Function Reference

_Excel_Close

Closes all worksheets and the instance of the Excel application

#include <Excel.au3>
_Excel_Close ( $oExcel [, $bSaveChanges = True [, $bForceClose = False]] )

Parameters

$oExcel Excel application object as returned by _Excel_Open()
$bSaveChanges [optional] Specifies whether changed worksheets should be saved before closing (default = True)
$bForceClose [optional] If True the Excel application is closed even when it was not started by _Excel_Open() (default = False)

Return Value

Success: 1.
Failure: 0 and sets @error.
@error: 1 - $oExcel is not an object or not an application object
2 - Error returned by method Application.Quit. @extended is set to the COM error code
3 - Error returned by method Application.Save. @extended is set to the COM error code

Remarks

If Excel was started by _Excel_Open() then _Excel_Close() closes all workbooks
(even those opened manually by the user for this instance after _Excel_Open()) and closes the specified Excel instance.
If _Excel_Open() connected to an already running instance of Excel then you have to set $bForceClose to True to do the same.

Related

_Excel_Open

Example

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

; Create application object
Local $oExcel1 = ObjCreate("Excel.Application")
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example", "Error creating the first Excel application object." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)

; Open Excel application (force new instance)
Local $oExcel2 = _Excel_Open(Default, Default, Default, Default, True)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example", "Error creating the second Excel application object." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)

; Close the Excel instance which was not opened by _Excel_Open
; (will still be running because it was not opened by _Excel_Open)
_Excel_Close($oExcel1)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example 1", "Error closing the Excel application." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
Sleep(2000)
Local $aProcesses = ProcessList("Excel.exe")
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example 1", "Function ended successfully." & @CRLF & @CRLF & $aProcesses[0][0] & " Excel instance(s) still running.")

; Close the Excel instance opened by _Excel_Open
_Excel_Close($oExcel2)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example 2", "Error closing the Excel application." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
Sleep(2000)
$aProcesses = ProcessList("Excel.exe")
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example 2", "Function ended successfully." & @CRLF & @CRLF & $aProcesses[0][0] & " Excel instance(s) still running.")

; Force the Excel instance not opened by _Excel_Open
; without saving open workbooks
_Excel_Close($oExcel1, Default, True)
If @error Then Exit MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example 3", "Error closing the Excel application." & @CRLF & "@error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)
Sleep(2000)
$aProcesses = ProcessList("Excel.exe")
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Excel UDF: _Excel_Close Example 3", "Function ended successfully." & @CRLF & @CRLF & $aProcesses[0][0] & " Excel instance(s) still running.")