Over a decade ago I was working on a very large and complex budget model, come to think of it I still am?
It involved 4 linked Excel workbooks, about 30 worksheets, all different, and multiple views of each worksheet.
There were regular Worksheets and Chart Sheets interspersed throughout.
Some of the Ranges had Outlined/Grouped Totals that were indented on some reports, but not on others depending on whom the various reports were going to.
It was a great budget model until you had to print a copy of it.
And of course the different levels of Managers all want different reports etc, etc.
The Solution
To solve this I developed a simple VBA routine which has evolved over the years to what is presented here.
The basic idea is to add a Printing Control sheet to your workbook.
This sheet has a list of print views, not Excel views, of various pages within the current workbook.
Each page can be setup as you wish and allows for a number of common parameters for each printed page.
Pages can be listed, multiple times if required, with different ranges or outlining selected each time
The Code handles Worksheets and Chartsheets, Normal and Named Ranges, Page Orientation, Page Size, Page Grouping and Headers/Footers.
As a user you setup the sheets as a list in the order you want them, with appropriate parameters.
The code then:
- Loops through the list,
- Obtain the parameters,
- Sets up the print page and
- Prints it.
You just need to sit back and wait for the printer to jam.
HOW DO I USE IT
Download the sample file here Excel 97-03, Excel 2007/10
You can use the sample file as is, for demo purposes or read on later where I describe how to use this in your workbooks.
Open the workbook and Goto the “Print_Control” worksheet.
Browse through the various Headings in Row 4 and field values below them.
Note that some of the Row 4 cells have comments in which explain what options are available.
Each field is described below:
No.
The Row No. in the list of page layouts available.
This has no use except when someone says the 5th page should be…
Description/Header
A text field that is used as a Reminder of the layout of the Page Setup also serves as a Centred Header.
Status
Print = On
Don’t Print = Off
The code only prints the pages marked as On.
Sheet
The name of the Worksheet or Chartsheet you want to print
Area
The Range on the Sheet that you want printed
Ignored for Chartsheets.
Land/Port
Specify if the page should be printed Landscape or Portrait
Ignored for Chartsheets.
Chartsheets are printed in Landscape.
Pages Wide
How many pages wide should the Range be printed on
This is fixed at 1 for Chartsheets.
Pages Tall
How many pages tall should the Range be printed out on
This is fixed at 1 for Chartsheets.
Copies
How Many Copies do you want of that individual page.
Rows & Columns
If outline/grouping is used specify what level of Indentation should be used for the Rows and Columns.
0 – Leave as is
1 – Indent 1 level
8 – Indent 8 levels
The maximum indentation is 8
Ignored for Chartsheets.
Footer (Left)
A description field printed as lower left footer.
No. of Copies
This specifies the Number of Copies of the Whole Report you want
Print All “On” Areas
The Print All “On” Areas Button executes the code and prints out a number of copies of the report as specified in the various page setups.
The printing is done on the default printer on your PC,
Important: Ensure that the printer you want to use for the job is set as the default before you start Excel.
You can print to a PDF file by specifying your Adobe or other PDF Printer as the Default Printer.
I’m sorry, This doesn’t fix the printing multiple pages to multiple files when printing to PDF issue.
Warning ! I maybe old school but I still recommend saving before printing !
HELP
There is limited help built into the system, That’s what this Post is doing.
Some of the field headings have comments which show what values are acceptable in those fields.
HOW DO I ADD THIS TO MY WORKBOOK ?
To add this to your workbook, copy the Print_Control worksheet to your workbook
- Open your workbook.
- Open the Demo File
- Copy the Print_Control worksheet by Right Clicking on the Print_Control tab, and copy to your workbook.
- Run the VBA Code using the “Setup Print Control Named Formula” Button
That’s it.
All the code required for the printing is part of the Print_Control page.
HOW DOES THE VBA WORK ?
The following describes the VBA Code driving this worksheet.
To examine this goto VBA (Alt F11)
Select the workbook and double click on Sheet0 (Print_Control)
The code should appear in the right hand window
If you are unfamiliar with VBA it may be worth going through Chandoo’s Crash Course in VBA
There are 2 Subroutines and a Function in this system which are documented below
Print_Reports
This is the main subroutine that drives the printing
It is called by the Print All On Button and when finished returns the user to the Print_Control worksheet.
