How to create an Excel File with Nodejs?

excel4node is a maintained, native Excel file creator built from the official specification. It’s similar to, but more maintained than msexcel-builder mentioned in the other answer. // Require library var excel = require(‘excel4node’); // Create a new instance of a Workbook class var workbook = new excel.Workbook(); // Add Worksheets to the workbook var worksheet … Read more

When should the xlsm or xlsb formats be used?

.xlsx loads 4 times longer than .xlsb and saves 2 times longer and has 1.5 times a bigger file. I tested this on a generated worksheet with 10’000 rows * 1’000 columns = 10’000’000 (10^7) cells of simple chained =…+1 formulas: ╭──────────────╥────────┬────────╮ │ ║ .xlsx │ .xlsb │ ╞══════════════╬════════╪════════╡ │ loading time ║ 165s │ … Read more

Leave out quotes when copying from cell

I just had this problem and wrapping each cell with the CLEAN function fixed it for me. That should be relatively easy to do by doing =CLEAN(, selecting your cell, and then autofilling the rest of the column. After I did this, pastes into Notepad or any other program no longer had duplicate quotes.

What is the difference between “Form Controls” and “ActiveX Control” in Excel 2010?

Google is full of information on this. As Hans Passant said, Form controls are built in to Excel whereas ActiveX controls are loaded separately. Generally you’ll use Forms controls, they’re simpler. ActiveX controls allow for more flexible design and should be used when the job just can’t be done with a basic Forms control. Many … Read more

Microsoft Excel ActiveX Controls Disabled?

From other forums, I have learned that it is due to the MS Update and that a good fix is to simply delete the file MSForms.exd from any Temp subfolder in the user’s profile. For instance: C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Excel8.0\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\VBE\MSForms.exd C:\Users\[user.name]\AppData\Local\Temp\Word8.0\MSForms.exd Of course the application (Excel, Word…) must be closed in order to delete this file.

How do I use FileSystemObject in VBA?

Within Excel you need to set a reference to the VBScript run-time library. The relevant file is usually located at \Windows\System32\scrrun.dll To reference this file, load the Visual Basic Editor (ALT+F11) Select Tools > References from the drop-down menu A listbox of available references will be displayed Tick the check-box next to ‘Microsoft Scripting Runtime‘ … Read more