Hi
I'm working on some code in conjunction with a colleague that requires a reference adding to the Excel library in order to open an Excel file and run a macro.
I've added a COM reference to Microsoft Excel 15.0 Object Library via the usual References/Add References screen.
Here's the code:
This works absolutely fine for me. For my colleague however, he's getting the error:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'office, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'. The system cannot find the file specified.'
This pops right at the start of the sub function.
The issue seems to be that he's running a different version of office - the v16 I believe. He's tried removing the reference and adding it afresh from his own copy of VS, but gets the same error message - referring to the v15 file. We've also tried copying/pasting in the code to a new windows form app to make sure nothing is being 'left behind' from when I added the reference - still has the error.
He tells me that from googling it seems there might be an issue with the v16 version of the library, so this may be a factor.
Could anyone suggest a solution for us please?
Thanks for reading!
I'm working on some code in conjunction with a colleague that requires a reference adding to the Excel library in order to open an Excel file and run a macro.
I've added a COM reference to Microsoft Excel 15.0 Object Library via the usual References/Add References screen.
Here's the code:
Code:
Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
RunExcelMacros("c:\test\test.xlsm", "thisworkbook.testme")
End Sub
Private Sub RunExcelMacros(ByVal Path As String, ByVal MacroName As String)
Dim oXL As Excel.Application
Dim oWB As Excel.Workbook
oXL = New Excel.Application
oXL.Visible = True
oWB = oXL.Workbooks.Open(Path)
oXL.Run(MacroName)
oWB.Close(SaveChanges:=False)
oXL.Quit()
oXL = Nothing
oWB = Nothing
End Sub
End ClassSystem.IO.FileNotFoundException: 'Could not load file or assembly 'office, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'. The system cannot find the file specified.'
This pops right at the start of the sub function.
The issue seems to be that he's running a different version of office - the v16 I believe. He's tried removing the reference and adding it afresh from his own copy of VS, but gets the same error message - referring to the v15 file. We've also tried copying/pasting in the code to a new windows form app to make sure nothing is being 'left behind' from when I added the reference - still has the error.
He tells me that from googling it seems there might be an issue with the v16 version of the library, so this may be a factor.
Could anyone suggest a solution for us please?
Thanks for reading!