Import-CSV in all glory, but sometimes it's just not enough... I'd really like to read a xls- or xlsx-file to be able to automate even more.
I've found that this pretty much should do the trick:
$xl = New-Object -COM "Excel.Application"
$xl.Visible = $true
$wb = $xl.Workbooks.Open("C:\path\to\your.xlsx")
$ws = $wb.Sheets.Item(1)
However, this results in an error:
Exception calling "Open" with "1" argument(s): "Old format or invalid type library. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80028018 (TYPE_E_INVDATAREAD))"
At 1:3 char:1
+ $wb = $xl.Workbooks.Open("C:\path\to\your.xlsx")
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
Some research into this reveals that this is due to not having EN-us as regional setting (or not using default formatting in Excel), an old powershell 1.0 bug that still ( !) doesn't seem to be resolved.
The KB mentions a few work arounds, but these also result in errors. Also I'd like the script to be able to run regardless regional settings.
After looking further into this I found a blog that should fix the work around, but I still get error:
Exception calling "InvokeMember" with "6" argument(s): "Object does not match target type."
At 1:3 char:2
+ $m.PSBase.GetType().InvokeMember(
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TargetException
I also found this, what seems to be a awesome, script by Josh Miller who creates an Import-Excel function. This gives me the same error as the first one.
Does anyone know of a fix for this, a working work-around, or if there is a new built in function for powershell 3?
I'm using powershell 3.0, powercli 5.1, Excel 2013 is installed.
