OLE2 Calls in Excel.
I have a form (USing 6i) that builds an eccel sheet using OLE2
integration. It creates Excel sheet without any problems. But
after closing MS Excel, it stays in task manager as an active process.
As a result when the excel sheet is opened again, it just hangs.
I am doing everything by the book. Any clues ?
Hi,
Release object after every create_arglist.
eg: args:=OLE2.CREATE_ARGLIST;
OLE2.ADD_ARG(args, 1);
OLE2.ADD_ARG(args, 3);
cell := OLE2.GET_OBJ_PROPERTY(worksheet, 'Cells', args);
OLE2.DESTROY_ARGLIST(args);
OLE2.SET_PROPERTY(cell, 'Value','Testing');
--> ole2.release_obj(cell);
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Kavitha
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All the best.IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO CAN HELP?
Depends on what you mean by "help." Are you asking someone to do the whole thing for you (would require more detail), or do you intend to do it yourself, but are stuck on something? (You say you "tried to work with ESTK" and "can't find anyone who really knows how to use ESTK correctly"; but you don't say specifically what you're struggling with in ESTK.)
...doc is already configured with art board, pre-defined type box (Area Type Optioned), Charater Styles, Drop Shadow parameters set.
Much of what can be done with any approach depends largely upon what Appearances and/or Effects are involved, and where. You imply that you want all of the "logo" to be contained in a single textFrame object. But Drop Shadow Effect cannot be applied at the character level, so it can't be included in a Character Style.
So if you don't want all the text to have the same drop shadow, you will be involving multiple textFrame objects. That will lead to the complication of having to position the two textFrames relative to each other, depending on their dimensions after the varying text is inserted.
Retrieve the word string from a cell in Excel worksheet (or CSV??)
With scripting, it would be inefficient and unnecssary to go back-and-forth to the spreadsheet to extract values one at a time. Typically, you would create an array containing the full set of values, and then iterate through the elements of the array.
Some are single words, first letter capped. Some are two to four words Camel Cased. Example: "DinnerPartiestm".
So you're going to need a sub-routine of some kind (in Javascript, a function) to find capital letters.
There are two additional charaters "tm" at the end of the word string that will be acted upon...
If this is the same in each instance, and if you are going to script this, there is no need to include it in the data. Insert the "tm" programmatically.
That is, in Illustrator, "select" the type box so the cursor is at first position and place the word string — copy from Excel & paste into Illustrator?
Using script, you don't have to select the textFrame, copy, or paste in order to insert content. You would declare a variable, assign its value (from the above-mentioned array), add the variable's value as text to textFrame's content.
Apply character style 1— font with point size, letter spacing, stroke and colour (It just happens to be red). Example: DinnerPartiestm
Here you will run into a difficulty inherent in Illustrator's poor implementation of stroked text. You can apply a Stroke at the Character level and include that Appearance in a Character Style. But Illustrator always positions such strokes in front of the fill--something you almost never want, because it "chokes" the fills, wrecking the shape of the characters. The workaround is to Add New Stroke and position that below the Characters listing in the Appearance Palette. But script provides no access to added strokes or fills and Added Strokes cannot be applied at the character level.
Select all caps in word string. Example: DinnerPartiestm
Illustrator cannot select discontiguous text strings. Again, script does not have to select objects in order to change their properties.
Apply character style 2 — Caps Only (selected) — New point size, baseline offset. Example: DinnerPartiestm
Apply character style 3 — last two letters only (selected) — New point size, change colour, baseline offset. Example: DinnerPartiestm
The applyTo method of the CharacterStyle object. Or, just set the size and baselineShift properties of the characterAttributes property of the textRange directly.
Apply Stylize > Drop Shadow — On contents of text box
Drop Shadow Effect cannot be applied to the contents (character level) of a textFrame--only to the textFrame object itself.
My very limited understanding of ESTK is that it is a scripting tool for use in Illustrator.
It's a script text editor included with the Creative Suite. You can use it to build scripts for any of the CS products (or entirely other purposes, for that matter). Or, you can choose to not use it at all. A Javascript is just a text file. Tools like ESTK add conveniences, references, etc., geared toward scripting.
So, I'm only acting on the word string....
But I am also not a coder...
Which is why I would look into simpler already-built methods before jumping into a tedious solution scripted for Illustrator. For example: Many, if not most, AI users are familiar with InDesign. InDesign provides a proper dataMerge feature that can handle ordinary tab-delimited text. It's handling of strokes on text is correct, unlike Illustrator. If you set it up accordingly, it can create all the separate pages for you.
