topic Re: Export Macro not working in QlikView

Export Macro not working

samuel_brierley — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:08:01 GMT

Hi all,

ive pinched the below from QlikTip #32: Exporting multiple QV objects to a single Excel document but it doesn't seem to do anything at all, obviously im going wrong somewhere but I cant identify the problem.

ive tried using the CH number and setting it as obj to see if that changes anything but no joy.

thanks for any help guys.

sub test()
Dim aryExport(0,3)

set obj = ActiveDocument.GetSheetObject("CH127")

aryExport(0,0) = "CH127"
aryExport(0,1) = "Sales per Region"
aryExport(0,2) = "A1"
aryExport(0,3) = "data"

Dim objExcelWorkbook 'as Excel.Workbook
Set objExcelWorkbook = copyObjectsToExcelSheet(ActiveDocument, aryExport)

end sub

Re: Export Macro not working

gautik92 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:09:26 GMT

have a look at this

Re: Export Macro not working

samuel_brierley — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:10:40 GMT

I'm a PE user unfortunately getting closer to getting IT to get me a license.

sorry

Re: Export Macro not working

gautik92 — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:13:33 GMT

have a look at this macro

'// ****************************************************************

'// Simple Export of just one object

'// ****************************************************************

sub exportToExcel_Variant1

'// Array for export definitions

Dim aryExport(0,3)

aryExport(0,0) = "objSalesPerYearAndRegion"

aryExport(0,1) = "Sales per Region a. Year"

aryExport(0,2) = "A1"

aryExport(0,3) = "data"

Dim objExcelWorkbook 'as Excel.Workbook

Set objExcelWorkbook = copyObjectsToExcelSheet(ActiveDocument, aryExport)

'// Now either just leave Excel open or do some other stuff here

'// like saving the excel, some formatting stuff, ...

end sub

'// ****************************************************************

'// More enhanced export of three objects to three different sheets

'// ****************************************************************

sub exportToExcel_Variant2

'// Array for export definitions

Dim aryExport(2,3)

aryExport(0,0) = "objSalesPerRegion"

aryExport(0,1) = "Sales per Region"

aryExport(0,2) = "A1"

aryExport(0,3) = "data"

aryExport(1,0) = "objTopCustomers"

aryExport(1,1) = "Top Customers"

aryExport(1,2) = "A1"

aryExport(1,3) = "data"

aryExport(2,0) = "objSalesPerYearAndRegion"

aryExport(2,1) = "Sales per Region a. Year"

aryExport(2,2) = "A1"

aryExport(2,3) = "data"

Dim objExcelWorkbook 'as Excel.Workbook

Set objExcelWorkbook = copyObjectsToExcelSheet(ActiveDocument, aryExport)

'// Now either just leave Excel open or do some other stuff here

'// like saving the excel, some formatting stuff, ...

end sub

'// ****************************************************************

'// Export of multiple objects in different formats (data & image)

'// In one case (sheet "Sales Overview") two objects are placed on

'// one sheet.

'// ****************************************************************

sub exportToExcel_Variant3

Dim aryExport(4,3)

aryExport(0,0) = "objSalesPerRegion"

aryExport(0,1) = "Sales Overview"

aryExport(0,2) = "A1"

aryExport(0,3) = "image"

aryExport(1,0) = "objTopCustomers"

aryExport(1,1) = "Sales Overview"

aryExport(1,2) = "H1"

aryExport(1,3) = "image"

aryExport(2,0) = "objSalesPerYearAndRegion"

aryExport(2,1) = "Sales Overview"

aryExport(2,2) = "A14"

aryExport(2,3) = "data"

aryExport(3,0) = "objTopCustomers"

aryExport(3,1) = "Top Customers"

aryExport(3,2) = "A1"

aryExport(3,3) = "image"

aryExport(4,0) = "objTopCustomers"

aryExport(4,1) = "Top Customers"

aryExport(4,2) = "A14"

aryExport(4,3) = "data"

Dim objExcelWorkbook 'as Excel.Workbook

Set objExcelWorkbook = copyObjectsToExcelSheet(ActiveDocument, aryExport)

'// Now either just leave Excel open or do some other stuff here

'// like saving the excel, some formatting stuff, ...

end sub

'// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'// YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE CODE BELOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'// ****************************************************************

'// copyObjectsToExcel

'// ~~

'// Parameters:

'// qvDoc - Reference to the QlikView document (normally just use

'// "ActiveDocument", but you can also use copyObjectsToExcel

'// outside of QlikView ...

