cannot retrieve column titles from another workbook - excel

I am trying to copy the string values(column titles) from another workbook in row 4 as captions for checkboxes in the workbook where I am running the code. This is what I have so far and it is not working because it is showing the error message "Subscript out of range, run time error 9" Here is what I have. After the error message pops up the line marked below is highlighted. Can anybody help me please. Thank you very much.
Function CallFunction(SheetName As Variant) As Long
Dim text As String
Dim titles(200) As String ' Dim titles(200) As String ' Array
Dim nTitles As Integer
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim myCaption As String
PathName = Range("F22").Value
Filename = Range("F23").Value
TabName = Range("F24").Value
ControlFile = ActiveWorkbook.Name
Workbooks.Open Filename:=PathName & "\" & Filename
ActiveSheet.Name = TabName
Set wks = Workbooks("Filename").Worksheets(SheetName).Activate ' <= Highlights this line ****
For i = 1 To 199
If Trim(wks.Cells(4, i).Value) = "" Then
nTitles = i - 1
Exit For
End If
titles(i - 1) = wks.Cells(4, i).Value
Next
i = 1
For Each cell In Range(Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(4, 1), Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(4, 1 + nTitles))
myCaption = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(4, i).Value
With Sheets("Sheet1").checkBoxes.Add(cell.Left, _
cell.Top, cell.Width, cell.Height)
.Interior.ColorIndex = 12
.Caption = myCaption
.Characters.text = myCaption
.Border.Weight = xlThin
.Name = myCaption
End With
i = i + 1
Next
End Function

Subscript out-of-range typically indicates that a specified Worksheet does not exist in the workbooks Worksheets collection.
Otherwise, are you sure that the workbook specified by FileName is already open? If not, that will raise the same error.
Ensure that A) the file is already open (or use the Workbooks.Open method to open it), and B) ensure that such a worksheet already exists (if not, you will need to create it before you can reference it by name).
Update
You have Workbooks("FileName") where "Filename" is a string literal. Try changing it to simply Filename (without the quotation marks) (this seems like the OBVIOUS error).
Also worth checking:
I also observe this line:
ActiveSheet.Name = TabName
If the sheet named by SheetName is active when the workbook opens, then that line will effectively rename it, so you will not be able to refer to it by SheetName, but instead you would have to refer to it by Worksheets(TabName). ALternatively, flip the two lines so that you activate prior to renaming:
Set wks = Workbooks(Filename).Worksheets(SheetName).Activate
ActiveSheet.Name = TabName
For further reading: avoid using Activate/Select methods, they are confusing and make your code harder to interpret and maintain:
How to avoid using Select in Excel VBA macros
If that is the case, then you could do simply:
Workbooks(Filename).Worksheets(SheetName).Name = TabName

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Excel VBA Workbook.Save Method taking >1 minute for changes on only 1 of 3 worksheets

