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Powershell script for setting Multi User Editing in excel for numerous files?
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I've written a code that tries to go through my company server and set all the excel files, under a certain folder, to shared so that multiple people can edit them at once. This has been a problem for a very long time here and I thought I had a nice code to fix this but I can't seem to access the property correctly. Can anyone help?
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelFile
$excelWorkBook._SaveAs([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
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I've written a code that tries to go through my company server and set all the excel files, under a certain folder, to shared so that multiple people can edit them at once. This has been a problem for a very long time here and I thought I had a nice code to fix this but I can't seem to access the property correctly. Can anyone help?
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelFile
$excelWorkBook._SaveAs([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
excel powershell
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:54
user10484977user10484977
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Is that accelerated .NET method,xlShared, just a boolean? Also, after you callClose(), most PS/Excel code I've seen calls.Quit()after that as well. Are you able to open those Excel files from your machine? Or can you query the property on one of those Excel objects that you're trying to change after the code runs?
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:06
@trebleCode For future reference, type accelerators are a specific class in the powershell library which essentially aliases types and the term does not apply to every use of a .NET type (which is what is happening here). Observe here:[psobject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::GetIt's likely an enumeration that they're using
– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:23
Cheers @TheIncorrigible1, your protips are always good!
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:26
@trebleCode glad to be of service. You can also utilize that type's static memberAddto define your own type accelerators (I use this functionality in my$profilefor shortcuts)
– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:30
@TheIncorrigible1 good to know, I can forsee making alot of use of that in the near future
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
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I've written a code that tries to go through my company server and set all the excel files, under a certain folder, to shared so that multiple people can edit them at once. This has been a problem for a very long time here and I thought I had a nice code to fix this but I can't seem to access the property correctly. Can anyone help?
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelFile
$excelWorkBook._SaveAs([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
excel powershell
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:54
user10484977user10484977
12
I've written a code that tries to go through my company server and set all the excel files, under a certain folder, to shared so that multiple people can edit them at once. This has been a problem for a very long time here and I thought I had a nice code to fix this but I can't seem to access the property correctly. Can anyone help?
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelFile
$excelWorkBook._SaveAs([Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
excel powershell
excel powershell
asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:54
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asked Nov 21 '18 at 19:54
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Is that accelerated .NET method,xlShared, just a boolean? Also, after you callClose(), most PS/Excel code I've seen calls.Quit()after that as well. Are you able to open those Excel files from your machine? Or can you query the property on one of those Excel objects that you're trying to change after the code runs?
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:06
@trebleCode For future reference, type accelerators are a specific class in the powershell library which essentially aliases types and the term does not apply to every use of a .NET type (which is what is happening here). Observe here:[psobject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::GetIt's likely an enumeration that they're using
– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:23
Cheers @TheIncorrigible1, your protips are always good!
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:26
@trebleCode glad to be of service. You can also utilize that type's static memberAddto define your own type accelerators (I use this functionality in my$profilefor shortcuts)
– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:30
@TheIncorrigible1 good to know, I can forsee making alot of use of that in the near future
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
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show 3 more comments
Is that accelerated .NET method,xlShared, just a boolean? Also, after you callClose(), most PS/Excel code I've seen calls.Quit()after that as well. Are you able to open those Excel files from your machine? Or can you query the property on one of those Excel objects that you're trying to change after the code runs?
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:06
@trebleCode For future reference, type accelerators are a specific class in the powershell library which essentially aliases types and the term does not apply to every use of a .NET type (which is what is happening here). Observe here:[psobject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::GetIt's likely an enumeration that they're using
– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:23
Cheers @TheIncorrigible1, your protips are always good!
