Open excel without knowing where it is installed

[Jason Fischer]

Hi all.

What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.

[Likavcsan Ferenc]

Hi!

Probe this:

ShellExecute(0,'open','excel',0,0,SW_SHOWNORMAL);


Fec
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Hi all.

What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.



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[Jason Fischer]

Thanks

That's what I ended up doing

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Hi!

Probe this:

ShellExecute(0,'open','excel',0,0,SW_SHOWNORMAL);


Fec
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Subject: [Delphi] Open excel without knowing where it is installed

Hi all.

What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.



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[Mark Warriner]

I'm not sure from your mail if you want to open excel with a blank worksheet
or open a file.
If you want to open a file using Excel from D6, then you can use the
ShellExecute api:

procedure TForm1.OpenFile(const S: String);
begin
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar(S), nil, nil, SW_SHOW);
end;

This will open the program associated with the extension of the file you
want to open.
If S is an *.xls file, it will open with excel.




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Sent: 31 July 2002 14:29
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Subject: [Delphi] Open excel without knowing where it is installed


Hi all.

What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.



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[Eduardo Duran]

ShellExecute? Wich Unit?... in help says
Import library Shell32.lib but don´t find it.
I´m Using D6 & Win2000 Server

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Subject: RE: [Delphi] Open excel without knowing where it is installed

Post by Mark Warriner
I'm not sure from your mail if you want to open excel with a blank worksheet
or open a file.
If you want to open a file using Excel from D6, then you can use the
procedure TForm1.OpenFile(const S: String);
begin
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar(S), nil, nil, SW_SHOW);
end;
This will open the program associated with the extension of the file you
want to open.
If S is an *.xls file, it will open with excel.
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Subject: [Delphi] Open excel without knowing where it is installed
Hi all.
What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.
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[Stephen Wood]

Use ShellAPI...

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Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 10:45 PM
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Post by Eduardo Duran
ShellExecute? Wich Unit?... in help says
Import library Shell32.lib but don´t find it.
I´m Using D6 & Win2000 Server
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Post by Mark Warriner
I'm not sure from your mail if you want to open excel with a blank

worksheet

Post by Mark Warriner
or open a file.
If you want to open a file using Excel from D6, then you can use the
procedure TForm1.OpenFile(const S: String);
begin
ShellExecute(Handle, 'open', PChar(S), nil, nil, SW_SHOW);
end;
This will open the program associated with the extension of the file you
want to open.
If S is an *.xls file, it will open with excel.
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Subject: [Delphi] Open excel without knowing where it is installed
Hi all.
What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.
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[Rajendra V. Patade]

Hi
i have a problem here
see if u can help me
My application will be supplied with a file which is not atemplate excel
file but a normal data file
i need to find out the format used in the file and save it in the db for
making the use of the tamplate for theperticular type of out put file
now actually wht i am doing is i get the position of the last cell usd in
the file by xlLastCell passed to the specialcell method
but i need to loop from the first till the last cell used in the file and
store the format properties of each file in the db
can some body suggest me how can i achieve this
thanks
Rajendra...


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[Glenn B. Lawler]

Check API Help for: FindExecutable

This returns the program associated with a file extension.

- Glenn Lawler

Post by Jason Fischer
Hi all.
What is the quickest and easiest way of opening Excel from D6 without
knowing where excel is installed.