Excel OLE RTE when compiled with Harbour

[hua]

Hi guys,
I'm trying to migrate a module that I have to FWH+Harbour instead of xHb
However this line of code generates RTE under Harbour but ran fine all this while under xHb

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 ::oSheet := ::oExcel:ActiveSheet
 ::oSheet:set("Name", "A & T ELEC")
 

The error was

FiveWin version: FWH 19.05
C compiler version: Borland/Embarcadero C++ 7.3 (32-bit)
Windows version: 10.0, Build 18363

Time from start: 0 hours 0 mins 18 secs
Error occurred at: 23/08/2022, 14:28:59
Error description: (DOS Error -2147352572) WINOLE/1007 Argument error: SET
Args:
[ 1] = C Name
[ 2] = C A & T ELEC

Stack Calls
===========
Called from: => TOLEAUTO:SET( 0 )
Called from: .\statprnx.PRG => STATPRNXLS:HEADER( 136 )

Anyone has any idea of how to solve this?
TIA

[Antonio Linares]

Dear Hua,

Please try it again removing the "&" to see if that makes a difference:

::oSheet:set("Name", "A T ELEC")

[hua]

Thanks for the prompt reply Antonio.

Removing '&' didn't help. The same error occured

[cnavarro]

Try with

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::oSheet := ::oExcel:ActiveSheet
 ::oSheet:name := "A & T ELEC"
 

[hua]

Thanks Cristobal! That was it

[hua]

Another error I found after compiling with Harbour. Instead of a logical value, lRetVal ends up with an array {0, 5813120}

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      lRetVal := StatPrnXls():activate(cTitle, cFrom, cTo, dCOD, lPrnZero)
      return lRetVal

I don't even know where to begin to find out what went wrong. The last line in StatPrnXls():activate() simply returns .t. and yet lRetVal ends up with an array

Any tips? Suggestions?

[Antonio Linares]

You could try this:

instead of
return lRetVal

use
return lRetVal[ 2 ] != 0

[hua]

Whether StatPrnXls():activate() returns .t. or .f. lRetVal always ends up with {0, 5813120}

I can't wrap my mind on what's happening. Called class returns a logical value yet lRetVal ends up with an array

[nageswaragunupudi]

May I know what is this "StatPrnXls()" ?

[nageswaragunupudi]

May I know what is this "StatPrnXls()" ?

[hua]

Hi Rao,
StatPrnXls() is a class in my program that generates a report directly in Excel using OLE.
The last line in StatPrnCls():activate() is return .t. hence my bewilderment when lRetVal contains an array

[nageswaragunupudi]

Nice.
Do you mind sharing your class with me?

[hua]

It's just a crude report written in class form as I try to avoid using public,private variable as much as possible
Irregardless, I've emailed it to you.
Thank you

[nageswaragunupudi]

Thank you

[nageswaragunupudi]

I remember having experienced the same problem, when I was writing the METHOD ToExcel() of XBrowse.
Please see my notes towards the end of ToExcel() method in XBrowse.

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#ifndef __XHARBOUR__
   else
      //
      SysRefresh()
      //
      // This requires explanation.
      // With xHarbour there is no problem. Problem is with Harbour only
      // return value of this function is oSheet which is an Object. xHarbour returns as object
      // If SysRefresh() is called here, Harbour returns oSheet as an object
      // if not it returns an Array of two numeric elements.
      // I am unable to understand this phenomenon.
      // Till we understand what is happening, keep SysRefresh() here for
      // Harbour build.
      // 2015-06-02
#endif
   endif

return oSheet
 

So, in your case also I guess xHarbour returns .T. but Harbour returns an array of two numeric elements.

Please insert

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SysRefresh()

just beore

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return .t.

I expect this will solve your problem.
Please test and let us know the result.