Using VB API in VBA to edit the Calc Scripts

Guys,
Does anyone of you have VBA source code/examples utilizing Essbase API for the following operation.
I want to copy Calc Script from Server to the client, edit the Script using VBA and copy back the Script to the Server. Any kind of info is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
HYPuser

I posted some real sample code a while back for a completely different function (member renames).
Renaming Existing Member Names
So while you'll have to write the calc modification code yourself (or ask Glenn his rate ;-)), this at least shows you how the initialization / login / termination of the API would work. That's probably the most confusing aspect of using the VB API for the first time anyway.
All that said, if this is from Excel and the user will already be logged in via the Excel Add-In, I believe that you can make life much easier and grab the hCtx directly without any initialization / login/ termination worries. I probably should have done that myself in the example I gave. See Tim Tow's posts in this thread:
API
EDIT: Two things I just noticed - first, the code sample I gave even has an example of polling for ProcState, so that gets you closer than I thought! Second, remembered that the line that reads...
While ProcState.State ESB_STATE_DONE
...should actually have a 'less than / greater than' symbol between ProcState.State and ESB_STATE_DONE. Can't get the forum to display them correctly, even in code tags...
Edited by: TimG on May 16, 2011 2:55 PM

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