All the VBA code is in RED,
Comments and notes are in BLACK before the line or section they refer to.
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At the start of the Print_Reports subroutine, setup variables for later use
Option Explicit
Public Sub Print_Reports()
Dim PrintArea As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim sht As Long
Dim Orientation As String
Dim NCopies As Integer
Dim PWide As Integer
Dim PTall As Integer
Dim Footer As String
Dim Header As String
Dim Sheets As String
Dim gRow As Integer
Dim gCol As Integer
Dim PaperSize As String
Dim msg As String
Dim tmp As String
Turn off the Automatic Calculation so that it is faster and isn’t as jerky
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
This loads the entire array of the Print_Control page into an array called PrintArea
PrintArea = Worksheets(“Print_Control”).Range(“Print_Control”).Value
This sets up a loop for the No of Total Copies of the Whole report
For j = 1 To [Copies].Value ‘Loop through the No of Copies
This sets up a loop for the to check each line of the Print Control area
For i = 1 To UBound(PrintArea, 1) ‘Loop through the print area
If the Column Status is On print using that line of settings
If UCase(PrintArea(i, 3)) = “ON” Then ‘When On is enabled Print using the settings
Extract the settings from the stored array, row i
Header = PrintArea(i, 2) ‘Set Header variable
Orientation = PrintArea(i, 6) ‘Set Orientation variable
PWide = PrintArea(i, 8 ) ‘Set Pages Wide variable
PTall = PrintArea(i, 9) ‘Set Pages Tall variable
NCopies = PrintArea(i, 10) ‘Set No Copies variable
gRow = PrintArea(i, 11) ‘Set Row Group Expansion
gCol = PrintArea(i, 12) ‘Set Column Group Expansion
Footer = PrintArea(i, 13) ‘Set Footer variable
Check paper sizes against the built in page sizes
If PrintArea(i, 7) = “A4” Then
PaperSize = 9
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “A3” Then
PaperSize = 8
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “A5” Then
PaperSize = 11
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “Legal” Then
PaperSize = 5
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “Letter” Then
PaperSize = 1
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “Quarto” Then
PaperSize = 15
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “Executive” Then
PaperSize = 7
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “B4” Then
PaperSize = 12
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “B5” Then
PaperSize = 13
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “10×14” Then
PaperSize = 16
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “11×17” Then
PaperSize = 17
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “Csheet” Then
PaperSize = 24
ElseIf PrintArea(i, 7) = “Dsheet” Then
PaperSize = 25
Else
PaperSize = 9 ‘Defaults to A4
End If
Activate the relevant sheet
This checks that the sheet exists first
tmp = PrintArea(i, 4)
SheetExists(tmp) is a UDF that’s checks if the sheet exists and returns True or False
If Not SheetExists(tmp) Then
msg = “Sheet ‘” + PrintArea(i, 4) + “‘ not found.” + vbCrLf + “Check the sheets Name.”
msg = msg + vbCrLf + vbCrLf + “Processing will continue for remaining sheets.”
