Using Scripts to Manage Excel's Files Options

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

Mapping the Dialog Box to the Excel Object Model

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

Files

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 Files tab in the Web Options dialog box in Microsoft Excel 2003.

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

Wscript.Echo "Organize supporting files in a folder: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.OrganizeInFolder
Wscript.Echo "Check if Office is the default editor for Web pages created in Office: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.CheckIfOfficeIsHTMLEditor
Wscript.Echo "Download Office Web components: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.DownloadComponents
Wscript.Echo "Web Components location: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.LocationOfComponents
Wscript.Echo "Use long file names whenver possibke: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.UseLongFileNames
Wscript.Echo "Update links on save: " & _
    objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.UpdateLinksOnSave

objExcel.Quit

Sample Code for Modifying Values

Sample script that prevents Excel from automatically checking to see if it is the default editor for Web pages created in Office.

Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

objExcel.DefaultWebOptions.CheckIfOfficeIsHTMLEditor = FALSE

objExcel.Quit

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