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  • J JonB
    9 Aug 2021, 07:36

    @duncan98 said in Why export excel in windows10 normal, in windows7 export will crash?:

    QAxBase::setControl: requested control Excel.Application could not be instantiated

    This is the error message which matters. It indicates Excel.Application could not be instantiated.

    You can Google for QAxBase::setControl: requested control Excel.Application could not be instantiated to see others reporting similar. One suggestion is:

    The control requested in QAxBase::setControl() is not installed on this system, or is not accessible for the current user.

    The control might require administrator rights, or a license key. If the control is licensed, pass the license key to QAxBase::setControl as documented.

    Your issue seems to be reported in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67901747/qaxwidget-is-in-use-and-an-error-occurs-when-reading-excel-in-qt-creator, I don't know whether you are the author of that question.

    One small thought is: how do you create/what kind of Qt application?

    You might try finding and passing the desired GUID/CLSID in place of Excel.Application, just in case.

    I believe PowerShell allows you to do Automation? I would try that, or something similar, to verify you can connect successfully from a non-Qt application on the failing machine.

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    duncan98
    wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 09:38 last edited by
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    @JonB
    The problem has been found. However, it cannot be initialized without software installed, which is more limited

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    • D duncan98
      9 Aug 2021, 09:38

      @JonB
      The problem has been found. However, it cannot be initialized without software installed, which is more limited

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      mrjj
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      wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 09:41 last edited by
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      @duncan98
      So the reason it was not working was that you did not have excel installed ?

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      • M mrjj
        9 Aug 2021, 09:41

        @duncan98
        So the reason it was not working was that you did not have excel installed ?

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        duncan98
        wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 09:45 last edited by
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        @mrjj
        Yes, this problem is very strange. You must install Microsoft Excel, but you can't install other Excel software

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        • D duncan98
          9 Aug 2021, 09:45

          @mrjj
          Yes, this problem is very strange. You must install Microsoft Excel, but you can't install other Excel software

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          mrjj
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          wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 09:47 last edited by
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          @duncan98
          Well its clear it needs Excel.
          But what do you mean by
          "l, but you can't install other Excel software"

          You mean rest of the office or what other software ?

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          • M mrjj
            9 Aug 2021, 09:47

            @duncan98
            Well its clear it needs Excel.
            But what do you mean by
            "l, but you can't install other Excel software"

            You mean rest of the office or what other software ?

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            duncan98
            wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 09:55 last edited by duncan98 8 Sept 2021, 09:56
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            @mrjj
            I mean you can't initialize it with any other Excel processor installed.
            Can you take a look at this for me? Thank you
            https://forum.qt.io/topic/128391

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            • D duncan98
              9 Aug 2021, 09:55

              @mrjj
              I mean you can't initialize it with any other Excel processor installed.
              Can you take a look at this for me? Thank you
              https://forum.qt.io/topic/128391

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              mrjj
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              wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 09:58 last edited by
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              @duncan98
              So you mean with another version of Excel installed, the same code no longer works?

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              • M mrjj
                9 Aug 2021, 09:58

                @duncan98
                So you mean with another version of Excel installed, the same code no longer works?

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                duncan98
                wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 10:06 last edited by
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                @mrjj
                I haven't tried this

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                • D duncan98
                  9 Aug 2021, 10:06

                  @mrjj
                  I haven't tried this

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                  mrjj
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                  wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 10:08 last edited by
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                  @duncan98
                  Ehh
                  So what did you mena by "I mean you can't initialize it with any other Excel processor installed."

                  • other Excel processor = `????
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                  • D duncan98
                    9 Aug 2021, 09:45

                    @mrjj
                    Yes, this problem is very strange. You must install Microsoft Excel, but you can't install other Excel software

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                    JonB
                    wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 10:31 last edited by
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                    @duncan98 said in Why export excel in windows10 normal, in windows7 export will crash?:

                    Yes, this problem is very strange. You must install Microsoft Excel

                    To use ActiveX of course you have to have the target application installed! It would help if you had mentioned this, the problem has nothing to do with Windows 7 vs Windows 10 and would have shown up if you had tried communicating with it from any other non-Qt application, as I suggested you do.

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                    • J JonB
                      9 Aug 2021, 10:31

                      @duncan98 said in Why export excel in windows10 normal, in windows7 export will crash?:

                      Yes, this problem is very strange. You must install Microsoft Excel

                      To use ActiveX of course you have to have the target application installed! It would help if you had mentioned this, the problem has nothing to do with Windows 7 vs Windows 10 and would have shown up if you had tried communicating with it from any other non-Qt application, as I suggested you do.

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                      duncan98
                      wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 15:05 last edited by duncan98 8 Sept 2021, 15:08
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                      @JonB
                      Can this Excel component be referenced independently? I want to package it into the installer

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                      • D duncan98
                        9 Aug 2021, 15:05

                        @JonB
                        Can this Excel component be referenced independently? I want to package it into the installer

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                        JonB
                        wrote on 9 Aug 2021, 15:41 last edited by
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                        @duncan98
                        What Excel component? What "referenced independently"?

                        If you want to use ActiveX/Automation you need Excel on the target machine. You can't give your end users/distribute Excel, they need to install it themselves.

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                        • D duncan98
                          9 Aug 2021, 15:05

                          @JonB
                          Can this Excel component be referenced independently? I want to package it into the installer

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                          ChrisW67
                          wrote on 10 Aug 2021, 00:51 last edited by
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                          @duncan98 said in Why export excel in windows10 normal, in windows7 export will crash?:

                          Can this Excel component be referenced independently? I want to package it into the installer

                          The "Excel component" is called Microsoft Excel. I am sure that Microsoft will allow you to bundle a copy of Microsoft Excel inside your application if you send them enough legal paperwork and money ;)

                          There are other ways to generate a file that Microsoft Excel, or another spreadsheet program, can open. These range from writing simple CSV files to OpenDocument or Office Open format XML. There are also some third-party libraries that can generate these formats (or subsets) or the older XLS. What will work for you depends on the end goal.

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                          • D duncan98
                            8 Aug 2021, 13:13

                            @mrjj
                            In debugging, I found the same code that workbooks created in windows10 but not in windows7
                            c.jpg c2.jpg

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                            m.hosseini
                            wrote on 4 Oct 2023, 05:17 last edited by
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                            @duncan98
                            At the frist make sure that your office excel is activated then use
                            CoInitialize(nullptr);
                            befire taking export.
                            this function can find in #include <objbase.h>

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