tmp = MsgBox(msg, vbExclamation, “Sheet not Found”)
Else
The sheet exists now process
Select the sheet
Application.Sheets(PrintArea(i, 4)).Select
Check if it is a Worksheet or a Chartsheet
If ActiveSheet.Type = -4167 Then ‘Its a worksheet
Turn off screen updating
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Select the relevnt area of the sheet
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = PrintArea(i, 5) ‘Select the relevent Print Area of the Sheet
Set Outline levels
ActiveSheet.Outline.ShowLevels RowLevels:=gRow, ColumnLevels:=gCol ‘Set Outline Grouping
Apply print settings
With ActiveSheet.PageSetup ‘Set print settings
.PrintTitleRows = “”
.PrintTitleColumns = “”
.LeftHeader = “”
.CenterHeader = Header ‘User Defined Header (Shift to Left or Right as required)
.RightHeader = “”
.LeftFooter = Footer ‘User Defined Footer (Shift to Left or Right as required)
.CenterFooter = “”
.RightFooter = “”
.LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.1)
.RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.1)
.TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(1.0)
.BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.4)
.HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.1)
.FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
.PrintHeadings = False
.PrintGridlines = False
.PrintComments = xlPrintNoComments
.CenterHorizontally = False
.CenterVertically = False
.Draft = False
.PaperSize = PaperSize ‘ User Defined Paper Size
.FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
.Order = xlDownThenOver
.BlackAndWhite = False
.Zoom = False
.FitToPagesWide = PWide ‘User Defined No Pages Wide
.FitToPagesTall = PTall ‘User Defined No Pages Tall
.PrintErrors = xlPrintErrorsDisplayed
End With
Apply page orientation settings
If Orientation = “L” Then ‘User Defined Page Orientation
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.Orientation = xlLandscape
Else
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.Orientation = xlPortrait
End If
Turn Screen updating back on
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Finished setting up Worksheet goto the Printing area
Else ‘Its a Chart page
Turn Screen updating off
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Apply print settings
With ActiveChart.PageSetup
.LeftHeader = “”
.CenterHeader = Header
.RightHeader = “”
.LeftFooter = Footer
.CenterFooter = “”
.RightFooter = “”
.LeftMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.1)
.RightMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.1)
.TopMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(1#)
.BottomMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.4)
.HeaderMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.1)
.FooterMargin = Application.InchesToPoints(0.3)
.ChartSize = xlScreenSize
.PrintQuality = 600 ‘Change to 300 for Excel 97-03
.CenterHorizontally = True
.CenterVertically = True
.Orientation = xlLandscape
.Draft = False
.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = False ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = False ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.EvenPage.LeftHeader.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.EvenPage.CenterHeader.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.EvenPage.RightHeader.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.EvenPage.LeftFooter.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.EvenPage.CenterFooter.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.EvenPage.RightFooter.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.FirstPage.LeftHeader.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.FirstPage.CenterHeader.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.FirstPage.RightHeader.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.FirstPage.LeftFooter.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.FirstPage.CenterFooter.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.FirstPage.RightFooter.Text = “” ‘Removed from 97/03 Ver
.PaperSize = PaperSize
.FirstPageNumber = xlAutomatic
.BlackAndWhite = False
.Zoom = 100
End With
Turn Screen Updating back on
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End If
Now Print the active sheet using user defined No. Copies
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=NCopies, Collate:=True
End If
End If
Next i
Next j
Clear PrintArea array, just in case
PrintArea = Null
Turn Auto Calculation back on
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Go back to the Print Control sheet
Application.Sheets(“Print_Control”).Select
End Sub
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The SheetExists Function
This is a Function that is used by the Print_Reports subroutine to check if a sheet exists.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Function SheetExists(SheetName As String) As Boolean
‘ This function Returns TRUE if the sheet exists in the active workbook
SheetExists = False ‘Set default value of SheetExists
On Error GoTo NoSuchSheet ‘Set error trapping such that if the sheet doesn’t exist it will exit
Check length of sheet name, if the sheet exists it will return a value, otherwise an error
If Len(Sheets(SheetName).Name) > 0 Then
The sheet exists so set SheetExists = True and exit
SheetExists = True
Exit Function
End If
NoSuchSheet:
The sheet doesn’t exists so use default SheetExists = False and exit
End Function
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
The Setup_Print_Control_Named_Formula Subroutine
This is a simple subroutine that sets up the 2 named formula for use the first time a sheet is used.
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Sub Setup_Print_Control_Named_Formula()
Setup Named Formula “Print_Control” which is the table of settings
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=”Print_Control”, RefersToR1C1:= _
“=OFFSET(Print_Control!R4C2,1,,COUNTA(Print_Control!R5C2:R24C2),COUNTA(Print_Control!R4))”
ActiveWorkbook.Names(“Print_Control”).Comment = _
“Used by the Print_Reports Subroutine”
Setup Named Formula “Copies” which is the No of Copies of the Whole Report
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:=”Copies”, RefersToR1C1:= _
“=Print_Control!R26C13”
ActiveWorkbook.Names(“Copies”).Comment = “Specifies the No. of Copies for the Print_Reports Subroutine”
End Sub
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
NAMED FORMULA
The code relies on two Named Formulas
Copies:
=Print_Control!$L$27
Print_Control:
=OFFSET(Print_Control!$B$4,1,,COUNTA(Print_Control!$B$5:$B$24),COUNTA(Print_Control!$4:$4))
Automatically adjusts the Print_Control Named Formula for the number of Page Setup lines and Fields to be processed
If you have queries about how any of the above code works, please let me know in the comments below:
WHAT DOES THE ARRAY “PrintArea” DO ?
