Adjit
Adjit

Reputation: 10305

Task Scheduler running but not finishing or working properly VBscript

I have a vbscript that runs an excel macro. Everything seems right, but it is not working as I had hoped. The task starts but then just continuously running without doing anything.

Let me show you everything I have... I don't get any errors, it just isn't running properly.

Task scheduler Timeline

After that it just says "running" and doesn't execute anything.

My VBScript: (runTest.vbs)

Dim xlApp
Dim xlBook

Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("\\fileserver\homeshares\Tsee\My Documents\Programming\Task Scheduler\runTask.xlsm", 0, True)
xlApp.Run "runTaskTest"
xlBook.Close
xlApp.Quit

Set xlBook = Nothing
Set xlApp = Nothing

My excel Sheet and Macro: (runTask.xlsm)

Sub runTaskTest()
    Dim erow As Long

    erow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

    Cells(erow + 1, 1).FormulaR1C1 = "This test was successful : " & Now

    ThisWorkbook.Save
End Sub

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 7065

Answers (1)

user2140173
user2140173

Reputation:

Further to the comments

modify your VBS file

Dim xlApp
Dim xlBook

Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set xlBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("\\fileserver\homeshares\Tsee\My Documents\Programming\Task Scheduler\runTask.xlsm", 0, False)

xlApp.DisplayAlerts = False
xlApp.Visible = False

xlApp.Run "runTaskTest"

xlBook.Saved = True
xlBook.Save

xlBook.Close
xlApp.Quit


Set xlBook = Nothing
Set xlApp = Nothing

and your macro

Sub runTaskTest()
    Dim erow As Long
    erow = Sheets(1).Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
    Sheets(1).Cells(erow + 1, 1).Value = "This test was successful : " & Now

    ThisWorkbook.Saved = True
    ThisWorkbook.Save
End Sub

and it should work

Upvotes: 1

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