I have a very odd duck problem with Excel VBA. I have a data file that is opened in VBA, written to and then closed. I have three separate worksheets within this same file that are similar but not the same, but none of them contain shapes, or other objects and relatively small amounts of data (usually less than 1000 rows by no more than 30 columns -- mostly numeric constant values) are being pasted into these worksheets. When two of the sheets are modified, it saves lickety split with no issues, but the third worksheet takes in excess of one minute to complete the save operation. The preceding code is almost exactly the same.
Set WBs = ThisWorkbook
Set WSs = WBs.Worksheets("SourceData")
LastRow = WSs.Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row 'Finds row number of last row of data
Set WBd = OpenWorkbook(FileNam, FullPath:=True)
Set WSd = WBd.Worksheets("TroubledWorksheet")
''' CODE FOR COPYING DATA '''
Set Rng = WSs.Range("A20:AJ" & LastRow + 1)
WSd.Range("A2:AJ" & LastRowD).Clear
Rng.Copy WSd.Range("A2") 'copies all data from source to dest file
WSs.Columns("A:AI").Copy 'copy column width from source
WSd.Columns("A:AI").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteColumnWidths 'paste column width to dest
ActiveWindow.DisplayZeros = False 'hides zeros in cells if formulas output is zero
WSd.Cells.FormatConditions.Delete 'clears Conditional Formatting for entire Sheet
WBd.Activate
WSd.Select
WSd.Range("A1").Select
Application.CalculateBeforeSave = False
' WBd.Save
WBd.Close SaveChanges:=True
Application.CalculateBeforeSave = True
I have uncommented the .Save in the above code with the same effect. I have also removed the .CalculateBeforeSave flags being set, also with no difference.
OpenWorkbook is a helper function that I use to open all of my workbooks.
''' ***************************************************************************
''' * OpenWorkbook()
''' * Preconditions: None
''' * Input: fname - File name
''' * show - boolean to show the workbook after opening
''' * FullPath - Boolean saying wheter it is partial or full path to wb
''' * Readonly - To open as Read Only or not
''' * Output: The Workbook Object
''' * This returns a workbook object of the specified file name. Checks to see
''' * if the Workbook is already open
''' ***************************************************************************
Public Function OpenWorkbook(fname As String, _
Optional show As Boolean = True, _
Optional FullPath As Boolean = False, _
Optional ReadOnly As Boolean = False, _
Optional UpdateLinks As Boolean = False, _
Optional AutoSave As Boolean = False) As Workbook
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim myFileName As String
Dim wbPath As String
Dim aPath() As String
On Error GoTo OpenWorkbookError
'If GEN_DEBUGGING Then Debug.Print "Enter OpenWorkbook #" & TimeInMS
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.AskToUpdateLinks = False
wbPath = IIf(FullPath, fname, ReturnPath(fname))
If Right(wbPath, 4) Like "*xls*" Then
myFileName = wbPath
ElseIf Left(fname, 1) = "\" Or Left(fname, 1) = "/" Then
myFileName = wbPath & Mid(fname, 2) 'SelectFile(wbPath)
Else
myFileName = wbPath & fname
End If
On Error Resume Next
aPath = Split(myFileName, Delimeter)
Set wb = Workbooks(aPath(UBound(aPath)))
If wb Is Nothing Then Set wb = Workbooks.Open(myFileName, UpdateLinks:=UpdateLinks, ReadOnly:=ReadOnly)
On Error GoTo OpenWorkbookError
If wb Is Nothing Then
Err.Raise vbObjectError + 514, "Helper.OpenWorkbook", _
"Unable to Open " & myFileName & " Workbook"
Exit Function
Else
On Error Resume Next
wb.AutoSaveOn = AutoSave
On Error GoTo OpenWorkbookError
wb.Windows(1).Visible = show
End If
Set OpenWorkbook = wb
OpenWorkbookExit:
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
On Error GoTo 0
Exit Function
OpenWorkbookError:
MsgBox "Please ensure the workbook you are trying to open is at the specified location: " & _
vbCrLf & fname, vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Error Opening Workbook"
HandleError "Helper.OpenWorkbook()"
Resume OpenWorkbookExit
End Function
This slow save for only one of the sheets has been observed by other members of my company. I have tried to pause the code before the save and save the workbook manually with the same result of a very prolonged save. Once I have saved it the first time it resumes normal behavior and saves quickly either in code or in the Excel application.
Any pointers or help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT 1: I've updated the code for more completeness
EDIT 2: There was a similar post here: Too long saving time in Excel via VBA but it resolved itself. The problem I am experience is taking longer and longer. Today it took 11 minutes to save the file. The hangup is only on the .Save everything runs like clockwork right up until that point.
EDIT 3: It appears that some of the time it is now saving quickly and at other times it has continued to act slowly. There is no rhyme or reason behind these differences that I can pinpoint, they all occur when the data file was already created and previously saved, but other than that I am stumped.
EDIT 4: Resurrecting this post because this is becoming a rather serious slow-down in the operation. This behavior is only for Sheet(1) of the 3-sheet workbook, if I save to the other two sheets, this problem is non-existent. If I create a fresh workbook in code (a common occurrence) this problem does not happen, it is only when the data on Sheet(1) is replaced by the new data that we see this problem. Hopefully someone out there has seen something like this.
check your strategy for last row
LastRow = WSs.Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row 'Finds row number of last row of data
can return ALL the worksheet, provoking lack of performance

