User Guide Tutorials VBScript tutorials Tutorial 08: How to set header and footer in VBScript How to set header and footer in VBScript EasyXLS Excel library can be used to export Excel files in VBS. The library is a COM+ component that works without MS Excel installed.
Step 1: Download and install EasyXLS Excel Library for COM+ To download the trial version of EasyXLS Excel Library, press the below button:
If you already own a license key, you may login and download EasyXLS from your account.
Step 2: Verify if EasyXLS is registered Check if EasyXLS component is present in Component Services.
Step 3: License file setup Step required for EasyXLS v9.0 or later. If you are using a trial, generate a trial license file from EasyXLS trials page. The trial license is valid for 30-days. If you own a license key, you may login to the account that purchased the license and generate the license file from: https://www.easyxls.com/my-orders Setup the license file into your project using these guidelines .
Step 4: Run VBS code that exports an Excel file with header and footer Execute the following VBS code that exports an Excel file with the header for center section containing the file name and a custom text, header for right section containing the date and time and footer for center section containing the page number and total number of pages.
Dim DATATYPE_STRING
DATATYPE_STRING = "string"
Dim ALIGNMENT_CENTER, ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM, ALIGNMENT_LEFT
ALIGNMENT_CENTER = "center"
ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM = "bottom"
ALIGNMENT_LEFT = "left"
Dim Black, Gray, Yellow, DarkGray, Blue
Black = &hff000000
Gray = &hff808080
Yellow = &hff00ffff
DarkGray = &hffa9a9a9
Blue = &hffff0000
Dim BORDER_MEDIUM
BORDER_MEDIUM = 2
Dim HEADER_POSITION_CENTER, HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT
HEADER_POSITION_CENTER = "C"
HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT = "R"
Dim FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER
FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER = "C"
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine("Tutorial 08" & vbcrlf & "----------" & vbcrlf)
Set workbook = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelDocument" )
workbook.easy_addWorksheet_2("First tab" )
workbook.easy_addWorksheet_2("Second tab" )
workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0).setSheetProtected(True )
Set xlsFirstTable = workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0).easy_getExcelTable()
Set xlsStyleHeader = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelStyle" )
xlsStyleHeader.setFont("Verdana" )
xlsStyleHeader.setFontSize(8)
xlsStyleHeader.setItalic(True )
xlsStyleHeader.setBold(True )
xlsStyleHeader.setForeground(CLng(YELLOW))
xlsStyleHeader.setBackground(CLng(BLACK))
xlsStyleHeader.setBorderColors CLng(GRAY), CLng(GRAY), CLng(GRAY), CLng(GRAY)
xlsStyleHeader.setBorderStyles BORDER_MEDIUM, BORDER_MEDIUM, BORDER_MEDIUM, BORDER_MEDIUM
xlsStyleHeader.setHorizontalAlignment(ALIGNMENT_CENTER)
xlsStyleHeader.setVerticalAlignment(ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM)
xlsStyleHeader.setWrap(True )
xlsStyleHeader.setDataType(DATATYPE_STRING)
For column = 0 To 4
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0,column).setValue("Column " & (column + 1))
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0,column).setStyle(xlsStyleHeader)
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0, column).setComment_2("This is column no " & (column + 1))
Next
xlsFirstTable.easy_getRowAt(0).setHeight(30)
Set xlsStyleData = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelStyle" )
xlsStyleData.setHorizontalAlignment(ALIGNMENT_LEFT)
xlsStyleData.setForeground(CLng(DARKGRAY))
xlsStyleData.setWrap(False )
xlsStyleData.setLocked(True )
xlsStyleData.setDataType(DATATYPE_STRING)
For row = 0 To 99
For column = 0 To 4
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(row+1,column).setValue("Data " & (row + 1) & ", " & (column + 1))
xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(row+1,column).setStyle(xlsStyleData)
Next
Next
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 0, 70
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 1, 100
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 2, 70
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 3, 100
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 4, 70
Set xlsFirstTab = workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0)
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertSingleUnderline()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertFile()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertValue(" - How to create header and footer" )
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT).InsertDate()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT).InsertValue(" " )
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT).InsertTime()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getFooterAt_2(FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertPage()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getFooterAt_2(FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertValue(" of " )
xlsFirstTab.easy_getFooterAt_2(FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertPages()
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine("Writing file C:\Samples\Tutorial08 - header and footer in Excel.xlsx" )
workbook.easy_WriteXLSXFile ("C:\Samples\Tutorial08 - header and footer in Excel.xlsx" )
Dim sError
sError = workbook.easy_getError()
If sError = "" Then
WScript.StdOut.Write(vbcrlf & "File successfully created." )
Else
WScript.StdOut.Write(vbcrlf & "Error: " & sError)
End If
workbook.Dispose
Wscript.StdOut.Write(vbcrlf & "Press Enter to exit ...")
WScript.StdIn.ReadLine()
How to run VBScript tutorial In order to run the tutorial create a file named Tutorial08.vbs containing previous code, open Command Prompt, change the directory to tutorial location using cd command and type: > cscript Tutorial08.vbs. Overloaded methods For methods with same name but different parameters, only the first method overload retains the original name. Subsequent overloads are uniquely renamed by appending to the method name '_2', '_3', etc (method, method_2, method_3), an integer that corresponds to the order of declaration that can be found in EasyXLS.h, a file that comes with EasyXLS installation.