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Tagged with excel error-handling
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Reading data from Excel sheet with ExcelDataReader
Objective:
I want to import an Excel file, and read the rows of certain columns. For this, I use ExcelDataReader. I've implemented a low-level class called ...
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Get Workbook Method(s)
I'm re-writing my Module of standard methods. These 3 are used to retrieve Workbooks as Workbook Objects. The standard I'm aiming for here is "Third-party Library/Add-in". So:
Do these functions ...
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Userform for getting data from data sheet into a table
I am making a userform that grabs data from a data sheet and puts it into a table:
Grabs the data based on what the user wants (Brand -> Items for brand)
Allows multiple items to be added
Displays ...
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A simple ascii progress bar
I've been wanting to experiment with a bit of error handling and robustness to make my code more user friendly. I was inspired by this answer on UX to try and add a progress bar to a button - but was ...
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Creating a pseudo Pivot Table / Database using a 4-D array
Why am I not just using a Pivot Table / Database?
a) I've never ever used either before. And I don't have time to learn how before this project needs to actually be finished.
b) The final output ...
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Test if Excel is open without relying on catching an error
Getting a hook on an open instance of Excel is something I do all the time. I'm now questioning if I'm doing this the best way. I'm particularly concerned with the fact that I rely on the ...
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Class: 2D Variant Array
Note: Yes. It's big. I'm not expecting commensurately
long/detailed answers (though if anyone wants to write one, you'll definitely be receiving a substantial bounty). This class is going to be used ...
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Error-Handling Class and Logging for VBA
I've been reusing an error class in Excel VBA projects for a few years now and I'd like to see if there are ways to improve it. Any suggestions for style, code, etc. are all welcome.
The 2 ...
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Parsing excel cells containing line feed characters
This is a direct follow up to Parsing cells containing Line Feed Characters.
Link to sanitized xls on dropbox if test data is needed
Essentially the reports I work with aren't bad -
The issue is ...
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End of day receipt emailing process
The following functions/routines are an automation of an end of day receipt emailing process that formerly would take up to an hour, but now takes less than a minute.
Things to note: I changed the ...
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Error handling to restart Word from Excel inside a loop
I'm often opening, from Excel, all Word documents inside a folder.
And sometimes during the treatments, Word crash without throwing an error.
So I've added a bit of error handling to restart Word ...
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Count rows of a table
I am trying to count the rows of two tables generated by SQL connections in Excel VBA. My plan was to use ListObject.DataBodyRange.Rows.Count however, this errors ...
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Is brute force the accepted best practice for handling Excel COM 'busy' exceptions?
Following on from a question about handling-com-exceptions-busy-codes I would like to know if the following model is the accepted best practice of handling Excel COM busy messages when accessing the ...
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Read sales transactions from Excel
This is a program to read and store the data from a Excel file (.xlsx) which is uploaded by users.
Any better approach to reduce the usage of if-else to return the error message?
How to design or ...
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Follow Up: Refactored C# Tool to Generate MS Word Document Mailbox List From MS Excel
Background
Some very good observations were made about my original code in the 2 answers to this question. In this version I have attempted to reduce cyclic complexity and class coupling even more as ...
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