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nastester
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3 years ago
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Setting Excel filename as project variable

Is there a way to set an Excel filename as a variable or something so if it changes name/location I can just update it once in one place?   I have a bunch of 'Excel- Read Value" operations in my ke...
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3 years ago

Sure! Make it as a string variable

 

myexcelvariable = "c:\myexceldirectory\myexcelworkbook.xls"

 

then choose that variable any place you need the file name

 

If you need to combine it with another string, you would use it in a code expression similar to this

 

 

 

 

 

 

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    nastester
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    3 years ago

    Hi Marsha,

    When trying that, I am getting an exception saying file is not found.

    See screenshots.

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      Marsha_R
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      3 years ago

      If you hard code that same path into the test, does it work? 

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        nastester
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        3 years ago

        Yes it does. When I hardcode a path to a network drive or local drive path, it works.