Inserting a VB macro throws Argument not optional error - c#

I am trying to open a Word document from a C# app, insert a macro, run it, then close. The problem I am running into is
Compile Error: Argument not optional
I've been looking at this article but I am not returning anything. Not seeing what I am missing here.
Here is the debugger:
Here is the C# code:
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application newApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
newApp.Visible = true;
object Unknown = Type.Missing;
var Source = fileName;
var doc = newApp.Documents.Open(Source);
var project = doc.VBProject;
var module = project.VBComponents.Add(vbext_ComponentType.vbext_ct_StdModule);
var macro = "Public Sub DoKbTest()\r\n" +
"MsgBox 'Hello'\r\n" +
"End Sub\r\n" +
"Public sub DoKbTestWithParameter(sMsg As String)\r\n" +
"MsgBox sMsg\r\n" +
"End Sub";
module.CodeModule.AddFromString(macro);
newApp.Run("DoKbTest");
newApp.Quit(ref Unknown, ref Unknown, ref Unknown);

A single quote in VBA denotes a comment. This is what you're generating:
Public Sub DoKbTest()
MsgBox 'Hello'
End Sub
Compare to:
Public Sub DoKbTest()
MsgBox "Hello"
End Sub
Notice how syntax highlighting looks different with double quotes around the string literal.
You're getting that error because the MsgBox function's Message parameter isn't optional, and thus the MsgBox [some comment] instruction isn't a valid function call.
I'd suggest using a verbatim string, it's much cleaner IMO - simply double-up your double quotes to escape them:
var macro = #"
Public Sub DoKbTest()
MsgBox ""Hello""
End Sub
Public Sub DoKbTestWithParameter(ByVal msg As String)
MsgBox msg
End Sub
";

Use DoubleQuotes to enquote the Text to MsgBox.
var macro = "Public Sub DoKbTest()\r\n" +
"MsgBox ""Hello""\r\n" +
"End Sub\r\n" +
"Public sub DoKbTestWithParameter(sMsg As String)\r\n" +
"MsgBox sMsg\r\n" +
"End Sub";

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Translating "Bodies to Parts" Macro in CATIA V5 from VBA to C#

I'm trying to convert the Bodies from Parts to Parts in a Product in CATIA. I found a VBA script that works fine, but I have to translate it to C#.
The VBA script is the following:
Sub GreateProductsFromBodies_SelectAllBodies()
On Error Resume Next
Set CATIA = GetObject(, "CATIA.Application")
'Declare variables
Dim oPartDoc As PartDocument
Dim oPart As Part
Dim oProductDoc As ProductDocument
Dim oProduct As Product
'Create a new ProductDoc and rename it's PartNumber equals to Partdoc's PartNumber
Set oPartDoc = CATIA.ActiveDocument
Set oProductDoc = CATIA.Documents.Add("Product")
oProductDoc.Product.PartNumber = oPartDoc.Product.PartNumber
'Arrange windows use "Title Vertically" ,then active window contain Partdoc
CATIA.Windows.Arrange catArrangeTiledVertical
CATIA.Windows.Item(1).Activate
'Check the Body's name use "For ... Next"loop . If Body's name duplicate,then rename.
Dim j As Integer, k As Integer
For j = 1 To oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Count
For k = 1 To oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Count
If oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Item(j).name = oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Item(k).name And j <> k Then
oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Item(j).name = oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Item(k).name & "_Rename_" & j
End If
Next
Next
'Copy Bodies from PartDocument
Dim i As Integer, ProductPN As String, FinalProductPN As String
For i = 1 To oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Count
With oPartDoc.Selection
.Clear
.Add oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Item(i)
.Copy
.Clear
End With
'Modify the Product's PartNumber,replace "\" and "."to "_" ,then delete Space
ProductPN = oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Item(i).name
If Right(ProductPN, 1) = "\" Then
ProductPN = Left(ProductPN, Len(ProductPN) - 1)
End If
FinalProductPN = Replace(Replace(Replace(ProductPN, "\", "_"), ".", "_"), " ", "") 'Replace "\" and "."to "_",Delete Space
'Paste Body in Product's Part as Result
Set oProduct = oProductDoc.Product.Products.AddNewComponent("Part", FinalProductPN) 'Add Part
With oProductDoc.Selection
.Clear
.Add oProductDoc.Product.Products.Item(i).ReferenceProduct.Parent.Part
.PasteSpecial "CATPrtResultWithOutLink"
.Clear
End With
oProductDoc.Product.Products.Item(i).ReferenceProduct.Parent.Part.Update
Next
'Use Msgbox to echo the complete flag
MsgBox "All the select Bodies had been created as a PartDocument successfully !" & Chr(13) & _
">>> The Partdocument's Bodies's count : " & oPartDoc.Part.Bodies.Count & Chr(13) & _
">>> The ProductDocument's PartDocument's count : " & oProductDoc.Product.Products.Count, _
vbOKOnly + vbInformation, "#LSY >>> CATIAVBAMacro of Part to Product >>> Run Result"
End Sub
I translated every line, except the line:
oProductDoc.Selection.Add oProductDoc.Product.Products.Item(i).ReferenceProduct.Parent.Part
I found no corresponding property in C#, cause the last property Part is missing in C#.
I wrote:
oProductDoc.Selection.Add(oProductDoc.Product.Products.Item(i).ReferenceProduct.Parent.??????);
I'm very thankfull for every help!
I solved it, if someone else is in this situation:
I had to cast the line as PartDocument, whish gives me the needed .Part Property!
Before the selection:
PartDocument partDoc = oProductDoc.Product.Products.Item(i).ReferenceProduct.Parent as PartDocument;
And in the required line:
oProductDoc.Selection.Add(partDoc.Part);

