Questions tagged [vba]
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an event-driven, object-oriented programming language for writing macros, used for the entire Office suite as well as other applications. If your question is specifically about programming any MS Office application and Sharepoint, also use the appropriate tag for example: [excel], [microsoft-access].
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Issues saving via VBA suddenly in OneDrive/SharePoint?
I'm using this, and it has been working like a charm: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33734706/excels-fullname-property-with-onedrive
But suddenly I'm getting an issue that I can't save an email ...
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Outlook VBA Macro and custom ribbon
I have created a couple of simple VBA macros in Outlook Developer to be able to create new emails with certains templates that are saved in Sharepoint and added these macros to a customized ribbon.
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Updating Sharepoint list multi-choice field with excel VBA SQL code
For a given sharepoint list, I am trying to create a row via an SQL statement.
My SQL statement is as follows:
sql = "INSERT INTO `My Sharepoint List` (`Title`, `Lead`, `Part`) VALUES ('Project1',...
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Programmatically Moving PDFs to SharePoint 365
I have been stumped on this problem for far too long and wanted to reach out for help. I want to programmatically move PDFs from a local shared drive to a SharePoint 365 document library.
I currently ...
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How to set SharePoint folder as Initial directory to browse with GetOpenFilename
I could open the SharePoint folder by providing the complete SharePoint URL in "File name" of the "Open" dialogue by Application.GetOpenFilename() as below.
List of files in ...
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How to open FileDialogue with sharepoint website folders
I want to open and browse my SharePoint folder and select a file from there like we select file from local file. But I see only the file dialogue with empty like below.
My function below:
Function ...
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Moving Files and Transforming Excel Data VBA Sharepoint Online
I have an excel spreadsheet which uses VBA to transform input data files to conform to the required import specification. It works locally but now needs to work with the excel file, all input files ...
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Retrieving local path of a file hosted on SharePoint
I am actually at the end of my rope here, I'd really appreciate any insight however small. The scenario is as follows. My company hosts the majority of its data on SharePoint. For config management, ...
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Open excel in a SharePoint with VBA in edit mode
I want to edit an Excel stored on a SharePoint but the file can't be modified.
I use this code to open the distant file and edit:
Private Sub test()
Dim destFolder, fs, f
Dim ptrFile
Set ...
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Help with starting point for sharepoint online authenticator requests via VBA
I'm a user who maintains low-level VBA tools for myself and some colleagues.
Some of the tools download or upload files from SharePoint online, treating the URLs as filepaths.
I'm not familiar with ...
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Using ADO in VBA to query a nested List table
My List contains a "Person or Group" field, and I have figured out that this is a nested table, with fields of its own. But I am having no luck (de)referencing it. My field is named ...
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how can I upload a file to sharepoint using vba?
Update, I've learned that the SharedWorkSpace object has been deprecated. Anyone have another solution that doesn't use this object?
I need to write a quick Excel VBA tool to send to our overseas ...
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Unable to map SharePoint folder or access it via an Excel macro unless SharePoint is open in Internet Explorer
I posted a similar question on Stack Overflow a while ago, but didn't get any responses so far so thought I'd try here.
Basically, I'm using an Excel macro to download a few files stored in a ...
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Return last modified date/time in VBA
Been really struggling to figure out how to return the last modified date/time in VBA, a lot of posts suggest using the already existing call to FileDateTime modifying the URL to look as follows:
\\...
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How to map Sharepoint 365 to network drive using VB script?
I am trying to map SharePoint Online 365 to network drive using VB script for my UFT test.
Below is my test script. It used to work but the files need to be transferred to SharePoint online 365 and ...
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VBA Autheticate to SharePoint Office 365
I tried to follow the base instructions using this post (as it was the only one I could find) http://www.sharepoint-insight.com/2016/03/21/step-by-step-sharepoint-online-authentiaction-process-via-...
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Save Email Attachment to Sharepoint
I receive an automated report with a big .csv file. Flow is timing out for sending the email to sharepoint. Does anyone know if I can use VBA to save certain email attachments to sharepoint?
Thanks.
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VBA Excel Retrieve SharePoint User Number By Name (not User Information List)
Below, I've got a little job to insert a record into a SharePoint list. The Requestor field is a "Person or Group" type field, and in the code, the...
rst![Project] = Sheets("Sheet2").Range("B2")....
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How to access Enterprise Task Custom field in macro?
I need to use below function in my MS Project vba macro.
Application.CustomFieldValueListAdd FieldID:=lookupfield, Value:=i
It works fine for local field(field created locally in ms project in ...
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Sharepoint Document Library Hyperlink Metadata Using Excel VBA
I have VBA code written for my Excel document. This code saves the workbook in Sharepoint site and sets the metadata for the document library that the workbook is saved into.
Working code to set ...
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SharePoint API and VBA - Access Denied
I'm trying to retrieve items from a SharePoint list using the SharePoint Web API. I'm coding in VBA, because a need to display the information in a Word document. However I'm getting the Access Denied ...
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Understanding Access's automagic authentication to SharePoint Online
I'm trying to automate SharePoint tasks from Microsoft Access using the REST API (since the CSOM is not available in VBA). This, however, requires me to authenticate.
I usually authenticate to ...
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Need timestamps for the completion of each stage in a work process flow
I'm using a MS SharePoint-based Intranet site to track and report the status of a requisition as it moves through its review processes. There are six stages in the process flow and, for performance ...
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SP Online REST API Change the Content Type of a Document Library Item
I would like to change the Content Type of items in a SharePoint On-Line Document Library, using VBA and the REST API.
I would like to change existing Folders to a custom Content Type, derived from ...
