READS THE CONTENT OF THE CELL C OF THE CURRENT SHEET WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL
ACTION
The function EXCEL_READ$(C) returns a string which is the content of the cell defined by C in the current sheet of Microsoft Excel, if it is running.
Remark: the keyword EXCEL_READ$ ends by '$' : it means that the returned value is a string.
SYNTAX:
Result$=EXCEL_READ$(C)
USE ERROR EXAMPLE
rem launch Excel software
excel_start
rem wait for 5 secondes
wait 5000
rem create a new file
excel_file_new 1
rem write "Hello" in cell A1
excel_write "A1","Hello"
rem print content of the cell A1
print excel_read$("A1")
EXCEL_READ$()
EXCEL_READ$(C)
SEE ALSO
EXCEL_STOP
EXCEL_START
EXCEL_FILE_NEW
EXCEL_WRITE