Copy document content (including formatting and page format) to another using Word Interop in c# with 100% fidelity

I want to copy the content of a document created by the user to an existing document. The existing document content must be an exact mirror to the document created by the user.
I cannot simply copy the file using System.IO or saving a copy of the document created by the user using SaveAs methods in Word Interop. This is because the existing document is a document that is generated from a webserver and has VBA modules for uploading it back to the server.
The document generated by the webserver (existing document) is a Word 2003 document, but the document created by the user is either a Word 2003 document or Word 2007+.
Having these limitations in mind, I first created the following method:
string tempsave = //location of user created document;
string savelocation = //location of existing document;
Word.Application objWordOpen = new Word.Application();
Document doclocal = objWordOpen.Documents.Open(tempsave);
Document d1 = objWordOpen.Documents.Open(savelocation);
Word.Range oRange = doclocal.Content;
oRange.Copy();
d1.Activate();
d1.UpdateStyles();
d1.ActiveWindow.Selection.WholeStory();
d1.ActiveWindow.Selection.PasteAndFormat(Word.WdRecoveryType.wdFormatOriginalFormatting);
This is generally working. However, the tables are messed up.
Also, if there is a Page Break, the output is different.
The user created document:
The output - existing document:
Also, at the end of the document a paragraph mark is added, as follows:
The user created document:
The output - existing document:
The page format is also messed up, the output having mirror margins set up.
The user created document:
The output - existing document:
I have also tried using Range.Insert() method and setting the range without copying as described here https://stackoverflow.com/a/54500605/10468231, but I am still having these issues.
I have also tried adding the VBA modules to the document, but there are also Document Variables and other custom properties and I don't want to mess with the file being uploaded to the server.
How do I handle these issues? Both the documents are based on Normal template.
I am open to another suggestion regarding this topic, but I know that .doc files are not handled as easily as .docx format, this is why I think I am stuck with COM Interop.
Thank you.
UPDATE
Based on Macropod code posted by Charles Kenyon, I have managed to copy more of the formatting from the source to target. Still, there is the difference at the page break - the paragraph mark is places on the new page, instead on the same page.
Also, the text is slightly larger, even though the Font Size is the same.
Word.Range oRange;
oRange = Source.Content;
Target.Content.FormattedText = oRange.FormattedText;
LayoutTransfer(Source, Target);
LayoutTransfer method:
private void LayoutTransfer(Document source, Document target)
{
float sPageHght;
float sPageWdth;
float sHeaderDist;
float sFooterDist;
float sTMargin;
float sBMargin;
float sLMargin;
float sRMargin;
float sGutter;
WdGutterStyle sGutterPos;
WdPaperSize lPaperSize;
WdGutterStyleOld lGutterStyle;
int lMirrorMargins;
WdVerticalAlignment lVerticalAlignment;
WdSectionStart lScnStart;
WdSectionDirection lScnDir;
int lOddEvenHdFt;
int lDiffFirstHdFt;
bool bTwoPagesOnOne;
bool bBkFldPrnt;
int bBkFldPrnShts;
bool bBkFldRevPrnt;
WdOrientation lOrientation;
foreach (Word.Section section in source.Sections)
{
lPaperSize = section.PageSetup.PaperSize;
lGutterStyle = section.PageSetup.GutterStyle;
lOrientation = section.PageSetup.Orientation;
lMirrorMargins = section.PageSetup.MirrorMargins;
lScnStart = section.PageSetup.SectionStart;
lScnDir = section.PageSetup.SectionDirection;
lOddEvenHdFt = section.PageSetup.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter;
lDiffFirstHdFt = section.PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter;
lVerticalAlignment = section.PageSetup.VerticalAlignment;
sPageHght = section.PageSetup.PageHeight;
sPageWdth = section.PageSetup.PageWidth;
sTMargin = section.PageSetup.TopMargin;
sBMargin = section.PageSetup.BottomMargin;
sLMargin = section.PageSetup.LeftMargin;
sRMargin = section.PageSetup.RightMargin;
sGutter = section.PageSetup.Gutter;
sGutterPos = section.PageSetup.GutterPos;
sHeaderDist = section.PageSetup.HeaderDistance;
sFooterDist = section.PageSetup.FooterDistance;
bTwoPagesOnOne = section.PageSetup.TwoPagesOnOne;
bBkFldPrnt = section.PageSetup.BookFoldPrinting;
bBkFldPrnShts = section.PageSetup.BookFoldPrintingSheets;
bBkFldRevPrnt = section.PageSetup.BookFoldRevPrinting;