You would:
1. Draw the fixed graphic in Illustrator.
2. Place the Illustrator graphic on InD's master page.
3. Set and style the text objects. Insert DataMerge tags.
4. Import the data and run the Merge function.
InD builds individual pages for each row of the data. You're done. Export to PDF. InD and Acrobat also have their own scripting models. Either one can handle the specific naming convention, if really needed.
Again, it depends on what exactly is "special" about the text object(s) you are manipulating with variable content. For example, if you're using an AI-specific Warp effect, you'd be back to Illustrator.
Anyway, you want a paying gig?
I do some freelance work as time permits and interest strikes, but I'm not cheap, and that's not why I frequent these forums.
Scripting your solution entirely in AI may very well be possible, but whoever does it will need to see the specific objects, styles, etc., involved to avoid unnecessary guessing and time-consuming round-tripping. Why don't you post an image and/or an AI file?
JET -
Hi,
I am trying to call a RFC (ZTAB_FIELD_DET) by using VBA
as I am new to this feature I dont know much about the possible causes of some errors.
here is the code of RFC which will accept the table name, field name and language. And in turn it will return the Datatype of the field its length and description
**************************RFC Start*******************************:
FUNCTION ZTAB_FIELD_DET.
""Local Interface:
*" IMPORTING
*" VALUE(I_TNAME) TYPE TABNAME
*" VALUE(I_FNAME) TYPE FIELDNAME
*" VALUE(I_LANG) TYPE LANG
*" EXPORTING
*" VALUE(E_DATATYPE) TYPE DATATYPE_D
*" VALUE(E_FIELDLENGTH) TYPE DDLENG
*" VALUE(E_DESC) TYPE STRING
*temporary FM created which can retrieve the field details of a table
DATA : BEGIN OF wa,
datatype LIKE dd03l-datatype,
leng LIKE dd03l-leng,
reptext LIKE dd03m-reptext,
END OF wa,
itab LIKE TABLE OF wa.
SELECT ldatatype lleng m~reptext
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE itab
FROM ( dd03l AS l JOIN dd03m AS m
ON lfieldname EQ mfieldname AND
ltabname EQ mtabname )
WHERE l~tabname EQ i_tname AND
l~fieldname EQ i_fname AND
m~ddlanguage EQ i_lang.
LOOP AT itab INTO wa.
e_datatype = wa-datatype.
e_fieldlength = wa-leng.
e_desc = wa-reptext.
ENDLOOP.
ENDFUNCTION.
*********************RFC End**********************************
and now here is the code that i use in VBA
'*****************VBA start******************************
Set functionCtrl = CreateObject("SAP.Functions")
Set sapConnection = functionCtrl.Connection
sapConnection.client = "xxx"
sapConnection.user = "xxx"
sapConnection.Language = "xxx"
sapConnection.hostname = "xxx"
sapConnection.Password = "xxx"
sapConnection.SystemNumber = "xxx"
sapConnection.Destination = "xxx"
If sapConnection.logon(0, False) <> True Then
MsgBox "No connection to R/3!"
Exit Sub 'End program
Else
MsgBox "Connection to R/3 successful"
' adding the RFC to functionCtrl Object
Set RfcCallTransaction = functionCtrl.Add("ZTAB_FIELD_DET")
RfcCallTransaction.imports("I_TNAME") = "MAKT"
RfcCallTransaction.imports("I_FNAME") = "MAKTG"
RfcCallTransaction.imports("I_LANG") = "EN"
If RfcCallTransaction.Call = True Then
MsgBox "Datatype" + RfcCallTransaction.imports("E_DATATYPE").Value
MsgBox "FieldLength" + RfcCallTransaction.imports("E_FIELDLENGTH").Value
MsgBox "Description" + RfcCallTransaction.imports("E_DESC").Value
Else
MsgBox " Call Failed! error: " + GetCustomers.Exception
functionCtrl.Connection.Logoff
End If
End sub
'************************VBA End*****************************************
When I run this code, connection to SAP is successful but the
>><i>Set RfcCallTransaction = functionCtrl.Add("ZTAB_FIELD_DET")</i>
shows 'RfcCallTransaction' value as 'Nothing'
and the error message thrown is
"SAP Datatype not supported"
and in the debugger it throws
"Object variable or with block variable not set"
Need your valuable inputs on this
Thanks in advance!
Ranjit.It was a problem with type of export params
after correction it got solved
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