I am generating Excel Files with Pentaho Data Integration and I want to start a Macro automaticly after creation. Until now, the Macro is started while opening the file. But this is not a good way: Some users dont have permissions to execute Macros and each time you open the file Excel is asking if you want to save the changes.
I am wondering if there is a way to execute a VBA Macro in MS Excel out of the Windows Shell. What I found is this code to open a file:
Shell "C:\Programme\Office2k\Office\EXCEL.EXE " & _"C:\...\MyExcelFile.xls"
But this is not what I want. I want to start the Macro exactly one time, and before any user opened it.
Do you have any ideas?
The solution with vbscript looks like this (Open, Save, Close without User Interaction):
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:\dev\testo.xls")
objExcel.Application.Run "testo.xls!test"
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Save
objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
objExcel.Application.Quit
WScript.Quit