var index = section.Index;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.PaperSize = lPaperSize;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.GutterStyle = lGutterStyle;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.Orientation = lOrientation;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.MirrorMargins = lMirrorMargins;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.SectionStart = lScnStart;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.SectionDirection = lScnDir;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = lOddEvenHdFt;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = lDiffFirstHdFt;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.VerticalAlignment = lVerticalAlignment;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.PageHeight = sPageHght;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.PageWidth = sPageWdth;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.TopMargin = sTMargin;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.BottomMargin = sBMargin;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.LeftMargin = sLMargin;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.RightMargin = sRMargin;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.Gutter = sGutter;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.GutterPos = sGutterPos;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.HeaderDistance = sHeaderDist;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.FooterDistance = sFooterDist;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.TwoPagesOnOne = bTwoPagesOnOne;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.BookFoldPrinting = bBkFldPrnt;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.BookFoldPrintingSheets = bBkFldPrnShts;
target.Sections[index].PageSetup.BookFoldRevPrinting = bBkFldRevPrnt;
}
}
UPDATE 2
Actually, the page break not remaining in line with paragraph format is not an issue of copying fidelity, but rather an issue of conversion from .doc to .docx. (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/923183/the-layout-of-a-document-that-contains-a-page-break-may-be-different-i)
Maybe someone thought of a method to overcome this.
The following code by Paul Edstein (macropod) may assist you. It will at least give you an idea of the complexities you are facing.
' ============================================================================================================
' KEEP NEXT THREE TOGETHER
' ============================================================================================================
'
Sub CombineDocuments()
' Paul Edstein
' https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/43339-combine-multiple-word-documents.html
'
' Users occasionally need to combine multiple documents that may of may not have the same page layouts,
' Style definitions, and so on. Consequently, combining multiple documents is often rather more complex than
' simply copying & pasting content from one document to another. Problems arise when the documents have
' different page layouts, headers, footers, page numbering, bookmarks & cross-references,
' Tables of Contents, Indexes, etc., etc., and especially when those documents have used the same Style
' names with different definitions.
'
' The following Word macro (for Windows PCs only) handles the more common issues that arise when combining
' documents; it does not attempt to resolve conflicts with paragraph auto-numbering,
' document -vs- section page numbering in 'page x of y' numbering schemes, Tables of Contents or Indexing issues.
' Neither does it attempt to deal with the effects on footnote or endnote numbering & positioning or with the
' consequences of duplicated bookmarks (only one of which can exist in the merged document) and any corresponding
' cross-references.
'
' The macro includes a folder browser. Simply select the folder to process and all documents in that folder
' will be combined into the currently-active document. Word's .doc, .docx, and .docm formats will all be processed,
' even if different formats exist in the selected folder.
'
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strFolder As String, strFile As String, strTgt As String
Dim wdDocTgt As Document, wdDocSrc As Document, HdFt As HeaderFooter
strFolder = GetFolder: If strFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
Set wdDocTgt = ActiveDocument: strTgt = ActiveDocument.fullname
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
If strFolder & strFile <> strTgt Then
Set wdDocSrc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
With wdDocTgt
.Characters.Last.InsertBefore vbCr
.Characters.Last.InsertBreak (wdSectionBreakNextPage)
With .Sections.Last
For Each HdFt In .Headers
With HdFt
.LinkToPrevious = False
.range.Text = vbNullString
.PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = True