Cells.Find and referencing another Workbook

I have two Workbooks. I need to take a String from WB1 (I iterate through Column C in WB1, not every cell contains a String, but when a cell contains a string this is the one I want to copy), find it in WB2 and replace it with another String from WB1 (in the same row, but column A). Here is what I have so far:
' Checks if a given File is already open
Public Function FileInUse(sFileName) As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
Open sFileName For Binary Access Read Lock Read As #1
Close #1
FileInUse = IIf(Err.Number > 0, True, False)
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
Sub copyPaste()
Dim destWB As Workbook
Dim destSH As Worksheet
Dim fileName As String
Dim curCell As Range
Dim oldName As Range
Dim result As Range
' turn off screen refresh, recalculate formula to speed up sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
' For i = 2 To Rows.Count
For i = 2 To 5
fileName = "C:\Users...\" & Workbooks("Ressources calculation.xlsm").Worksheets("Tests costs").Cells(i, 2)
If Not FileInUse(fileName) Then
Set destWB = Workbooks.Open(fileName)
Set destSH = destWB.Sheets("Qualification Matrix")
destSH.Activate
End If
Set curCell = Workbooks("Ressources calculation.xlsm").Sheets("Tests costs").Cells(i, 3)
Set oldName = Workbooks("Ressources calculation.xlsm").Sheets("Tests costs").Cells(i, 1)
If Not IsEmpty(curCell) Then
curCell.Copy
Set result = destWB.Sheets("Qualification Matrix").Cells.Find(What:=oldName.Text, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:=True, MatchByte:=True)
If Not result Is Nothing Then
result.PasteSpecial
End If
End If
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
End Sub
I have added a MsgBox in the "If Not result" clause which never triggers, so I guess it is not finding the cell. It seems to extract the strings I need to use (in curCell and oldName) fine though (checked also with MsgBox). The cells in which it should search and replace are merged cells, if that makes a difference. I also tried out different values for Cells.Find (leaving all optional parameters, tried all possibilities for lookIn and lookat, MatchByte, tried oldName.Value instead).
This is the first time I'm doing something with Excel Macros/VBA, the last few hours were spend with a lot of trial and error without any result. So I'm sure what I have so far is far from optimal, but I hope that someone can help me with it.
Edit: I narrowed it down a bit. I now activate destSH right before Cells.Find and tried just using a hardcoded example String as a parameter, which works. So I guess the problem is not the find statement but how I try to extract the information I'm looking for with find.
Edit2: As requested, here is a short example walkthrough:
I have a Workbook called "Ressources calculation.xlsm" with three Columns: Current name, File name, New name. Row 4 looks like this:
Misspelledd [File name].xlsx Misspelled
Not every Cell in Column C is filled out. What I'm trying to do is: Iterate through every cell in Column C, if it is not empty copy the string which is in the same row but in Column A, look for it in the file which is noted in Column B and replace it with the right name written under Column C.
Here is a picture of the cell in the destination Workbook which should be found and the text replaced as explained above. It is a merged cell, stretching over rows 2-5.
Edit 3: I finally found out what the problem was. There were "invisible" line breaks at the end of some cells (not really invisible, but you don't easily see them since there are no characters coming after). If this is not the case, the code works.
Try something like this (added some debug.print for troubleshooting)
Sub copyPaste()
Dim destWB As Workbook
Dim destSH As Worksheet
Dim fileName As String
Dim curName, oldName
Dim result As Range
Dim wbRes As Workbook, wsTests As Worksheet
Set wbRes = Workbooks("Ressources calculation.xlsm") 'ThisWorkbook ?
Set wsTests = wbRes.Worksheets("Tests costs")
For i = 2 To 5
fileName = "C:\Users...\" & wsTests.Cells(i, 2)
If Not FileInUse(fileName) Then
Set destWB = Workbooks.Open(fileName)
Set destSH = destWB.Sheets("Qualification Matrix")
curName = Trim(wsTests.Cells(i, 3).Value) '<< always worth adding Trim()...
oldName = Trim(wsTests.Cells(i, 1).Value)
If Len(curName) > 0 Then
Debug.Print "Looking for: '" & oldName & _
"' on sheet '" & destSH.Name & "' in " & _
destWB.FullName
Set result = destSH.UsedRange.Find(What:=oldName, _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole)
If Not result Is Nothing Then
Debug.Print "...found"
result.Value = curName
Else
Debug.Print "... not found"
End If
End If
End If 'file not in use
Next i
End Sub