'// aryExportDefinition - array of settings

'// ~~

'// Version 1.02

'// ~~

'// The aryExportDefinition is used to pass the following properties to

'// copyObjectsToExcelSheet:

'//

'// Index Description

'// ------------------------

'// 0 - Id of the QlikView object to copy from

'// 1 - Name of the sheet (in Excel) where the object should be copied to

'//

'// (If a sheet with the same name already exists no new

'// sheet will be created, instead the existing sheet will

'// be used for pasting the object)

'//

'// Note: the sheetName can be max 31 characters long

'//

'// 2 - Range in Excel where the object should be pasted to

'// 3 - PasteMode ["data", "image"]

'// Defines if the objects underlaying data should be

'// pasted ("data") or the the image representing the object

'// should be used

'// ****************************************************************

Private Function copyObjectsToExcelSheet(qvDoc, aryExportDefinition) 'as Excel.Workbook

Dim i 'as Integer

Dim objExcelApp 'as Excel.Application

Dim objExcelDoc 'as Excel.Workbook

Set objExcelApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcelApp.Visible = true 'false if you want to hide Excel

objExcelApp.DisplayAlerts = false

Set objExcelDoc = objExcelApp.Workbooks.Add

Dim strSourceObject

Dim qvObjectId 'as String

Dim sheetName

Dim sheetRange

Dim pasteMode

Dim objSource

Dim objCurrentSheet

Dim objExcelSheet

for i = 0 to UBOUND(aryExportDefinition)

'// Get the properties of the exportDefinition array

qvObjectId = aryExportDefinition(i,0)

sheetName = aryExportDefinition(i,1)

sheetRange = aryExportDefinition(i,2)

pasteMode = aryExportDefinition(i,3)

Set objExcelSheet = Excel_GetSheetByName(objExcelDoc, sheetName)

if (objExcelSheet is nothing) then

Set objExcelSheet = Excel_AddSheet(objExcelApp, sheetName)

if (objExcelSheet is nothing) then

msgbox("No sheet could be created, this should not occur!!!")

end if

objExcelSheet.Select

set objSource = qvDoc.GetSheetObject(qvObjectId)

Call objSource.GetSheet().Activate()

objSource.Maximize

qvDoc.GetApplication.WaitForIdle

if (not objSource is nothing) then

if (pasteMode = "image") then

Call objSource.CopyBitmapToClipboard()

else

Call objSource.CopyTableToClipboard(true) '// default & fallback

end if

Set objCurrentSheet = objExcelDoc.Sheets(sheetName)

objExcelDoc.Sheets(sheetName).Range(sheetRange).Select

objExcelDoc.Sheets(sheetName).Paste

if (pasteMode <> "image") then

With objExcelApp.Selection

.WrapText = True

.ShrinkToFit = False

End With

end if

objCurrentSheet.Range("A1").Select

end if

Call Excel_DeleteBlankSheets(objExcelDoc)

'// Finally select the first sheet

objExcelDoc.Sheets(1).Select

'// Return value

Set copyObjectsToExcelSheet = objExcelDoc

end function

'// ________________________________________________________________

'// ****************************************************************

'// Internal function for getting the Excel sheet by sheetName

'// ****************************************************************

Private Function Excel_GetSheetByName(ByRef objExcelDoc, sheetName) 'as Excel.Sheet

For Each ws In objExcelDoc.Worksheets

If (trim(ws.Name) = Excel_GetSafeSheetName(sheetName)) then

Set Excel_GetSheetByName = ws

exit function

End If

'// default return value

Set Excel_GetSheetByName = nothing

End Function

'// ________________________________________________________________

Private Function Excel_GetSafeSheetName(sheetName)

'// can be max 31 characters long

retVal = trim(left(sheetName, 31))

Excel_GetSafeSheetName = retVal

End Function

'// ****************************************************************

'// Internal function for adding a new sheet

'// ****************************************************************

Private Function Excel_AddSheet(objExcelApplication, sheetName) ' as Excel.Sheet

'// add a sheet to the last position

objExcelApplication.Sheets.Add , objExcelApplication.Sheets(objExcelApplication.Sheets.Count)

