使用 xlsxwriter，无法打开 Excel 文件。 文件扩展名无效

Question

I am trying to insert a macro when creating an Excel file using xlsxwriter library. I followed the tutorial example from the documentation: Working with VBA Macros .

The file was created but when attempting to open with Microsoft Excel, it prompted the following message :

Excel cannot open the file because the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file.

Note:

1. I am using Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (12.0.6425.1000) SP2 MSO version on Windows 10.
2. Opening with LibreOffice is fine but click the button is not responding anything (since it cannot read VBA).

def action_macro_test(self):
        workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook("/home/user1/Desktop/macro_test.xlsm")
        worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet("Sheet1")

        worksheet.set_column('A:A', 30)

        # Add the VBA project binary.
        workbook.add_vba_project('./vbaProject.bin')

        # Show text for the end user.
        worksheet.write('A3', 'Press the button to say hello.')

        # Add a button tied to a macro in the VBA project.
        worksheet.insert_button('B3', {'macro':   'say_hello',
                                    'caption': 'Say Hello!',
                                    'width':   80,
                                    'height':  30})

        workbook.close()

Answer 1

You created a workbook with macros, but saved it as .xlsx . Excel does not allow macros in .xlsx files. They must be .xlsm .

Answer 2

I ran your code, with only the path modified, and it created a file that opened as expected:

import xlsxwriter

def action_macro_test(self):
        workbook = xlsxwriter.Workbook("macro_test.xlsm")
        worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet("Sheet1")

        worksheet.set_column('A:A', 30)

        # Add the VBA project binary.
        workbook.add_vba_project('./vbaProject.bin')

        # Show text for the end user.
        worksheet.write('A3', 'Press the button to say hello.')

        # Add a button tied to a macro in the VBA project.
        worksheet.insert_button('B3', {'macro':   'say_hello',
                                    'caption': 'Say Hello!',
                                    'width':   80,
                                    'height':  30})

        workbook.close()

action_macro_test(None)

Output :

I used the vbaProject.bin file that is in the examples directory of the XlsxWriter distro and I tested it with several different versions of Excel.

Can, you try the macros.py example in the examples directory of the distro and see if that works for you. After that ensure you have a valid vbaProject.bin file in your example.

Answer 3

It turns out that the file vbaProject.bin path is not correctly set. It is working fine now. Sorry for the false alarm. thanks for the help.