Re: OLE and Excel question

for your first question

Sometimes it really helps to run the Excel macros and see what that gives you

    Range("B2").Select
    ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True
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This (translated to perl) works for me

 my $freeze_panes = $gExcel->ActiveSheet->Range("B2")->Select;
  #$gSheet->Cells(2,2)->Select();
  $gExcel->ActiveWindow->{FreezePanes} = 1;
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I changed ActiveSheet to ActiveWindow

and set the selection to a single cell (instead of a row). If set to a row (2:2) it still works by freezing only the top row.

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Re^2: OLE and Excel question by Nkuvu (Priest) on May 05, 2009 at 21:48 UTC
My general approach is (very) slightly different: `# The number of rows above the split: $Excel->ActiveWindow->{SplitRow} = 1; $Excel->ActiveWindow->{FreezePanes} = 1;` [download] No selection or intermediate variable necessary (`$freeze_panes` -- used somewhere else in the code?). In regards to the second question, are you (by "you" I mean gibsonca) calling `$Excel->Quit()` when you're done with Excel? Also note that I've found that if my script terminates early, the application isn't always killed properly.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: OLE and Excel question by gibsonca (Beadle) on May 06, 2009 at 21:55 UTC
Thanks. Your suggestion worked and my problem solved.	[reply]