Dim objNewSheet

Set objNewSheet = objExcelApplication.Sheets(objExcelApplication.Sheets.Count)

objNewSheet.Name = left(sheetName,31)

'// return the newly created sheet

Set Excel_AddSheet = objNewSheet

End function

'// ________________________________________________________________

'// ****************************************************************

'// Delete all empty sheets

'// ****************************************************************

Private Sub Excel_DeleteBlankSheets(ByRef objExcelDoc)

For Each ws In objExcelDoc.Worksheets

If (not HasOtherObjects(ws)) then

If objExcelDoc.Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(ws.Cells) = 0 Then

On Error Resume Next

Call ws.Delete()

End If

End Sub

'// ________________________________________________________________

'// ****************************************************************

'// Helper function to determine if there are other objects placed

'// on the sheet ...

'// ****************************************************************

Public Function HasOtherObjects(ByRef objSheet) 'As Boolean

Dim c

If (objSheet.ChartObjects.Count > 0) Then

HasOtherObjects = true

Exit function

End If

If (objSheet.Pictures.Count > 0) Then

HasOtherObjects = true

Exit function

End If

If (objSheet.Shapes.Count > 0) Then

HasOtherObjects = true

Exit function

End If

HasOtherObjects = false

End Function

'//__________________________________________________________________

Re: Export Macro not working

samuel_brierley — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:21:55 GMT

Hi,

as far as I can tell the top code is the same as what im using but to be on the safe side I copied it only changing the chart name to CH01.

still no joy and I haven't got a clue why? excel doesn't start and obviously no data is copied across.

i've attached a simple qvw with a button, id appreciate if you can just try the button and see whats going on.

obviously have a quick scan of the code but I cant see anything wrong

thanks

Re: Export Macro not working

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:32:10 GMT

Hi Samuel,

in your macro it lacked all part that builds dinammicamente the excel file.

Do not remove all of the code that I added, allowing access to the file system in the macro.

Look at the attachment, this works.

Re: Export Macro not working

samuel_brierley — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:09:04 GMT

ahh brilliant thanks,

unfortunately im only a PE user, can you please paste into a text file or just into here?

thanks

Re: Export Macro not working

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:45:04 GMT

Hi Samuel,

this is the macro code:

sub exportToExcel_Variant1

'// Array for export definitions

Dim aryExport(0,3)

aryExport(0,0) = "CH01"

aryExport(0,1) = "Sales per Region a. Year"

aryExport(0,2) = "A1"

aryExport(0,3) = "data"

Dim objExcelWorkbook 'as Excel.Workbook

Set objExcelWorkbook = copyObjectsToExcelSheet(ActiveDocument, aryExport)

'// Now either just leave Excel open or do some other stuff here

'// like saving the excel, some formatting stuff, ...

end sub

'// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'// YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE THE CODE BELOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

'// ****************************************************************

'// copyObjectsToExcel

'// ~~

'// Parameters:

'// qvDoc - Reference to the QlikView document (normally just use

'// "ActiveDocument", but you can also use copyObjectsToExcel

'// outside of QlikView ...

'// aryExportDefinition - array of settings

'// ~~

'// Version 1.02

'// ~~

'// The aryExportDefinition is used to pass the following properties to

'// copyObjectsToExcelSheet:

'//

'// Index Description

'// ------------------------

'// 0 - Id of the QlikView object to copy from

'// 1 - Name of the sheet (in Excel) where the object should be copied to

'//

'// (If a sheet with the same name already exists no new

'// sheet will be created, instead the existing sheet will

'// be used for pasting the object)

'//

'// Note: the sheetName can be max 31 characters long

'//

'// 2 - Range in Excel where the object should be pasted to

'// 3 - PasteMode ["data", "image"]

'// Defines if the objects underlaying data should be

'// pasted ("data") or the the image representing the object

'// should be used

'// ****************************************************************

Private Function copyObjectsToExcelSheet(qvDoc, aryExportDefinition) 'as Excel.Workbook

