vba - How to Launch an Excel macro from command line (Without Worksheet_Open Event)?

Question

Is it possible to launch an Excel Macro from command line?

I don't want to use the Worksheet_Open event and just open the Excel File.

I need to launch specific macro that exists in the Excel WorkBook.

Answer 1

Use the Windows PowerShell, it has excellent COM interop support.

I have the workbook c:TestBeep.xlsm with a macro called "Test". This is my transcript:

PS C:> $app = New-Object -comobject Excel.Application
PS C:> $wb = $app.Workbooks.Open("c:TestBeep.xlsm")
PS C:> $wb.Name
TestBeep.xlsm
PS C:> $app.Run("Test")
PS C:> $app.Quit()

Optionally you can add in $app.Visible = $True to make the window visible.