>Hi all,
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>Is there a more maintainable way to code VFP automation of Excel other than "dead reckoning" of cells e.g.
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>oExcel.ActiveWookBook.ActiveSheet.Range("B5").Value = 100
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>My client has given me a very complex template to push data across to - I can see coding in hundreds of lines and then them adding a new row half way down the sheet and I have to then go in and increment every cell reference by 1 row.
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>In Word, I used bookmarks to "tag" a spot in the document and so as long as the bookmark exists, I can find it and insert text. Users can therefore continue to add or change text as long as they leave the bookmarks in.
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>Does Excel have the ability to "tag" a cell with a name (within the template) so that I can find the cell by name and update it's data?
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Hi Albert

Have look at download#14800
It i excel automation wrapper class. I have done quiet a bit of filling up complex templates with it.

As for tags;

What I used to do is create invisible/non printable column and then store my own tags to determine content to be written. Then I would read that column
in a loop and write accordingly.

HTH

Sergio