Copying data from Excel to Notepad

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Hi,
I want to go to excel → ctrl+A ->ctrl + C → paste it into notepad.

The result has to be exact identical as to what human actions for above mentioned activity would do.
The BOT should:

  1. No “comma” as cell delimiter after pasting into notepad ;
  2. The gaps should be there in exact format.

Thanks :slight_smile:

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@Bhanu_Rathore Hello ,you can read range , output data table as string using the output data table activity and in an assign use string.replace method to remove all comma delimiters from the generated string , then write the string to the text file.

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Hi @MasterOfLogic
This is not working for me. Is there any other method ?

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@Bhanu_Rathore hi, what challenge are you having using the method

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Please see the attached file:
Sequence34.xaml (6.1 KB)

InputTable.xlsx (8.6 KB)

OutResult.txt (65 Bytes)

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Hi @Dawodm

This is the OutPut I need : OutPut I Need.txt (90 Bytes)

I need the exact outlay when we copy paste data manually.

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Hi @MasterOfLogic

I tried this method but the portal where I am supposed to upload the file is not accepting it after following the above method.

I just need raw: Copy and Paste! Simple (without replacing)

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If possible can you share a xaml file here, so that i can check if it is working.
(It did’nt work last time when I built that logic)

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Here is the solution. You need to import Excel Package to your Studio.
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

I set it as Range for A1 to C5. You can modify it as you like.

Sequence38.xaml (5.9 KB)

Here is the result:

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Best regards
Mahmoud

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Hi @Dawodm

Its working :slight_smile: Thanks a lot. Could you just tell me how to paste entire data?
You have selected “A1:C5”.

What should I write so that it reads all the cells which contains some data. ?

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You can set A:Z for example to select all columns from A to Z.

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What if its beyond Z ?
Ex: AA or AB ?

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exactly. I meant with A to Z if the data are only in A to Z.
If you don’t give a number, the hole column will be copied.
A:B means: Columns A and B
A:Z means: Columns A to Z
D:AA means: Columns D to AA
etc.

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What if i dont know how many columns would be there?

How to keep it dynamic?

Like we keep “” in read range activity

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You can read the count of rows and count of columns and set them to your range.
See the new code:

Dim xlApp As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application

Try
	Dim xlWorkbook As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open(Path)
	
	'Define Excel Sheet
	Dim xlWorksheet As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet
	
	xlWorksheet = CType(xlWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1"), Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet)
	
	'Activate Worksheet
	xlWorksheet.Activate()
	
	'Get Rows Count
	Dim RowsCount As Integer
	RowsCount = xlWorksheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
	
	'Get Columns Count
	Dim ColumnsCount As Integer
	ColumnsCount = xlWorksheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count
	
	'Format the numbers in Excel for all cells in column A
	'xlWorksheet.Range("A1:C5").Copy
	xlWorksheet.Range(xlWorksheet.Cells(1,1),xlWorksheet.Cells(RowsCount,ColumnsCount)).Copy
	
	'Close Workbook
	xlWorkbook.Close
	
Catch ex As Exception
	Throw ex
Finally
	'Close Excel Application
	xlApp.Quit
End Try
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Thanks a lot brother!

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