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:26
@trebleCode glad to be of service. You can also utilize that type's static memberAddto define your own type accelerators (I use this functionality in my$profilefor shortcuts)
– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:30
@TheIncorrigible1 good to know, I can forsee making alot of use of that in the near future
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
Is that accelerated .NET method,
xlShared, just a boolean? Also, after you call Close(), most PS/Excel code I've seen calls .Quit() after that as well. Are you able to open those Excel files from your machine? Or can you query the property on one of those Excel objects that you're trying to change after the code runs?– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:06
Is that accelerated .NET method,
xlShared, just a boolean? Also, after you call Close(), most PS/Excel code I've seen calls .Quit() after that as well. Are you able to open those Excel files from your machine? Or can you query the property on one of those Excel objects that you're trying to change after the code runs?– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:06
@trebleCode For future reference, type accelerators are a specific class in the powershell library which essentially aliases types and the term does not apply to every use of a .NET type (which is what is happening here). Observe here:
[psobject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::Get It's likely an enumeration that they're using– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:23
@trebleCode For future reference, type accelerators are a specific class in the powershell library which essentially aliases types and the term does not apply to every use of a .NET type (which is what is happening here). Observe here:
[psobject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::Get It's likely an enumeration that they're using– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:23
Cheers @TheIncorrigible1, your protips are always good!
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:26
Cheers @TheIncorrigible1, your protips are always good!
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:26
@trebleCode glad to be of service. You can also utilize that type's static member
Add to define your own type accelerators (I use this functionality in my $profile for shortcuts)– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:30
@trebleCode glad to be of service. You can also utilize that type's static member
Add to define your own type accelerators (I use this functionality in my $profile for shortcuts)– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:30
@TheIncorrigible1 good to know, I can forsee making alot of use of that in the near future
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
@TheIncorrigible1 good to know, I can forsee making alot of use of that in the near future
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36
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With some help from a friend I managed to come up with a solution actually.
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelWorkBook.FullName
$accessMode = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared
$xlFixedFormat = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat]::xlWorkbookDefault
$excelWorkBook.SaveAs($excelWorkBook.FullName,$xlFixedFormat,$null,$null,$null,$null,$accessMode,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
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With some help from a friend I managed to come up with a solution actually.
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelWorkBook.FullName
$accessMode = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared
$xlFixedFormat = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat]::xlWorkbookDefault
$excelWorkBook.SaveAs($excelWorkBook.FullName,$xlFixedFormat,$null,$null,$null,$null,$accessMode,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
answered Nov 21 '18 at 20:49
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With some help from a friend I managed to come up with a solution actually.
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelWorkBook.FullName
$accessMode = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared
$xlFixedFormat = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat]::xlWorkbookDefault
$excelWorkBook.SaveAs($excelWorkBook.FullName,$xlFixedFormat,$null,$null,$null,$null,$accessMode,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
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With some help from a friend I managed to come up with a solution actually.
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelWorkBook.FullName
$accessMode = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared
$xlFixedFormat = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat]::xlWorkbookDefault
$excelWorkBook.SaveAs($excelWorkBook.FullName,$xlFixedFormat,$null,$null,$null,$null,$accessMode,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
answered Nov 21 '18 at 20:49
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With some help from a friend I managed to come up with a solution actually.
$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
$root = "P:A N G"
$excelFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $root -File "*.xlsx" -Recurse
foreach ($excelFile in $excelFiles.FullName)
{
$excel = New-Object -ComObject Excel.Application
$excelWorkBook = $excel.Workbooks.Open($excelFile)
if (!$excelWorkBook.MultiUserEditing)
{
Write-Host $excelWorkBook.FullName
$accessMode = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlSaveAsAccessMode]::xlShared
$xlFixedFormat = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat]::xlWorkbookDefault
$excelWorkBook.SaveAs($excelWorkBook.FullName,$xlFixedFormat,$null,$null,$null,$null,$accessMode,$null,$null,$null,$null,$null)
$excelWorkBook.Close
}
}
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Is that accelerated .NET method,
xlShared, just a boolean? Also, after you callClose(), most PS/Excel code I've seen calls.Quit()after that as well. Are you able to open those Excel files from your machine? Or can you query the property on one of those Excel objects that you're trying to change after the code runs?– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:06
@trebleCode For future reference, type accelerators are a specific class in the powershell library which essentially aliases types and the term does not apply to every use of a .NET type (which is what is happening here). Observe here:
[psobject].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.TypeAccelerators')::GetIt's likely an enumeration that they're using– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:23
Cheers @TheIncorrigible1, your protips are always good!
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:26
@trebleCode glad to be of service. You can also utilize that type's static member
Addto define your own type accelerators (I use this functionality in my$profilefor shortcuts)– TheIncorrigible1
Nov 21 '18 at 20:30
@TheIncorrigible1 good to know, I can forsee making alot of use of that in the near future
– trebleCode
Nov 21 '18 at 20:36