This article explains how to remove Excel macros using Java. It has details to remove a particular module or delete VBA project in Excel using Java. Various options are demonstrated to access and remove the target modules based on your requirements.
Steps to Remove Macros from Excel using Java
- Set the environment to use Aspose.Cells for Java to remove VBA modules
- Load the license to access the full features of the product
- Load the workbook containing the VBA project with macros in it
- Access the VBA Project and get the collection of modules in it
- Remove the desired module by passing its name in the Remove() method
- Remove a particular module by setting its index
- Remove all the modules in a sheet by passing the worksheet reference in the Remove method
- Call the removeMacro() if you want to remove the VBA Project with modules from the Excel file
- Save the output Exec file
These steps describe the process to access and delete Excel macros using Java. Load the source Excel file, access its VBA Project and collection of modules in it, and call the Remove() method by passing different arguments as demonstrated in the following sample code. To remove the entire VBA Project, call the removeMacro() method in the Workbook object.
Code to Delete Excel VBA using Java
This code demonstrates the process to remove macros from Excel. You can iterate through all the modules and access their names and code before removing an entry. You may use either name or index to remove an individual module, or use a worksheet reference to remove all the modules from a sheet.
This article has taught us the process to remove macros or the entire VBA Project from an Excel file. To add or modify a macro in an Excel file, refer to the article Add module in Excel VBA library in Java.