Sample Code
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/********************************************************************
* This method encapsulates the process of embedding an Excel
* Worksheet in a View object and automating that worksheet to add
* some text to cell A1.
********************************************************************/
void CEmbed_ExcelView::EmbedAutomateExcel()
{
//Change the cursor so the user knows something exciting is going
//on.
BeginWaitCursor();
CEmbed_ExcelCntrItem* pItem = NULL;
TRY
{
//Get the document associated with this view, and be sure it's
//valid.
CEmbed_ExcelDoc* pDoc = GetDocument();
ASSERT_VALID(pDoc);
//Create a new item associated with this document, and be sure
//it's valid.
pItem = new CEmbed_ExcelCntrItem(pDoc);
ASSERT_VALID(pItem);
// Get Class ID for Excel sheet.
// This is used in creation.
CLSID clsid;
if(FAILED(::CLSIDFromProgID(L"Excel.sheet",&clsid)))
//Any exception will do. We just need to break out of the
//TRY statement.
AfxThrowMemoryException();
// Create the Excel embedded item.
if(!pItem->CreateNewItem(clsid))
//Any exception will do. We just need to break out of the
//TRY statement.
AfxThrowMemoryException();
//Make sure the new CContainerItem is valid.
ASSERT_VALID(pItem);
// Launch the server to edit the item.
pItem->DoVerb(OLEIVERB_SHOW, this);
// As an arbitrary user interface design, this sets the
// selection to the last item inserted.
m_pSelection = pItem; // set selection to last inserted item
pDoc->UpdateAllViews(NULL);
//Query for the dispatch pointer for the embedded object. In
//this case, this is the Excel worksheet.
LPDISPATCH lpDisp;
lpDisp = pItem->GetIDispatch();
//Add text in cell A1 of the embedded Excel sheet
_Workbook wb;
Worksheets wsSet;
_Worksheet ws;
Range range;
_Application app;
//set _Workbook wb to use lpDisp, the IDispatch* of the
//actual workbook.
wb.AttachDispatch(lpDisp);
//Then get the worksheet's application.
app = wb.GetApplication();
//Then get the first worksheet in the workbook
wsSet = wb.GetWorksheets();
ws = wsSet.GetItem(COleVariant((short)1));
//From there, get a Range object corresponding to cell A1.
range = ws.GetRange(COleVariant("A1"), COleVariant("A1"));
//Fill A1 with the string "Hello, World!"
range.SetValue(COleVariant("Hello, World!"));
//NOTE: If you are automating Excel 2002, the Range.SetValue method has an
//additional optional parameter specifying the data type. Because the
//parameter is optional, existing code will still work correctly, but new
//code should use the new convention. The call for Excel2002 should look
//like the following:
//range.SetValue( C<?xm-insertion_mark_start author="v-thomr" time="20070326T121607-0600"?>O<?xm-insertion_mark_end?><?xm-deletion_mark author="v-thomr" time="20070326T121606-0600" data="o"?>leVariant( (long)DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND, VT_ERROR ),
// COleVariant("Hello, World!"));
}
//Here, we need to do clean up if something went wrong.
CATCH(CException, e)
{
if (pItem != NULL)
{
ASSERT_VALID(pItem);
pItem->Delete();
}
AfxMessageBox(IDP_FAILED_TO_CREATE);
}
END_CATCH
//Set the cursor back to normal so the user knows exciting stuff
//is no longer happening.
EndWaitCursor();
}