hide Excel tab from Javascript code

Question

How can I hide an Excel tab programmatically through Javascript. ExcelSheetName.Visible=False doesn't seem to work. I've googled a lot but yet not received the right solution. How to do that ?

Answer 1

To hide an Excel sheet, set the Visible property of the corresponding Worksheet object to 0 or false. For example, if you have an Excel file with two sheets named Sheet1 and Sheet2, the following code will open this file with the Sheet1 hidden:

var objExcel = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application");
objExcel.Visible = true;
objExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:\\Book1.xlsx");

objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Visible = false;
// You can aslo use this --
//objExcel.ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Visible = 0; // xlSheetHidden

So I said as u pointed out. This is my code:

var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var xl = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application");
xl.Visible = true;
var wb = xl.Workbooks.Open(fso.GetAbsolutePathName("Temp.csv"));
xl.ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Temp").Visible = false;

But on doing so, I get the error as Unable to set the Visible property of the Worksheet class. Any clue what could be the possible error ?

The error is because CSV files have only one tab in Excel, and you can't hide the only visible tab. At least 1 tab must always be visible.