Using function to open and update values in external workbooks, but returning source errors

I've been using a function from another StackOverflow question (I'm SO sorry I can't find the original answer!) to help go through a number of cells in Column L that contains a formula that spits our a hyperlinked filepath. It is meant to open each one (workbook), update the values, then save and close the workbook before opening the next one. See below.
Sub List_UpdateAndSave()
Dim lr As Long
Dim i As Integer
Dim WBSsource As Workbook
Dim FileNames As Variant
Dim msg As String
' Update the individual credit models
With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("List")
lr = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "L").End(xlUp).Row
FileNames = .Range("L2:L" & lr).Value
End With
For i = LBound(FileNames, 1) To UBound(FileNames, 1)
On Error Resume Next
If FileNames(i, 1) Like "*.xls*" Then
Set WBSsource = Workbooks.Open(FileNames(i, 1), _
ReadOnly:=False, _
Password:="", _
UpdateLinks:=3)
If Err = 0 Then
With WBSsource
'do stuff here
.Save
.Close True
End With
Else
msg = msg & FileNames(i, 1) & Chr(10)
On Error GoTo 0
End If
End If
Set WBSsource = Nothing
Next i
If Len(msg) > 0 Then
MsgBox "The Following Files Could Not Be Opened" & _
Chr(10) & msg, 48, "Error"
End If
End Sub
The problem now is I am using this to work on a Network drive, and as a result it cause pathing issues with the Connections/Edit Links part. Each of the files are stored on S:\... which as a result of using the Hyperlink formula, won't be able to find the source data. See below the example image of a file that as been opened through a hyperlink cell from my original workbook. When I go to update the Edit Links section of it, it shows these errors.
If I open that lettered drive in Windows Explorer and find the file, it works with no problems. Open, Update Values > Save > Close, it says unknown...
(but if I click Update values here they update correctly.)
If opened using a Hyperlink formula in a cell (Also directing to S:\..) it says it contains links that cannot be updated. I choose to edit links and they're all "Error: Source not found". The location on them also starts off with \\\corp\... and not S:\.
Anyway to fix this? Apologies for the long winded question.
I'm adding this as an answer as it contains code and is a bit long for a comment.
I'm not sure if it's what you're after though.
The code will take the mapped drive and return the network drive, or visa-versa for Excel files. DriveMap is the variable containing the final string - you may want to adapt into a function.
Sub UpdatePath()
Dim oFSO As Object
Dim oDrv As Object
Dim FileName As String
Dim DriveMap As String
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FileName = Range("A1")
If InStr(oFSO.GetExtensionName(FileName), "xls") > 0 Then
For Each oDrv In oFSO.drives
If oDrv.sharename <> "" Then
'Changes \\corp\.... to S:\
If InStr(FileName, oDrv.sharename) = 1 Then
DriveMap = Replace(FileName, oDrv.sharename, oDrv.Path)
End If
'Changes S:\ to \\corp\....
' If InStr(FileName, oDrv.Path) = 1 Then
' DriveMap = Replace(FileName, oDrv.Path, oDrv.sharename)
' End If
End If
Next oDrv
End If
End Sub