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Call VBA of Word template from .NET at server side using Sharepoint Server?
Can i call a VBA macro of a Word document, using .NET and Sharepoint Server? I mean, in a .NET client environment i can do this:
oW = CreateObject("Word.Application")
oW.Documents.Add("template.dotm")...
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SharePoint REST API - update metadata Document Library Item when value string includes apostrophe (single quote) character
I want to update a metadata column for an item (document set) in a SharePoint document library using REST API (via VBA).
The below (vba) code extract/simplification works fine for simple cases, for ...
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Unable to upload to SharePoint Online via VBA
I have tried using the below code to upload a document to SharePoint Online (Sourced from this answer)
Dim SharepointAddress As String
Dim LocalAddress As String
Dim objNet As Object
Dim FS As Object
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Connect/Authenticate SPO with VBA (excel)
I am trying to connect to Sharepoint Online with Excel VBA script to create or delete items in a list. The problem is how to authenticate properly to SPO.
I have checked the site with instruction:
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VBA: Get request on a SharePoint list
I'm trying to get elements of a Sharepoint list with VBA to show and use them in an Excel sheet.
The normal get request on MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP60
Dim xmlObj as Object
Dim sUrl as String
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GetListItems Sharepoint Online
I'm currently trying to complete a table with information from the items of a Sharepoint Online list, using VBA code executed from Microsoft Word macro.
I've successfully managed to achieve this when ...
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Getting version number into the spreadsheet
I have a spreadsheet on a spreadsheet located in a SharePoint library. Major and minor versions are enabled. I am trying to get names and values of some columns (metadata/properties) into the ...
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Document rolling back unexpectedly?
In my office we store an Excel document on SharePoint for everybody to enter data onto as the days and weeks go. I am tasked with reviewing this data and making sure it correct each month. We had some ...
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Syncing SharePoint metadata with Excel
I have a spreadsheet in a SharePoint Online library. The library has several columns of metadata, say A, B, C and D. The first two are text and next two are numbers.
I would like to do two things:
I ...
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Get the library name from GUID in VBA
I want to pull information from a SharePoint 2016 list in VBA. Below Code is what I found and that is working without depending on a view. Unfortunately the SQL query uses the list Name. A user could ...
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Call SharePoint web service from excel macro vba
I have called SharePoint web service from excel macro VBA with following code from here:
Sub CallService()
Call Add_Item("List1", "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/site1/", "test item", "...
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Error in update changes from Excel to SharePoint using macro vba
I have load the SharePoint online list in excel using following VBA code from here:
Sub ImportListFromSP()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
Dim src(1) As Variant
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vba script to add items to SharePoint online list
I have a vba script which captures the user input from the outlook and updates an excel sheet.
I want the vba script to write into a sharepoint list in a SharePoint online site.
Please let me know how ...
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Create list items from uploaded excel spreadsheet
I am fairly new to doing anything in SharePoint, other than basic operations. I have been tasked with creating a SharePoint 2013 site with the following operations:
Upload a selected Excel ...
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Is it possible to have an user-interface and macros on sharepoint?
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I'm making a project on a company that must have an user interface and a database or work directly over an excel. Also I need this on SharePoint.
Info
The problem is that in the company, ...
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Excel VBA Moving SharePoint Folder
Due to SharePoint's 5000 item limit, I want to run an Excel VBA program to archive folders from a SharePoint "Active" Folder to another SharePoint Folder, called Completed.
The only solution I can ...
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How to limit the length of sharepoint multiline field through vb?
I want to limit the maximum number of characters in multi-line text field of a sharepoint list programmatically in VB.
I found a field UnlimitedLengthInDocumentLibrary,
by making this as true it ...
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Use VBA to Relocate Folders from Old SharePoint Site to New Site
I'm currently tasked with relocation ~13,000 project folders from an old SharePoint site to our new site. Each folder will have contents, sub-folders, contents within those folders, etc.
I'm sure ...
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Why is SharePoint not showing latest version of GIF?
Why is SharePoint not showing latest version of GIF?
I'm using a VBA script in Excel to export and upload a diagram to SharePoint. This happens twice a day, which means I'm going to check for ...
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Excel VBA code to export chart as JPG and upload to sharepoint?
Currently I'm using the following code to export my diagram as JPG and save it in the worksheet directory.
Sub exportDiagram_Click()
Dim myChart As Chart
Dim filePath As String
Set ...
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Sharepoint properties update using Excel VBA
I am able to upload files to Sharepoint through VBA but I'm not able to update these properties to have their properties updated with 'Document Status' and 'Confidentiality' Fields.
Until these are ...
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Upload documents SharePoint : Problem updating metadata
I have written a code to copy files from a folder to SharePoint using
FS.CopyFile LocalAddress, SharepointAddress
But when I do it manually it asks me for Document status & Confidentiality
I'...
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Adding/updating column tags after populating a new document with bookmark values
Im currently running a project for a customer with the goal to automate a SharePoint environment along with word templates. So far i managed to create a word template which includes a Userform where ...
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Copy paste the value from one cell to another based on condition using VBA [closed]
Below are my steps that I need to perform in excel. and I wanted to automate this as & when I run Macro :)
Background : I have already imported one sheet from another workbook and recorded the ...
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UpdateListItems Error: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1
I´m trying the UpdateListItems web service but I always get following error in the response file: Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1. GetList, GetListItems and DeleteList works.
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Absolute beginner. Fell in the deep end
I have been tasked with maintaining and upgrading an infopath form that my predecessor created. I have absolutely 0 background on this particular form and he had no documentation as to where this form/...
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