Function Reference


_Excel_BookSave

Saves the specified workbook

#include <Excel.au3>
_Excel_BookSave ( $oWorkbook )

Parameters

$oWorkbook Object of the workbook to save

Return Value

Success: 1. Sets @extended to:
    0 - File has not been saved because it has not been changed since the last save or file open
    1 - File has been saved because it has been changed since the last save or file open
Failure: 0 and sets @error.
@error: 1 - $oWorkbook is not an object or not a workbook object
2 - Error occurred when saving the workbook. @extended is set to the COM error code

Remarks

A newly created workbook has to be saved using _Excel_BookSaveAs() before.

Related

_Excel_BookSaveAs

Example

#include <Excel.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

; Create application object
Local $oExcel = _Excel_Open()
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookOpen Example", "Error creating the Excel application object." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)

; Create a new workbook, write some data and save it to @tempdir
; Create the new workbook
Local $oWorkbook = _Excel_BookNew($oExcel)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookSave Example 1", "Error creating new workbook." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
; Write something into cell A1
_Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, "Test", "A1")
If Not IsObj($oWorkbook) Or ObjName($oWorkbook, 1) <> "_Workbook" Then Exit SetError(1, 0, 0)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookSave Example 1", "Error writing to cell 'A1'." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
; Save the workbook to @tempdir as _Excel.xls (replacing existing file)
_Excel_BookSaveAs($oWorkbook, @TempDir & "\_Excel.xls", Default, True)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookSave Example 1", "Error saving workbook." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
; Write something into cell B1
_Excel_RangeWrite($oWorkbook, Default, "2nd Test", "B1")
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookSave Example 1", "Error writing to cell 'A1'." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
; Save changed workbook
_Excel_BookSave($oWorkbook)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookSave Example 1", "Error saving workbook." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_BookSave Example 1", "Workbook has been successfully saved as '" & @TempDir & "\_Excel.xls'.")