.PageNumbers.StartingNumber = wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Headers(HdFt.Index).PageNumbers.StartingNumber
End With
Next
For Each HdFt In .Footers
With HdFt
.LinkToPrevious = False
.range.Text = vbNullString
.PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = True
.PageNumbers.StartingNumber = wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Headers(HdFt.Index).PageNumbers.StartingNumber
End With
Next
End With
Call LayoutTransfer(wdDocTgt, wdDocSrc)
.range.Characters.Last.FormattedText = wdDocSrc.range.FormattedText
With .Sections.Last
For Each HdFt In .Headers
With HdFt
.range.FormattedText = wdDocSrc.Sections.Last.Headers(.Index).range.FormattedText
.range.Characters.Last.Delete
End With
Next
For Each HdFt In .Footers
With HdFt
.range.FormattedText = wdDocSrc.Sections.Last.Footers(.Index).range.FormattedText
.range.Characters.Last.Delete
End With
Next
End With
End With
wdDocSrc.Close SaveChanges:=False
End If
strFile = Dir()
Wend
With wdDocTgt
' Save & close the combined document
.SaveAs FileName:=strFolder & "Forms.docx", FileFormat:=wdFormatXMLDocument, AddToRecentFiles:=False
' and/or:
.SaveAs FileName:=strFolder & "Forms.pdf", FileFormat:=wdFormatPDF, AddToRecentFiles:=False
.Close SaveChanges:=False
End With
Set wdDocSrc = Nothing: Set wdDocTgt = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
' ============================================================================================================
Private Function GetFolder() As String
' used by CombineDocument macro by Paul Edstein, keep together in same module
' https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/43339-combine-multiple-word-documents.html
Dim oFolder As Object
GetFolder = ""
Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder", 0)
If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function
Sub LayoutTransfer(wdDocTgt As Document, wdDocSrc As Document)
' works with previous Combine Documents macro from Paul Edstein, keep together
' https://www.msofficeforums.com/word-vba/43339-combine-multiple-word-documents.html
'
Dim sPageHght As Single, sPageWdth As Single
Dim sHeaderDist As Single, sFooterDist As Single
Dim sTMargin As Single, sBMargin As Single
Dim sLMargin As Single, sRMargin As Single
Dim sGutter As Single, sGutterPos As Single
Dim lPaperSize As Long, lGutterStyle As Long
Dim lMirrorMargins As Long, lVerticalAlignment As Long
Dim lScnStart As Long, lScnDir As Long
Dim lOddEvenHdFt As Long, lDiffFirstHdFt As Long
Dim bTwoPagesOnOne As Boolean, bBkFldPrnt As Boolean
Dim bBkFldPrnShts As Boolean, bBkFldRevPrnt As Boolean
Dim lOrientation As Long
With wdDocSrc.Sections.Last.PageSetup
lPaperSize = .PaperSize
lGutterStyle = .GutterStyle
lOrientation = .Orientation
lMirrorMargins = .MirrorMargins
lScnStart = .SectionStart
lScnDir = .SectionDirection
lOddEvenHdFt = .OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter
lDiffFirstHdFt = .DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter
lVerticalAlignment = .VerticalAlignment
sPageHght = .PageHeight
sPageWdth = .PageWidth
sTMargin = .TopMargin
sBMargin = .BottomMargin
sLMargin = .LeftMargin
sRMargin = .RightMargin
sGutter = .Gutter
sGutterPos = .GutterPos
sHeaderDist = .HeaderDistance
sFooterDist = .FooterDistance
bTwoPagesOnOne = .TwoPagesOnOne
bBkFldPrnt = .BookFoldPrinting
bBkFldPrnShts = .BookFoldPrintingSheets
bBkFldRevPrnt = .BookFoldRevPrinting
End With
With wdDocTgt.Sections.Last.PageSetup
.GutterStyle = lGutterStyle
.MirrorMargins = lMirrorMargins
.SectionStart = lScnStart
.SectionDirection = lScnDir
.OddAndEvenPagesHeaderFooter = lOddEvenHdFt
.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = lDiffFirstHdFt
.VerticalAlignment = lVerticalAlignment
.PageHeight = sPageHght
.PageWidth = sPageWdth
.TopMargin = sTMargin
.BottomMargin = sBMargin
.LeftMargin = sLMargin
.RightMargin = sRMargin
.Gutter = sGutter
.GutterPos = sGutterPos
.HeaderDistance = sHeaderDist
.FooterDistance = sFooterDist
.TwoPagesOnOne = bTwoPagesOnOne
.BookFoldPrinting = bBkFldPrnt
.BookFoldPrintingSheets = bBkFldPrnShts
.BookFoldRevPrinting = bBkFldRevPrnt
.PaperSize = lPaperSize
.Orientation = lOrientation
End With
End Sub
' ============================================================================================================
I used a Template and copied it several times into a new Word Document after editing it.
It worked like this
Word.Range rng = wordDocTarget.Content;
rng.Collapse(Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd)
rng.FormattedText = wordDocSource.Content.FormattedText
An alternative could also be to insert a whole file to a range / document
rng = wordDoc.Range
rng.Collapse(Word.WdCollapseDirection.wdCollapseEnd)
rng.InsertFile(filepath)

