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| ====== Using WinSCP .NET Assembly from Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) ====== | ====== Using WinSCP .NET Assembly from Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) ====== | ||
| - | ===== Installing and Registering for COM ===== | + | ===== [[installing]] Installing and Registering for COM ===== |
| First, you need to [[library_install|install the WinSCP .NET assembly and register it for COM]]. | First, you need to [[library_install|install the WinSCP .NET assembly and register it for COM]]. | ||
| - | Note that Microsoft Office applications are 32-bit, so you need to register the assembly for 32-bit .NET framework, even on 64-bit systems. | + | Check if your installation of Microsoft Office is 32-bit or 64-bit and [[library_install#registering|register]] the assembly accordingly. |
| ===== [[using]] Using from VBA ===== | ===== [[using]] Using from VBA ===== | ||
| You use WinSCP .NET assembly from VBA (Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and Access) as any other COM library. | You use WinSCP .NET assembly from VBA (Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and Access) as any other COM library. | ||
| - | In Microsoft Visual Basic editor, go to //Tools > References//, check reference to //WinSCP console interface .NET wrapper// and confirm with //OK//. | + | In Microsoft Visual Basic editor, go to //Tools > References//, check reference to //WinSCP scripting interface .NET wrapper// and confirm with //OK//. |
| There are some less known techniques that you may need to use, which are described in following sections. | There are some less known techniques that you may need to use, which are described in following sections. | ||
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| Members of enumerations are represented as constants with name like ''<type>_<member>'', e.g. ''Protocol.Sftp'' becomes ''Protocol_Sftp''. | Members of enumerations are represented as constants with name like ''<type>_<member>'', e.g. ''Protocol.Sftp'' becomes ''Protocol_Sftp''. | ||
| - | ==== Event Handlers ==== | + | ==== [[event_handlers]] Event Handlers ==== |
| The ''[[library_session|Session]]'' class exposes several [[library_session#events|events]]. | The ''[[library_session|Session]]'' class exposes several [[library_session#events|events]]. | ||
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| * Implement your interactions with WinSCP .NET assembly in a class module; | * Implement your interactions with WinSCP .NET assembly in a class module; | ||
| * Declare private variable in your class module referring to ''[[library_session|Session]]'' class; | * Declare private variable in your class module referring to ''[[library_session|Session]]'' class; | ||
| - | * Use ''[[msdn>gg251653|WithEvents]]'' keyword, when declaring the private variable; | + | * Use [[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/private-statement|''WithEvents'' keyword, when declaring the private variable]]; |
| * Define private function (method) with name ''<variablename>_<event>'' and two arguments (e.g. ''sender'' and ''e'') for every event you need to handle. | * Define private function (method) with name ''<variablename>_<event>'' and two arguments (e.g. ''sender'' and ''e'') for every event you need to handle. | ||
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| VBA does not support catching exceptions, what is a common way of handling errors in examples for most other languages. | VBA does not support catching exceptions, what is a common way of handling errors in examples for most other languages. | ||
| - | In case you need to use custom error handling, instead of interrupting a VB macro (the default behavior), use ''[[msdn>gg251688|On Error]]'' statement. | + | In case you need to use custom error handling, instead of interrupting a VB macro (the default behavior), use ''[[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/on-error-statement|On Error]]'' statement. |
| - | Use ''On Error Resume Next'' to disable default error handling. Then you need to query ''[[msdn>gg251525|Err.Number]]'' after every statement to test for errors. You can revert to default error handling (aborting the macro) using ''On Error GoTo 0''. | + | Use ''On Error Resume Next'' to disable default error handling. Then you need to query ''[[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/err-object|Err.Number]]'' after every statement to test for errors. You can revert to default error handling (aborting the macro) using ''On Error GoTo 0''. |
| <code vb> | <code vb> | ||
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| .UserName = "user" | .UserName = "user" | ||
| .Password = "mypassword" | .Password = "mypassword" | ||
| - | .SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" | + | .SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh-rsa 2048 xxxxxxxxxxx..." |
| End With | End With | ||
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| Dim transferResult As TransferOperationResult | Dim transferResult As TransferOperationResult | ||
| - | Set transferResult = mySession.PutFiles("d:\toupload\*", "/home/user/", False, myTransferOptions) | + | Set transferResult = _ |
| + | ········mySession.PutFiles("d:\toupload\*", "/home/user/", False, myTransferOptions) | ||
| ' Throw on any error | ' Throw on any error | ||