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by winstein
Wed Mar 23, 2016 4:21 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Getting Value in Excel Cell instead of Formula
Replies: 2
Views: 4936

Re: Getting Value in Excel Cell instead of Formula

According to my colleague, the cell returns the value instead of the formula. Meaning, I can't quite show you the code.

I am not sure why it happened, but if I were to speculate, the cell might be highlighted beforehand, showing the formula instead of the value.
by winstein
Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:03 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Getting Value in Excel Cell instead of Formula
Replies: 2
Views: 4936

Getting Value in Excel Cell instead of Formula

My colleague is facing this problem. In Excel, certain cells might have formulas, which will in turn display the true value. How do you make it so that Macro Scheduler retrieves the cell value instead of the formula?

Thanks for reading.
by winstein
Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:02 am
Forum: Technical / Scripting
Topic: Entering Date Correctly in Excel
Replies: 1
Views: 2436

Entering Date Correctly in Excel

(Topic previously found in the Beginners section) When I used the XLSetCell function to enter a date, if that Day and Month are both 12 or less, the system has a tendency to interpret my dates as Month/Day/Year format instead of the Day/Month/Year format. This is in spite of cell format being in the...
by winstein
Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:55 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Entering Date Correctly in Excel
Replies: 1
Views: 3444

Entering Date Correctly in Excel

When I used the XLSetCell function to enter a date, if that Day and Month are both 12 or less, the system has a tendency to interpret my dates as Month/Day/Year format instead of the Day/Month/Year format. This is in spite of cell format being in the D/M/Y format. Here's a sample code (make sure the...
by winstein
Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:16 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Reverse Wait Screen Image
Replies: 2
Views: 3591

Reverse Wait Screen Image

I want to be able to continue a program if a certain image is lost on the screen. With WaitScreenImage, the program will continue only after the image is found on the screen, but I want to perform a command where the program only continues if the image is gone. To be specific, I want to continue the...
by winstein
Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:14 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Mail Merge to save each file separately
Replies: 2
Views: 3541

Re: Mail Merge to save each file separately

Never mind about this one, I think. Basically what I wanted to do is to save each Mail Merge document separately into files, but I guess I could find a way to do it if it's possible. Not sure you know what Mail Merge is, but it's basically combining the information in a Word Document file with data ...
by winstein
Wed Dec 16, 2015 10:10 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Mail Merge to save each file separately
Replies: 2
Views: 3541

Mail Merge to save each file separately

Mail Merge's function allows us to use an Excel file to insert date into a template, so I am wondering: what is the best way to save each record into different individual Word files?

Thanks for reading.
by winstein
Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:08 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Trigger Program on Certain Occasions
Replies: 1
Views: 2750

Trigger Program on Certain Occasions

The script in which I will compile into a program will need to be run when a new file is added to a folder. Is there a way to do this? To put it this way, I want to run the program so that as soon as one file is generated, the existence of that file will in turn make this executable work. Thanks for...
by winstein
Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:22 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Retrieving Files from the Internet
Replies: 2
Views: 3650

Re: Retrieving Files from the Internet

That function does what I wanted it to do.

Thank you!
by winstein
Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:58 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Retrieving Files from the Internet
Replies: 2
Views: 3650

Retrieving Files from the Internet

One of the Macros I worked on requires that I use a certain type of file in order to operate, but right now my colleague has this idea of retrieving said file on the internet, so used a website where a file is to be downloaded when you entered this link. Of course, it doesn't work because the ReadFi...
by winstein
Mon Aug 03, 2015 2:02 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Renaming a Folder
Replies: 2
Views: 3838

Renaming a Folder

Two things: 1) In Macro Scheduler, there is a function called RenameFile, which is for, as it says, renaming a file. My question is, is there an equivalent function for renaming a folder? If yes, what's the function called? 2) When I copied a folder using CopyFolder, is there a way to rename the fol...
by winstein
Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:59 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Running an SQL Script
Replies: 4
Views: 4596

Re: Running an SQL Script

What I am attempting to do is that basically, I have an SQL file that I want to run in Macro Scheduler, but when I convert the file's contents into a Macro Scheduler script to run this file, there were some problems that prevented it from being run fully. Essentially what I want to do is: 1) Have an...
by winstein
Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:20 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Running an SQL Script
Replies: 4
Views: 4596

Running an SQL Script

What I want to do currently, is to use DBExec to run a script from another file. I did use the ReadFile command to do it, since that's one way in extracting data. The problem is, as I have encountered, when comments are added into the mix. Essentially, based on my observation, comments are not skipp...
by winstein
Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:18 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Parameters with Macro Application
Replies: 3
Views: 4519

Re: Parameters with Macro Application

I saw that link, and then I also tried to enter parameters into an executable file (that is compiled). It works from what I see, but one thing I would like to know is, in case a certain parameter is omitted, how do I give it a default setting?
by winstein
Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:04 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Returning Day of Week based on Date
Replies: 3
Views: 4295

Re: Returning Day of Week based on Date

Ah, I see. Thank you for your advice.
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