it does not show anything, looks like the Sheets.Add() crashes something…
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Add a column in excel sheet using powershell

I want to add a column after a particular column number in excel sheet using Powershell.
I am able to add it at starting of sheet, but couldn't insert after a specific column.
#This will insert a column at column R
$Excel = New-Object -ComObject excel.application
$ExcelWorkSheet = $ExcelWordBook.Worksheets.Add()
$ExcelWorkSheet.Name = "TestThis"
#do other things
$ColumnSelect = $ExcelWorkSheet.Columns("R:R")
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Alas, I agree, I have not found neither documentation or examples :-/ .
Nevertheless here is below how to insert a column 7th and give it a name:
(Get-ChildItem "*.xlsb")|
foreach-object {
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$wb=$xl.workbooks.open($_)
$ws = $wb.worksheets.Item(1)
$ws.Columns.ListObject.ListColumns.Add(7)
$ws.Cells.Item(1,7) ='Comment'
$wb.Save()
$xl.Quit()
while([System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject([System.__ComObject]$xl)){'released'| Out-Null}
}
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