Dim i 'as Integer

Dim objExcelApp 'as Excel.Application

Dim objExcelDoc 'as Excel.Workbook

Set objExcelApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcelApp.Visible = true 'false if you want to hide Excel

objExcelApp.DisplayAlerts = false

Set objExcelDoc = objExcelApp.Workbooks.Add

Dim strSourceObject

Dim qvObjectId 'as String

Dim sheetName

Dim sheetRange

Dim pasteMode

Dim objSource

Dim objCurrentSheet

Dim objExcelSheet

for i = 0 to UBOUND(aryExportDefinition)

'// Get the properties of the exportDefinition array

qvObjectId = aryExportDefinition(i,0)

sheetName = aryExportDefinition(i,1)

sheetRange = aryExportDefinition(i,2)

pasteMode = aryExportDefinition(i,3)

Set objExcelSheet = Excel_GetSheetByName(objExcelDoc, sheetName)

if (objExcelSheet is nothing) then

Set objExcelSheet = Excel_AddSheet(objExcelApp, sheetName)

if (objExcelSheet is nothing) then

msgbox("No sheet could be created, this should not occur!!!")

end if

objExcelSheet.Select

set objSource = qvDoc.GetSheetObject(qvObjectId)

Call objSource.GetSheet().Activate()

objSource.Maximize

qvDoc.GetApplication.WaitForIdle

if (not objSource is nothing) then

if (pasteMode = "image") then

Call objSource.CopyBitmapToClipboard()

else

Call objSource.CopyTableToClipboard(true) '// default & fallback

end if

Set objCurrentSheet = objExcelDoc.Sheets(sheetName)

objExcelDoc.Sheets(sheetName).Range(sheetRange).Select

objExcelDoc.Sheets(sheetName).Paste

if (pasteMode <> "image") then

With objExcelApp.Selection

.WrapText = True

.ShrinkToFit = False

End With

end if

objCurrentSheet.Range("A1").Select

end if

Call Excel_DeleteBlankSheets(objExcelDoc)

'// Finally select the first sheet

objExcelDoc.Sheets(1).Select

'// Return value

Set copyObjectsToExcelSheet = objExcelDoc

end function

'// ________________________________________________________________

'// ****************************************************************

'// Internal function for getting the Excel sheet by sheetName

'// ****************************************************************

Private Function Excel_GetSheetByName(ByRef objExcelDoc, sheetName) 'as Excel.Sheet

For Each ws In objExcelDoc.Worksheets

If (trim(ws.Name) = Excel_GetSafeSheetName(sheetName)) then

Set Excel_GetSheetByName = ws

exit function

End If

'// default return value

Set Excel_GetSheetByName = nothing

End Function

'// ________________________________________________________________

Private Function Excel_GetSafeSheetName(sheetName)

'// can be max 31 characters long

retVal = trim(left(sheetName, 31))

Excel_GetSafeSheetName = retVal

End Function

'// ****************************************************************

'// Internal function for adding a new sheet

'// ****************************************************************

Private Function Excel_AddSheet(objExcelApplication, sheetName) ' as Excel.Sheet

'// add a sheet to the last position

objExcelApplication.Sheets.Add , objExcelApplication.Sheets(objExcelApplication.Sheets.Count)

Dim objNewSheet

Set objNewSheet = objExcelApplication.Sheets(objExcelApplication.Sheets.Count)

objNewSheet.Name = left(sheetName,31)

'// return the newly created sheet

Set Excel_AddSheet = objNewSheet

End function

'// ________________________________________________________________

'// ****************************************************************

'// Delete all empty sheets

'// ****************************************************************

Private Sub Excel_DeleteBlankSheets(ByRef objExcelDoc)

For Each ws In objExcelDoc.Worksheets

If (not HasOtherObjects(ws)) then

If objExcelDoc.Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(ws.Cells) = 0 Then

On Error Resume Next

Call ws.Delete()

End If

End Sub

'// ________________________________________________________________

'// ****************************************************************

'// Helper function to determine if there are other objects placed

'// on the sheet ...

'// ****************************************************************

Public Function HasOtherObjects(ByRef objSheet) 'As Boolean

Dim c

If (objSheet.ChartObjects.Count > 0) Then

HasOtherObjects = true

Exit function

End If

If (objSheet.Pictures.Count > 0) Then

HasOtherObjects = true

Exit function

End If

If (objSheet.Shapes.Count > 0) Then

HasOtherObjects = true

Exit function

End If

HasOtherObjects = false

End Function

'//__________________________________________________________________