package com.jacob.samples.office;
import com.jacob.activeX.ActiveXComponent;
import com.jacob.com.ComThread;
import com.jacob.com.Dispatch;
import com.jacob.com.Variant;
/**
* Sample test program snagged out of a question on the sun discussion area.
* <p>
* May need to run with some command line options (including from inside
* Eclipse). Look in the docs area at the Jacob usage document for command line
* options.
*/
public class ExcelDispatchTest {
/**
* main run loop for test program
*
* @param args
* standard command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
ComThread.InitSTA();
ActiveXComponent xl = new ActiveXComponent("Excel.Application");
try {
System.out.println("version=" + xl.getProperty("Version"));
System.out.println("version=" + Dispatch.get(xl, "Version"));
Dispatch.put(xl, "Visible", new Variant(true));
Dispatch workbooks = xl.getProperty("Workbooks").toDispatch();
Dispatch workbook = Dispatch.get(workbooks, "Add").toDispatch();
Dispatch sheet = Dispatch.get(workbook, "ActiveSheet").toDispatch();
Dispatch a1 = Dispatch.invoke(sheet, "Range", Dispatch.Get,
new Object[] { "A1" }, new int[1]).toDispatch();
Dispatch a2 = Dispatch.invoke(sheet, "Range", Dispatch.Get,
new Object[] { "A2" }, new int[1]).toDispatch();
Dispatch.put(a1, "Value", "123.456");
Dispatch.put(a2, "Formula", "=A1*2");
System.out.println("a1 from excel:" + Dispatch.get(a1, "Value"));
System.out.println("a2 from excel:" + Dispatch.get(a2, "Value"));
Variant f = new Variant(false);
Dispatch.call(workbook, "Close", f);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
xl.invoke("Quit", new Variant[] {});
ComThread.Release();
}
}
}