Using Scripts to Manage Excel's Browsers Options

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Sample VBScript scripts that demonstrate how you can both retrieve and configure the Microsoft Excel 2003 Browsers options.

Mapping the Dialog Box to the Excel Object Model

The options referenced in the following scripts correspond to the options found on the Browsers tab of the Web Options dialog box. To access these options in Microsoft Excel 2003, click Tools, click Options, click the General tab, click Web Options and then click the Browsers tab. A mapping between the options available in this dialog box and the Microsoft Excel object model is shown below.

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The scripts shown on this page were tested using Microsoft Excel 2003. At least some of the functionality is likely to work on any version of Microsoft Excel that supports Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); however, the scripts have not been tested using any of these other versions.

Sample Code for Retrieving Values

Sample script that retrieves the configuration information found on the Browsers tab in the Web Options dialog box in Microsoft Excel 2003.

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

Wscript.Echo "People who view this Web page will be using: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.TargetBrowser
Wscript.Echo "Allow PNG as a graphics format: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.AllowPNG
Wscript.Echo "Rely on CSS for font formatting: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.RelyOnCSS
Wscript.Echo "Rely on VML for displaying graphics in browsers: " _
    & objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.RelyOnVML
Wscript.Echo "Save new Web pages as Single File Web pages: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.SaveNewWebPagesAsWebArchives

objExcel.Quit

Sample Code for Modifying Values

Sample script that allows the use of PNG graphic files.

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.AllowPNG = TRUE

objExcel.Quit

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