Vb.net how to compare large text files

Hi All below code is how to compare contents in two text file and is work fine for record in files, but my issue when files have a lot line ( 80000 up) my code work very very slow and i cannot accept it. please kindly give me some idea
Public Class Form1
Const TEST1 = "D:\a.txt"
Const TEST2 = "D:\b.txt"
Public file1 As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
Public file2 As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
Public text1 As String()
Public i As Integer
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
'Declare two dictionaries. The key for each will be the text from the input line up to,
'but not including the first ",". The valus for each will be the entire input line.
'Dim file1 As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
'Dim file2 As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
'Dim text1 As String()
For Each line As String In System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(TEST1)
Dim part() As String = line.Split(",")
file1.Add(part(0), line)
Next
For Each line As String In System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(TEST2)
Dim part() As String = line.Split(",")
file2.Add(part(0), line)
Next
' AddText("The following lines from " & TEST2 & " are also in " & TEST1)
For Each key As String In file1.Keys
If file2.ContainsKey(key) Then
TextBox1.Text &= (file1(key)) & vbCrLf
MsgBox(file2(key))
Label1.Text = file1(key)
Else
TextBox2.Text &= (file1(key)) & vbCrLf
End If
Next
text1 = TextBox1.Lines
IO.File.WriteAllLines("D:\Same.txt", text1)
text1 = TextBox2.Lines
IO.File.WriteAllLines("D:\Differrent.txt", text1)
End Sub
The first thing I would change is the use of a Dictionary. I would use an Hashset.
See HashSet versus Dictionary
Then I would change the ReadAllLines loop. The ReadAllLines loads every line in memory before starting the loop, while ReadLines doesn't read all lines but you can start to work on your line immediately.
See What's the fastest way to read a text file line-by-line?
The third point is switching the order of the files read. First read the TEST2 file then the TEST1. This because while you load TEST1 lines you could immediately check if the file2 Hashset contains the key and Add the found line in a list of found strings while the line not found in a list of not found strings.
Dim TEST1 = "D:\temp\test3.txt"
Dim TEST2 = "D:\temp\test6.txt"
Dim file2Keys As New Hashset(Of String)
For Each line As String In System.IO.File.ReadLines(TEST2)
Dim parts = line.Split(",")
file2Keys.Add(parts(0))
Next
Dim listFound As New List(Of String)()
Dim listNFound= New List(Of String)()
For Each line As String In System.IO.File.ReadLines(TEST1)
Dim parts = line.Split(",")
If file2Keys.Contains(parts(0)) Then
listFound.Add(line)
Else
listNFound.Add(line)
End If
Next
IO.File.WriteAllText("D:\temp\Same.txt", String.Join(Environment.NewLine, listFound.ToArray()))
IO.File.WriteAllText("D:\temp\Differrent.txt", String.Join(Environment.NewLine, listNFound.ToArray()))

