Combing Excel files with VB. URGENT!!!

hey people im a newbie at VB programing and am requiring some help with a school project
what i am requesting is that i need help with coding to be able add data from a form to an excel file. and also to be able to view excel files
Thanks for any Help

Here is an example how to write to excel

Set oExcel = GetObject(App.Path & "\my.xls")

oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Value = "My Data"
oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("B2").Value = "MyData"
oExcel.ActiveSheet.Range("C2").Value = "Value"

oExcel.Application.Visible = True'this line will bring Excel to the top
oExcel.Parent.Windows(1).Visible = True

Set oExcel = Nothing ' Remove object variable.


Iouri Boutchkine
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'another example, with early binding
'most of this code was included in a question about excel
'and cells formats here in Codeguru
option Explicit
'reference to:
'microsoft excel 9.0 object lybrary

private withevents xlApp as Excel.Application
private withevents xlBook as Excel.Workbook
private withevents xlSheet as Excel.Worksheet
Dim Quitted as Boolean
private Sub Command1_Click()

If xlApp is nothing then
set xlApp = new Excel.Application
End If
xlApp.Workbooks.Add
If xlBook is nothing then
set xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks(1)
End If
xlApp.Visible = true

End Sub

private Sub Command2_Click()
If Not xlApp.ActiveWorkbook is nothing then
If xlApp.Worksheets.Count = 0 then
set xlSheet = xlApp.Worksheets.Add
else
set xlSheet = xlApp.Worksheets(1)
End If
else
xlApp.Workbooks.Add
set xlSheet = xlApp.Worksheets.Add
End If
xlSheet.Range("A1").Value = "bla"
xlSheet.Range("A1").Font.Bold = true

xlSheet.Columns("A:A").ColumnWidth = 17.43
xlSheet.Rows("1:1").RowHeight = 15
xlSheet.Range("A3").Select
With xlApp.Selection.Interior
.ColorIndex = 6
.Pattern = xlSolid
.PatternColorIndex = xlAutomatic
End With
End Sub
private Sub xlApp_WorkbookBeforeSave(byval Wb as Excel.Workbook, byval SaveAsUI as Boolean, Cancel as Boolean)
xlApp.DefaultFilePath
End Sub

private Sub xlBook_BeforeClose(Cancel as Boolean)
Quitted = true
End Sub







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Thanks people for the coding supplied it should help me alot
if you have any other sample coding that might be of some help it would be much appriciated

thanks again
New VB

see on the page
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and type in "Excel" (without quotes) as searched word. You will find a lot of code.

Have a nice day,

Cesare Imperiali

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