XL98: Drawing Tools Not Recorded into AppleScript Script (176412)

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If you need an AppleScript script to be able to insert a drawing object into a worksheet or chart, record or write a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that performs the required actions. Then, while you are recording the script, run the macro in Microsoft Excel. The command to run the macro will be correctly recorded into the script.

For example, if the macro in Microsoft Excel resembles the following:

   Sub InsertRectangle()
      ActiveSheet.Shapes.AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, 103#, 80#, _
         114#, 66#).Select
   End Sub
				

and is contained in Workbook1, the recorded script should resemble the following:

   tell application "Microsoft Excel"
      activate
      Evaluate "Workbook1!InsertRectangle()"
   end tell
				

You can use other Visual Basic macros to perform other drawing-related actions, such as moving drawing objects.