Subscript out of range run time error 9

I am creating a function that reads column titles from two excel files and then place those column titles in checkboxes so the user can check which columns he will work with. It works when I do it with one file but when I modify it to work with two files I get the "run time error 9: Subscript out of range" and highlights the line => Set wks2 = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(SheetName2).
Even with this error message still works for the first file but it does not work with the second file. Can anybody help me to find the reason of this error message? Thank you very much in advance.
Function CallFunction(SheetName1 As Variant, SheetName2 As Variant) As Long
' This is a function used to retrieve column titles and place them as checkboxes in a listBox
Dim jTitles(200) As String
Dim sTitles(200) As String
Dim titless As Integer
Dim titlesj As Integer
Dim wks1 As Worksheet
Dim wks2 As Worksheet
Dim Item(200) As String
SPathName = Range("F18").Value
SFilename = Range("F19").Value
JPathName = Range("F22").Value
JFilename = Range("F23").Value
Workbooks.Open Filename:=SPathName & "\" & SFilename
Workbooks.Open Filename:=JPathName & "\" & JFilename
Set wks1 = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(SheetName1)
For j = 1 To 199
If Trim(wks1.Cells(4, j).Value) = "" Then
titlesj = j - 1
Exit For
End If
jTitles(j - 1) = wks1.Cells(4, j).Value
Next
j = 1
' Add column titles from files into the listbox as checkboxes
For j = 0 To titlesj
Sheet1.ListBox1.AddItem jTitles(j)
Sheet1.ListBox3.AddItem jTitles(j)
Next
Set wks2 = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(SheetName2) ' <=== HERE POPS THE ERROR MESSAGE
For s = 1 To 199
If Trim(wks2.Cells(1, s).Value) = "" Then
titless = s - 1
Exit For
End If
sTitles(s - 1) = wks2.Cells(1, j).Value
Next
s = 1
For s = 0 To titless
Sheet1.ListBox2.AddItem sTitles(s)
Sheet1.ListBox4.AddItem sTitles(s)
Next
Workbooks(JFilename).Close
' Workbooks(SFilename).Close
End Function
Subscript out of Range error arises in these circumstances when the specified sheetname does not exist in that workbooks Worksheets collection.
I notice you have two open workbooks specified by:
Workbooks.Open Filename:=SPathName & "\" & SFilename
Workbooks.Open Filename:=JPathName & "\" & JFilename
However, both of your worksheet assignments refer only to the ActiveWorkbook.
The cause of the error is certainly that SheetName2 does not exist in the ActiveWorkbok (which is specified by JFilename)
Especially when working with multiple books or worksheets, it is always preferable to avoid using Activate/Select methods-- otherwise you need to keep track of which workbook/worksheet/etc. is "Active", and that makes for spaghetti code and lots of unnecessary calls to the .Activate method.
I know that SheetName1 exists in JFilename, and I am assuming that SheetName2 exist in the workbook SFileName.
Instead, define two Workbook variables:
Dim wb1 as Workbook
Dim wb2 as Workbook
Assign the results of the Workbooks.Open method to these workbooks:
Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=SPathName & "\" & SFilename)
Set wb1 = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=JPathName & "\" & JFilename)
Now, wb1 is the "Active" workbook, so with the worksheet assignments:
Set wks1 = wb1.Worksheets(SheetName1)
And later for the Sheetname2:
Set wks2 = wb2.Worksheets(Sheetname2)
Otherwise, there is a typo in your worksheet names or the string parameters you're sending to this function. Doublecheck/debug that the value of SheetName2 is correct and that it exists.

Automate creation of charts in multiple excel files?