The print area array stores the values of the Print_Control range in a 2 dimensional array which represents the Print_Control range.
This is done for a few reasons, but simply it is faster as it results in less reading of the worksheet
It also allows more flexibility in the subsequent processing as all the data is in one area.
DOWNLOADS
Download the sample file here Excel 97-03, Excel 2007/10
WHAT’S NEXT
There are a number of parameters used in the Print Setup area which are not used or not used in the 97/03 version.
The code above is easily extended to include these if you desire.
One day when I have a spare moment (Most likely in 2025!) I will add the option for automatic incremental Page Numbers.
CLOSING
This code has saved, my staff and I, hundreds and hundreds of hours over the past decade whilst printing complex Excel workbooks.
This functionality was also one of the more requested issues from our poll of 3 months ago We Want Your Ideas!
I hope you enjoy it as much as I have ?
Updates
I will be extending the functionality of this in the future and so if you have any suggestions, lets hear them in the comments below:
How have you tackled large print jobs ?
I look forward to your comments below:
Hui…
For a list of my other contributions at Chandoo.org please visit; Hui.
38 Responses to “Time to showoff your VBA skills – Help me fix ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert snafu”
I tried your code with 2003, it works.
But, I know Addpicture does not take URLs anymore with 2007 onwards, perhaps its the same with picture.insert as well.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928983/en-us
The above link gives the solution as "picture fill in a shape such as a rectangle".
Tried to recreate this, but it worked fine for me. I just took the image of the error you showed in the post. Is there more info that can narrow this down a bit?
Don't know if this helps?
http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=47101
Hi
Not sure if this is what you're after, but I just tried this
Sub Macro1()
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert("http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/images/logo.gif").Select
End Sub
Tied a button to it on the sheet and it seems to work; hope this helps a little
Ian
@All.. the issue is in Excel 2007. In 2003 ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert seems to work fine. Unfortunately, I have design this in Excel 2007.. that is why I posted it here..
v2
Sub Macro1()
Set n = ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert("http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/images/logo.gif")
With Range("c12")
t = .Top
l = .Left
End With
With n
.Top = t
.Left = l
End With
End Sub
Ian
That didn't come out very well. This positions at c12, so can change easily:
Sub Macro1()
Set n = ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert("http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/images/logo.gif")
With Range("c12")
t = .Top
l = .Left
End With
With n
.Top = t
.Left = l
End With
End Sub
Works OK in 2007
Ian
The above codes work fines to my EXCEL 2007. Thanks.
Chandoo:
Try 'ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert'
With ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert("C:\Example.png")
.Left = ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Left
.Top = ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Top
End With
activesheet.pictures.insert "C:\Documents and Settings\Jon Peltier\Desktop\2007 stuff\insert_charts_2007.png"
Works for me in 2003 SP3 and in 2007 SP2.
Check the URL, and make sure you have internet connectivity.
What also works, and is newer (pictures.insert was supposedly deprecated in '97):
activesheet.shapes.addpicture "C:\Documents and Settings\Jon Peltier\Desktop\2007 stuff\insert_charts_2007.png", false, true, 200,200,100,100
Unfortunately you must specify dimensions (the last four arguments) and you don't necessarily know them. But the picture size is still related back to the original picture size, so you could use scaleheight and scalewidth to fix this.
Chandoo: I just re-read your post.
The code I posted works for me. However, I'm using a local picture. If you try to add a picture from the web, this won't work.
I remember solving this problem before by adding a rectangle shape first, then using the Shapes.AddPicture method to get a picture from the web.
I'll find that code and post it here.
Some more updates... The code "ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert (path)" works fine in Excel 2007 at home. Strange it failed miserably on my work laptop. Do you think this has got something to do with SP2 of MS Office 2007 or something like that?
