I am writing CorelDraw VBA code to use Excel Worksheet data from an xlsx or xls file. I don't have Excel installed. Is there a way to do that?
I know I can use an Access database if Access is not installed. But what about an Excel worksheet file?
Thanks in advance.
When you use Access database, you do not really use Access Application...
For using Excel, it is different. But there are some (free) alternatives. I know about two of them:
1. An open source requesting (free) log on Google System, would be 'GSpread`. It uses API from Microsoft Excel and your code does not have to be rewritten. I would be enough to add a few rows at the code beginning. To create the object to be used and log on to Google.
I did not test it. I only read something about it. It is free, easy to test. See more details, including VBScript samples, here:
https://scand.com/products/gspread/
2. Install Open Office and use it. It is free, too.
But its code (equivalent of VBA) is different... It uses a lot of similar functions, but is different in terms of using specific objects. I used it for some people not having Office installed. Different, but not very complicated. It also can use API, for windows manipulation. A lot of examples on the internet regarding how to use it.
You can download it from here:
https://www.openoffice.org/download/
Thanks a lot FaneDuru for your reply. For this time I have opted to use CSV instead of Excel file and that is working perfectly. I may try your options next time.
Kind Regards.