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  1. Option Explicit
  2.  
  3. Dim arrSheet, intCount
  4.  
  5. ' Read and display columns A,B, rows 2..8 of "ReadExcelTest.xlsx"
  6. arrSheet = ReadExcel( "ReadExcelTest.xlsx", "Sheet1", "A1", "B8", True )
  7. For intCount = 0 To UBound( arrSheet, 2 )
  8. 	WScript.Echo arrSheet( 0, intCount ) & vbTab & arrSheet( 1, intCount )
  9. Next
  10.  
  11. WScript.Echo "==============="
  12.  
  13. ' An alternative way to get the same results
  14. arrSheet = ReadExcel( "ReadExcelTest.xlsx", "Sheet1", "A2", "B8", False )
  15. For intCount = 0 To UBound( arrSheet, 2 )
  16. 	WScript.Echo arrSheet( 0, intCount ) & vbTab & arrSheet( 1, intCount )
  17. Next
  18.  
  19.  
  20. Function ReadExcel( myXlsFile, mySheet, my1stCell, myLastCell, blnHeader )
  21. ' Function :  ReadExcel
  22. ' Version  :  3.00
  23. ' This function reads data from an Excel sheet without using MS-Office
  24. '
  25. ' Arguments:
  26. ' myXlsFile   [string]   The path and file name of the Excel file
  27. ' mySheet     [string]   The name of the worksheet used (e.g. "Sheet1")
  28. ' my1stCell   [string]   The index of the first cell to be read (e.g. "A1")
  29. ' myLastCell  [string]   The index of the last cell to be read (e.g. "D100")
  30. ' blnHeader   [boolean]  True if the first row in the sheet is a header
  31. '
  32. ' Returns:
  33. ' The values read from the Excel sheet are returned in a two-dimensional
  34. ' array; the first dimension holds the columns, the second dimension holds
  35. ' the rows read from the Excel sheet.
  36. '
  37. ' Written by Rob van der Woude
  38. ' http://www.robvanderwoude.com
  39. 	Dim arrData( ), i, j
  40. 	Dim objExcel, objRS
  41. 	Dim strHeader, strRange
  42.  
  43. 	Const adOpenForwardOnly = 0
  44. 	Const adOpenKeyset      = 1
  45. 	Const adOpenDynamic     = 2
  46. 	Const adOpenStatic      = 3
  47.  
  48. 	' Define header parameter string for Excel object
  49. 	If blnHeader Then
  50. 		strHeader = "HDR=YES;"
  51. 	Else
  52. 		strHeader = "HDR=NO;"
  53. 	End If
  54.  
  55. 	' Open the object for the Excel file
  56. 	Set objExcel = CreateObject( "ADODB.Connection" )
  57. 	' With IMEX=1 numbers won't be ignored; tip by Thomas Willig.
  58. 	' Connection string updated by Marcel Niënkemper to open Excel 2007 (.xslx) files.
  59. 	objExcel.Open "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=" _
  60. 	            & myXlsFile & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 12.0;IMEX=1;" _
  61. 	            & strHeader & """"
  62.  
  63. 	' Open a recordset object for the sheet and range
  64. 	Set objRS = CreateObject( "ADODB.Recordset" )
  65. 	strRange = mySheet & "$" & my1stCell & ":" & myLastCell
  66. 	objRS.Open "Select * from [" & strRange & "]", objExcel, adOpenStatic
  67.  
  68. 	' Read the data from the Excel sheet
  69. 	i = 0
  70. 	Do Until objRS.EOF
  71. 		' Stop reading when an empty row is encountered in the Excel sheet
  72. 		If IsNull( objRS.Fields(0).Value ) Or Trim( objRS.Fields(0).Value ) = "" Then Exit Do
  73. 		' Add a new row to the output array
  74. 		ReDim Preserve arrData( objRS.Fields.Count - 1, i )
  75. 		' Copy the Excel sheet's row values to the array "row"
  76. 		' IsNull test credits: Adriaan Westra
  77. 		For j = 0 To objRS.Fields.Count - 1
  78. 			If IsNull( objRS.Fields(j).Value ) Then
  79. 				arrData( j, i ) = ""
  80. 			Else
  81. 				arrData( j, i ) = Trim( objRS.Fields(j).Value )
  82. 			End If
  83. 		Next
  84. 		' Move to the next row
  85. 		objRS.MoveNext
  86. 		' Increment the array "row" number
  87. 		i = i + 1
  88. 	Loop
  89.  
  90. 	' Close the file and release the objects
  91. 	objRS.Close
  92. 	objExcel.Close
  93. 	Set objRS    = Nothing
  94. 	Set objExcel = Nothing
  95.  
  96. 	' Return the results
  97. 	ReadExcel = arrData
  98. End Function
  99.  

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