Applescript support in Excel 2016

Question

Excel version 15.41 released on December 17, 2017 (and earlier versions) supported the AppleScript command:

save workbook as workbook_name with overwrite

The with overwrite option is no longer available in all later versions (Excel version 16.9 released on January 18, 2018 + Excel version 16.10 released on February 13, 2018). Instead these later versions bring up a dialog box stating that workbook_name already exists and ask to either accept the overwrite or to cancel it.

The purpose of using AppleScript is to automatically execute a series of actions without requiring user intervention.

Is there a way to report this problem to Microsoft?

Is there an alternative way to save a workbook that can overwrite the workbook that was already in that folder without being user intervention?

Answer 1

1. To report this to Microsoft

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/how-sh...

2. Another channel is excel.uservoice.com

https://excel.uservoice.com/forums/304933-excel...

To know about alternative -

I would suggest that you should post simultaneously to Technet forum also as this will increase chances of getting the fast answer to this query. So, your question will be on two forums - This and Technet. Experts on both forums will assist you giving you wider reach.

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