Auto_Open checks whether Workbook_Open has run and, if not, duplicates much of the functionality of the Workbook_Open macro. (I know it is superfluous to include that in the workbook-_open macro as the Auto_Open macro runs last but the command has insignificant overhead for me so.). The workbook has a Workbook_Open and an Auto_Open macro, the last instruction on each being "ThisWorkbook.Saved=True). I have a fairly intricate workbook that undertakes complex analyses on data. I have a query on the workbook saved status that has been bugging me for a while. You can check out the VBA Editor to see if this is the case. If the macro is making some sort of change in the workbook, then it will naturally set the dirty flag. You will be asked if you want to save changes, however, if you make changes after this macro has run-in other words, after the worksheet was fully opened.īesides automatically recalculating functions that set the dirty flag, it is also possible that your workbook contains a macro or two that automatically run when you open it. If you close right away, you aren't asked if you want to save your changes. Now, Excel opens the workbook, recalculates (including making changes based on functions such as TODAY and NOW), and then clears the dirty flag. If you don't, you may loose some of your work.Ī variation on this approach-one that is less unforgiving of forgotten changes-is to actually make the macro part of the Workbook_Open procedure for the ThisWorkbook object: Thus, you would need to remember to explicitly save anything in the workbook whenever you make changes. With the macro in place, Excel will never ask you if you want to save changes upon exiting, even if legitimate changes were done to the workbook. While this approach will work, there is a huge risk inherent in using it. This macro does nothing more than clear the dirty flag (the Saved property). Private Sub Workbook_BeforeClose(Cancel As Boolean) You can also add an automatic macro that will run just before the workbook closes, such as the following, which should be part of the ThisWorkbook object: For most people, this just isn't practical. One way you can get around the problem is to, of course, remove whatever is causing changes in your workbook. Excel doesn't set the dirty flag if you simply navigate around the workbook, doing things like selecting cells or changing to a different worksheet. Excel retrieves the data, which represents a change to the workbook you just opened. The dirty flag can also be set automatically if your workbook includes links to data on other worksheets.
Since they represent a change, Excel sets the dirty flag. When you first open a workbook, they are updated in the normal course of recalculating. These return the system date and the system time, respectively.
Two big culprits in making such automatic changes are the TODAY and NOW worksheet functions. This sets the dirty flag and thus triggers the request about saving. Sometimes, Excel does something that affects the contents of the workbook just by virtue of the fact you opened it. However, it can also get set even if you don't do anything explicit. The dirty flag can obviously get set if you make some explicit change to a workbook, such as editing a cell or modifying the structure of the workbook in some way. If the flag is set when you close the workbook, Excel asks if you want to save the workbook. Whenever you save the workbook, the flag is cleared. Internally, Excel maintains what is commonly called a "dirty flag." This flag gets set whenever you do some sort of change to a workbook. As part of closing, Excel asks you if you want to save your changes, yet you didn't make any changes-you only looked around.
I would like to know if there is a way to do this programmatically in Gembox.SpreadSheet (i think using Table class in Gembox.You probably had this happen to you: You open a workbook, look around at some of the worksheets, and then close the workbook.
#Gembox how to findout if excel is open pdf
This setting in the excel template will result in this pdf being generated: (picture 3 from the word document) Inside Excel there is an option to set, for a table, the rows to have on each new page (picture 2 from the word document) This is how the printing currently looks like, using a DataTable and a Table without the table header on the next page (picture 1 from the word document). The data inside is spanning on multiple pages and on each new page I want to have the column headers for easy readability when printing.Īs the forum allows me to upload only one media link, here is the link to a word document in google drive containing all the images that I added here and that the forum wouldnt let me post: click (great workaround) Inside here I am having a pretty long table. I am filling a template file from excel using gembox and the result needs to be saved as a pdf.