Is it possible to run a macro in Excel from external command?

Question

Let\'s say I want to program a VBA code in an external program that opens an Excel file, runs a macro, saves (and say yes to any pop up windows), and close Excel. Is it poss

Answer 1

I can think of several ways to do this.

You can start excel by creating a file with NotePad or a similar text editor.

Here are some steps:

    Launch NotePad
    Add the following line of text. Replace test.xlsm with the name and path for your file:
    start Excel.exe "C\test.xlsm"
    Save the file as "Test.bat". 
    Run the batch file.
    The batch file should launch Excel and then open your file. The code in your workbook should run

OR

Again, using Notepad.

Option Explicit

On Error Resume Next

ExcelMacroExample

Sub ExcelMacroExample() 

  Dim xlApp 
  Dim xlBook 

  Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 
  Set xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("C:\MyWorkbook.xls", 0, True) 
  xlApp.Run "MyMacro"
  xlApp.Quit 

  Set xlBook = Nothing 
  Set xlApp = Nothing 

End Sub

Or, this.

'Code should be placed in a .vbs file
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.Application.Run "'C:\Users\Ryan\Desktop\Sales.xlsm'!SalesModule.SalesTotal"
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
objExcel.Application.Quit
Set objExcel = Nothing

Now, this isn't 'an external command', but the Windows Task Scheduler will do a nice job of opening that file for you, and once it is opened, you can run a tiny script like the one you see below.

Private Sub Workbook_Open()
   Call CommandButton1_Click
End Sub

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