Can't find XML in httprequest

I have an existing asp page which largely can't/won't change which calls a service, sending an XML document.
Private Function QueryXYZ(ByVal strStreet1 As String, _
ByVal strStreet2 As String, _
ByVal strCity As String, _
ByVal strState As String, _
ByVal strZipMain As String, _
ByRef objDomDoc As DOMDocument, _
ByRef blnStreetMatch) As Boolean
On Error GoTo errorHandler
Dim intCount As Integer
Dim lngErrNum As Long
Dim objResult As IXMLDOMNode
Dim objResultSet As IXMLDOMNodeList
Dim objXMLHTTP As New ServerXMLHTTP
Dim strErrDesc As String
Dim strFault As String
Dim strMessage As String
Dim strResults As String
Dim strSoap As String
'CO 11784 - start
'Build Soap XML request
strSoap = _
"<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance/' xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema/'>" & _
"<soap:Body>" & _
"<MatchAddress xmlns='http://(address/'>" & _
"<MatchParms>" & _
"<Firm />" & _
"<Street1>" & strStreet1 & "</Street1>" & _
"</MatchParms>" & _
"</MatchAddress>" & _
"</soap:Body>" & _
"</soap:Envelope>"
'CO 11784 - end
'Load Request into XML document
objDomDoc.async = False
objDomDoc.loadXML (strSoap)
'Check for syntax errors in Request
If objDomDoc.parseError.errorCode <> 0 Then
Err.Raise 10620, "Query", "Error parsing generated xml query: [" & objDomDoc.parseError.reason & _
"]" & "[" & objDomDoc.parseError.srcText & "]"
End If
'Send the Request
objXMLHTTP.Open "POST", mstrGISURL, False
objXMLHTTP.setRequestHeader "soapaction", "http://sampleaddress.com/MatchAddress"
objXMLHTTP.send objDomDoc
'Load Response
strResults = Replace(objXMLHTTP.responseText, """, """")
strResults = Replace(strResults, ">", ">")
strResults = Replace(strResults, "<", "<")
strResults = Replace(strResults, "&apos;", "'")
objDomDoc.loadXML (strResults)
I want to set it to talk to a new (non-WCF) service I'm writing.
public XmlDocument Matchaddress(string AddressInXML)
(I know that parameter call is almost certainly wrong, it's set that way just to test it using the service.asmx form)
The problem is, I can't find where the XML is located in the request. I've checked the and the input stream with a test function:
System.IO.StreamReader sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(HttpContext.Current.Request.InputStream);
string requestContents = sr.ReadToEnd();
sr.Close();
StreamWriter Sw = System.IO.File.CreateText( #"C:\Temp\testfile.txt");
for (int i = 0; i < HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers.AllKeys.Length; i++)
{
Sw.WriteLine (HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers.AllKeys[i] + Environment.NewLine);
//if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers.AllKeys[i] == "SOAPAction")
//{
string soaphd = HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers.AllKeys[i];
string soapTXT = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.Headers[soaphd];
Sw.WriteLine(soapTXT + Environment.NewLine);
//}
}
Sw.Close();
And can't find it.
I am clearly doing something wrong. I'm not sure if there's a change that needs making to that classic ASP code, no matter how hard it will be to do. I can't tell if I need to find the location and then change the input parameter (or remove it entirely) or if I need to know what the right parameter is first, and then the data will magically appear.
I don't know that much about that "soapaction" header - does it need to match the address of the new service, or can it be some generic (or just plain incorrect) other address? Same question for the
<MatchAddress xmlns='http://(address/'>"
line in the XML - could that be bollixing it up by not being a matching address?
I don't even see the XML when I try to run it in SOAPUI, so whether that means anything or not I dunno.
More details can be provided as requested.
Turns out I was close using the stream reader, I was just reading it into the wrong kind of object. This gives me access to the entire XML :
XmlDocument xdoc = new XmlDocument();
using (Stream receiveStream = HttpContext.Current.Request.InputStream)
{
// Move to begining of input stream and read
receiveStream.Position = 0;
using (StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(receiveStream, Encoding.UTF8))
{
// Load into XML document
xdoc.Load(readStream);
}
}
Dumping the resulting XML into a string allowed me to get at anything I wanted, any way I care to. No need to worry about the parameters in the function definition at all.