@Ian, Jon: Thanks for the code snippets. I guess I will use my home installation of excel to do this.
Chandoo:
Try this on your work laptop:
Sub test()
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape msoShapeRectangle, 50, 50, 100, 200
ActiveSheet.Shapes(1).Fill.UserPicture _
"http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/images/dpwithPig6.png"
End Sub
FYI:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928983/en-us
I didn't mean to post code with a local file, because both approaches worked with an internet image as well. This is in Excel 2007 SP2.
activesheet.pictures.insert "http://peltiertech.com/images/2009-07/col_area_noblanks.png"
Jon: Looks like I have SP1 on my client machine! I wasn't paying attention.
Just checked my home computer where I have SP2, and you're right...looks like they fixed it.
I didn't even bother testing in SP1, though I could if anyone cares enough.
I'm afraid I don't have a solution, but I find it remarkable that after attaining a certain status in the Excel world, Chandoo does not need to post on an Excel discussion forum to get help for an Excel problem. Instead, he posts on his blog and all the gurus come rushing to his help.
Isn't Web 2.0 great?
Teylyn - I saw Chandoo's tweet first, and followed the link back to his blog.
@Mike.. thank you. I have seen the fill rectangle solution before posting the query here. For that matter, I have also tried the solution of embedding a browser control on a spreadsheet. both of these seemed a bit extreme. That is why I have asked it here.
But I guess I will end up using it if I had to build this in work laptop.
@Teylyn: I have thought of posting this in a forum. (Unfortunately I have not been to any excel group in the last 5 years. Last time I was active was when I built a jave based excel sheet construction solution using POI.HSSF classes of Apache... ) After searching for a few hours, I found several forum posts where others had same problem and the solution recommended (using .left and .top parameters) is not working for me. Incidentally most of these solutions are from a certain Jon Peltier 😛
I thought may be the problem is interesting for fellow blog readers. So I posted it here.
Hi,
Adapting the code in the question,
[code]
Sub InsPicture()
pPath = "http://chandoo.org/images/pointy-haired-dilbert-excel-charts-tips.png"
With ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(pPath)
.Left = Range("a1").Left
.Top = Range("a1").Top
End With
End Sub
[/code]
Seems to work fine
Looks like it was a problem in 2007 up to SP1, which was corrected in SP2.
@Jon.. seems like the case. I just checked the version at work laptop. it is 12.0.6331.5000 (SP1).
Thank you so much every one. I really appreciate your time and suggestions in solving this.
Glad to help. I couldn't understand why something so straightforward wasn't working.
Hi All
Is there a way of inserting a motion clip eg animated gif or swf or flv?
Thks
You can insert animated GIFs by inserting them in a browser control through VBA. For other types of movies, I can guess you can insert them as clip art.
I WANT THE INSERT PICTURE BY USING COADING
so currently i was struggling same as you, chandoo, with the insert picture method in excel 2007/10 from an url and came along your thread here.
so i re-designed the code on the addshape method as mike was suggesting it and all of the sudden it works just fine.
thanks alot to you guys, you were a great help
a big salut from switzerland
Hi guys,
I need help copying and pasting an image with the path in a cell.
I leave the code.
And thank you very much!
Sub Copiarimg()
Dim pic As Picture
With ActiveSheet
Set pic = .Pictures.Insert(Range("f2").Value)
With .Range("e9:g22")
pic.Top = .Top
pic.Left = .Left
pic.Width = .Width
pic.Height = .Height
End With
End Sub
I've played around with the approaches in these comments, and the code below is what I've come up with. The ImagePath can be a local file or a URL. As Jon mentioned above, the trick is to set an arbitrary value for the width and height, then call the ScaleWidth and ScaleHeight methods afterward to reset the picture to its original size. Once the LockAspectRatio property is set, you can change the picture width and the height will automatically scale (or vice-versa).