I just spent a significant amount of time creating identical graphs in several dozen excel files (all containing identically formatted data,) and believe there has to be a more efficient way of completing what I've just done.
To simplify things, consider 50 excel documents with data in the same format. Does there exist a method of automatically:
Creating a simple line graph
Adding axis labels, a chart label, removing horizontal grid lines
Including a trend line/R^2 value
Saving the new workbook to a certain location with "_graphed" appended to the filename
Would this be something that an Excel VBA could be used for?
For this sort of problem I would start by recording a macro of the steps you take manually into a personal macro workbook. You can then look at the code produced by Excel and you may find that you don't need to make too many changes for this to be useful as a generic procedure.
After testing, if you wanted to take the automation one step further you could write a little procedure to loop through all of the Excel files in a directory and call your chart procedure for each file when it is open. I can dig out come code I wrote doing something similar if it will help.
Update
Here is a thread where I have provided some code to loop through all of the files containing some given text (in this example ".pdf" but could just as easily be ".xls" to cover xlsx, xlsm etc).
Also this example prints out a list of the files it finds to a worksheet. This is a good start to test the results, but once this is okay you would need to replace the line:
Range(c).Offset(j, 0).Value = vFileList(i)
With some code to open that workbook and call your code to generate the chart. Let me know if you get stuck.
Further Update
I have reviewed the code referred to above and made a few improvements including an additional parameter for you to specify the name of a macro that you want to run against each of the workbooks opened (that meet the condition specified). The macro that you use in the call must exist in the workbook that you are calling all of the other workbooks from (e.g. if the chart macro is in your personal workbook then the code below should also be placed in your personal macro workbook):
Option Explicit
Sub FileLoop(pDirPath As String, _
Optional pPrintToSheet = False, _
Optional pStartCellAddr = "$A$1", _
Optional pCheckCondition = False, _
Optional pFileNameContains = "xxx", _
Optional pProcToRunOnWb)
On Error GoTo PrintFileList_err
' Local constants / variables
Const cProcName = "FileLoop"
Dim vFileList() As String ' array for file names
Dim i As Integer ' iterator for file name array
Dim j As Integer ' match counter
Dim c As String
' variables for optional param pProcToRunOnWb
Dim vFullPath As String
Dim vTmpPath As String
Dim wb As Workbook
vFullPath = Application.ThisWorkbook.FullName
vFileList = GetFileList(pDirPath)
c = pStartCellAddr
j = 0
For i = LBound(vFileList) To UBound(vFileList)
' if condition is met (i.e. filename cotains text or condition is not required...
If pCheckCondition And InStr(1, vFileList(i), pFileNameContains, vbTextCompare) > 0 _
Or Not pCheckCondition Then
' print name to sheet if required...
If pPrintToSheet Then
Range(c).Offset(j, 0).Value = vFileList(i)
j = j + 1 ' increment row offset
End If
' open wb to run macro if required...
If pProcToRunOnWb <> "" Then
Application.DisplayAlerts = False ' set alerts off so that macro can run in other wb
vTmpPath = pDirPath & "\" & vFileList(i)
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=vTmpPath)
Workbooks(wb.Name).Activate
Application.Run "'" & vFullPath & "'!" & pProcToRunOnWb
wb.Close (True) ' save and close workbook
Application.DisplayAlerts = True ' set alerts back on
End If
End If
Debug.Print vFileList(i)
Next i
' clean up
Set wb = Nothing
PrintFileList_exit:
Exit Sub
PrintFileList_err:
Debug.Print "Error in ", cProcName, vbCrLf, "Err no: ", Err.Number, _
vbCrLf, "Err Description: ", Err.Description
Resume Next
End Sub
Function GetFileList(pDirPath As String) As Variant
On Error GoTo GetFileList_err
' Local constants / variables
Const cProcName = "GetFileList"
Dim objFSO As Object
Dim objFolder As Object
Dim objFile As Object
Dim c As Double ' upper bound for file name array
Dim i As Double ' iterator for file name array
Dim vFileList() As String ' array for file names
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(pDirPath)
c = objFolder.Files.Count
i = 0
ReDim vFileList(1 To c) ' set bounds on file array now we know count
'Loop through the Files collection
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
'Debug.Print objFile.Name
i = i + 1
vFileList(i) = objFile.Name
Next
'Clean up!
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
GetFileList = vFileList
GetFileList_exit:
Exit Function
GetFileList_err:
Debug.Print "Error in ", cProcName, vbCrLf, "Err no: ", Err.Number, _
vbCrLf, "Err Description: ", Err.Description
Resume Next
End Function
You can call this from another macro or from the immediate window (ctrl+G) with the parameters required e.g. to get all files containing '.xls', and run a macro named 'your_macro_name_here' the code would be:
call FileLoop("C:\Users\Prosserc\Dropbox\Docs\Stack_Overflow\Test", False, "", True, ".xls", "your_macro_name_here")
Obviously change the path in the first parameter to point to the directory containing the files that you want to run the macro against.
There is a library called Xlsxwriter for both python and perl which allows for the automation of chart generation. For some sample python code, see my post here.

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