C# + Excel. NamedRange.Formula

Is there a limit on the length of the formula?
If I use:
string form = "=ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"101\";\"цту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"102\";\"сзту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"103\";\"юту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"104\";\"пту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"105\";\"уту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"106\";\"сту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"107\";\"двту\";\"скту\")))))))";
xlWorkSheet.Range["D2"].FormulaLocal = form;
That's all okay.
But if I use:
string form = "=ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"101\";\"цту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"102\";\"сзту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"103\";\"юту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"104\";\"пту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"105\";\"уту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"106\";\"сту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"107\";\"двту\";ЕСЛИ(ЛЕВСИМВ(C2;3)=\"108\";\"скту\";\"fuck\"))))))))";
xlWorkSheet.Range["D2"].FormulaLocal = form;
That error takes off:
HRESULT: 0x800A03EC
It seems there is a limit to the length of string written to .FormulaLocal (and other forms of .Formula)
By experimentation in VBA, it apears to be 258 characters. I can find some references on various blogs to this suggesting a limit of about 256, but can find an official source.
Interestingly, this limit doesn't apply if the string doesn't include a = prefix.
Tested on Excel 2010.
For completness, here's the test code
Sub Demo()
Dim s As String, ss As String, f As String
Dim r As Range
Dim i As Long
Set r = [A20]
s = "=""This is a test of string length: "
ss = "z"
On Error GoTo EH
For i = 1 To 350
f = s & ss & """"
Debug.Print ""
Debug.Print Len(f)
r.FormulaLocal = f
Debug.Print "OK"
ss = "z" & ss
Next
Exit Sub
EH:
Debug.Print "Fail"
End Sub
And the last few lines of the result
257
OK
258
OK
259
Fail
It gets weirder: this code works
Sub Demo()
Dim s As String, ss As String, f As String
Dim r As Range
Dim i As Long
Set r = [A20]
s = "IF(A1=1,AAA999,FALSE)"
ss = "z"
r.FormulaLocal = "=" & s
On Error GoTo EH
For i = 1 To 60
Debug.Print ""
Debug.Print Len(r.FormulaLocal)
r.FormulaLocal = Replace(r.FormulaLocal, "AAA999", s)
Debug.Print "OK"
Debug.Print Len(r.FormulaLocal)
Next
Exit Sub
EH:
Debug.Print "Fail"
End Sub
What this does is builds up the formula up in sections, each as a valid Formula in its own right. Fails at about 1000 characters (1024 maybe).
Check the following page for the Excel limits:
https://support.office.com/en-nz/article/Excel-specifications-and-limits-1672b34d-7043-467e-8e27-269d656771c3
In particular, it says:
Length of formula contents - 8,192 characters
Internal length of formula - 16,384 bytes

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