Hello community,
with a tiny trick is it easy possible to use recoreded Microsoft Office VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) code in ABAP.
To do that I use only the Microsoft Script Control, with a little preparation for Excel. Then I read the content from an include, which contains the recorded VBA code. I concatenate the VBScript and VBA code and then I execute it - that's all.
The only thing which is in addition to doing, is to set a point in front of each line of the VBA code. This is necessary because I use oExcel object in VBScript code.
Here an example report:
"-Begin-----------------------------------------------------------------
Report zExcelViaVBScript.
"-Type pools----------------------------------------------------------
Type-Pools:
OLE2.
"-Constants-----------------------------------------------------------
Constants:
CrLf(2) Type c Value cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf.
"-Variables-----------------------------------------------------------
Data:
oScript Type OLE2_OBJECT,
VBCode Type String,
VBACode Type String.
"-Main----------------------------------------------------------------
Create Object oScript 'MSScriptControl.ScriptControl'.
Check sy-subrc = 0 And oScript-Handle > 0 And oScript-Type = 'OLE2'.
"-Allow to display UI elements--------------------------------------
Set Property Of oScript 'AllowUI' = 1.
"-Intialize the VBScript language-----------------------------------
Set Property Of oScript 'Language' = 'VBScript'.
"-Code preparation for Excel VBA------------------------------------
VBCode = 'Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")'.
VBCode = VBCode && CrLf.
VBCode = VBCode && 'oExcel.Visible = True'.
VBCode = VBCode && CrLf.
VBCode = VBCode && 'Set oWorkbook = oExcel.Workbooks.Add()'.
VBCode = VBCode && CrLf.
VBCode = VBCode && 'Set oSheet = oWorkbook.ActiveSheet'.
VBCode = VBCode && CrLf.
VBCode = VBCode && 'With oExcel'.
VBCode = VBCode && CrLf.
"-Add VBA code----------------------------------------------------
Call Function 'ZREADINCLASSTRING'
Exporting I_INCLNAME = 'ZEXCELTEST'
Importing E_STRINCL = VBACode.
VBCode = VBCode && VBACode.
VBCode = VBCode && 'End With'.
VBCode = VBCode && CrLf.
"-Execute VBScript code---------------------------------------------
Call Method Of oScript 'ExecuteStatement' Exporting #1 = VBCode.
"-Free the object---------------------------------------------------
Free Object oScript.
"-End-------------------------------------------------------------------
Here the function module to read an include as string:
"-Begin-----------------------------------------------------------------
Function ZREADINCLASSTRING.
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
*"*"Local Interface:
*" IMPORTING
*" VALUE(I_INCLNAME) TYPE SOBJ_NAME
*" EXPORTING
*" VALUE(E_STRINCL) TYPE STRING
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
"-Variables---------------------------------------------------------
Data resTADIR Type TADIR.
Data tabIncl Type Table Of String.
Data lineIncl Type String Value ''.
Data strIncl Type String Value ''.
"-Main--------------------------------------------------------------
Select Single * From TADIR Into resTADIR
Where OBJ_NAME = I_InclName.
If sy-subrc = 0.
Read Report I_InclName Into tabIncl.
If sy-subrc = 0.
Loop At tabIncl Into lineIncl.
Concatenate strIncl lineIncl cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf
Into strIncl.
lineIncl = ''.
EndLoop.
EndIf.
EndIf.
E_strIncl = strIncl.
EndFunction.
"-End-------------------------------------------------------------------
Here my VBA example code, which is stored in the include ZEXCELTEST:
.Range("A1").Select
.ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "1"
.Range("A3").Select
.ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "2"
.Range("A5").Select
.ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "3"
.Range("B2").Select
.ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "4"
.Range("B4").Select
.ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "5"
.Range("C3").Select
.ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "6"
.Range("C4").Select
This code is a directly copied and pasted from the VBA IDE (only with a point in front of each line):
Here the result in Excel:
Enjoy it.
Cheers
Stefan