Sub AddPictureToRange(TopLeftCellAddress As String, ImagePath As String)
Dim pic As Shape
Dim l As Single, t As Single
Dim temp As Single
l = Me.Range(TopLeftCellAddress).Left
t = Me.Range(TopLeftCellAddress).Top
temp = 10# ' arbitrary value
Set pic = Me.Shapes.AddPicture(ImagePath, msoFalse, msoTrue, l, t, temp, temp)
pic.ScaleHeight 1#, msoTrue
pic.ScaleWidth 1#, msoTrue
pic.LockAspectRatio = msoTrue
End Sub
I need some help with inserting pictures. I have an excel file with a column of item numbers next to this row I want to insert a picture of this item. The pictures are coded with the item number so I tried to insert it with one of the codes above:
Sub InsPicture()
pPath = "http://img.bricklink.com/P/80/55236.gif"
With ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(pPath)
End With
End Sub
That worked but I need to do that for every row separtly.
So I tried in the code
pPath = "http://img.bricklink.com/P/80/"&Text(a1;"#")&".gif"
But that gives errors.
Anybody ideas?
Hi Nicholas, I used your solution in a related problem in Excel 2003 and it worked flawlessly..thank you!
Hi Mike Alexander,
Your solution with some changes was helpful in my problem in XL 2007, thanks.
Hi,
thanks all. In addition, I had a problem with multiple pictures inserting (every new picture replaced the prior one). I've changed it a bit, may be helpful..
Sub test()
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape msoShapeRectangle, 50 , 50, 100, 200
ActiveSheet.Shapes(1).Fill.UserPicture _
"http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/images/dpwithPig6.png"
ActiveSheet.Shapes(1).Copy
ActiveSheet.Paste
End Sub
Try this instead:
Sub test()
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape msoShapeRectangle, 50 , 50, 100, 200
ActiveSheet.Shapes(ActiveSheet.Shapes.Count).Fill.UserPicture _
"http://www.datapigtechnologies.com/images/dpwithPig6.png"
End Sub
Thanks to everyone, this thread has been very helpful. However, image inserting still doesn't work quite as expect for me.
While I can get a picture inserted into an Excel 2010 worksheet using either:
1) ActiveSheet.Shapes(ActiveSheet.Shapes.Count).Fill.UserPicture...
2) ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(pPath), and
3) Shapes.AddPicture...
unfortunately the images all insert with a display size determined not by the actual pixel dimensions of the image but by the dpi resolution.
So for example, if I insert two copies of the exact same 600x600 pixel image, one with a 300dpi resolution and the other with 72dpi, they display at vastly different sizes on screen.
While this might be intended behaviour for Excel in order to maintain a WSYWIG printing layout, I actually need a way to insert the image based on the the actual pixel dimesnsions and ignoring the dpi resolution.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Kez
Not doing an intentional bump, but realised I posted in rely to one of the repsonses here instead of to the main thread, so reposting.
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Thanks to everyone, this thread has been very helpful. However, image inserting still doesn’t work quite as expected for me.
While I can get a picture inserted into an Excel 2010 worksheet using any of the below methods:
1) ActiveSheet.Shapes(ActiveSheet.Shapes.Count).Fill.UserPicture....
2) ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(pPath), and
3) Shapes.AddPicture....
unfortunately the images all insert with a display size determined not by the actual pixel dimensions of the image but by the dpi resolution.
So for example, if I insert two copies of the exact same 600×600 pixel image, one with a 300dpi resolution and the other with 72dpi, they display at vastly different sizes in Excel on screen.
While this might be intended behaviour for Excel in order to maintain a WYSIWYG printing layout, I actually need a way to insert the images based on the the actual pixel dimesnsions and ignoring the dpi resolution.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Kez
Well, answered my own question 🙂
For those who might be interested, you can use this function:
Public Function GetPicDims(strFilePath As String, strFileName As String) As String
GetPicDims = CreateObject("Shell.Application").Namespace((strFilePath)). _
ParseName(strFileName).ExtendedProperty("Dimensions")
End Function
to get the dimensions of the image you want to insert. Then you can parse the return string and use the width and height values to add a rectangle shape of the appropraite size, like:
ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape msoShapeRectangle 50, 50, iWidth, iHeight
which you then fill with the picture:
ActiveSheet.Shapes(ActiveSheet.Shapes.Count).Fill.UserPicture "c:\temp\test.jpg"
This way the picture gets inserted using the pixel dimensions and the (print) resolution gets ignored.
If desired, the GetPicDims function can be made more generic to get other ExtendedProperties.
Regards
Kez