User Guide  Tutorials  VBScript tutorials  Tutorial 08: How to set header and footer in VBScript How to set header and footer in VBScript EasyXLS Excel library can be used to export Excel files in VBS. The library is a COM+ component that works without MS Excel installed.
Step 1: Download and install EasyXLS Excel Library for COM+ To download the trial version of EasyXLS Excel Library, press the below button:
If you already own a license key, you may login  and download EasyXLS from your account.
Step 2: Verify if EasyXLS is registered Check if EasyXLS component is present in Component Services.
Step 3: License file setup Step required for EasyXLS v9.0 or later.EasyXLS trials  page. The trial license is valid for 30-days.https://www.easyxls.com/my-orders guidelines .
Step 4: Run VBS code that exports an Excel file with header and footer Execute the following VBS code that exports an Excel file with the header for center section containing the file name and a custom text, header for right section containing the date and time and footer for center section containing the page number and total number of pages.
Dim  DATATYPE_STRING
DATATYPE_STRING = "string" 
Dim  ALIGNMENT_CENTER, ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM, ALIGNMENT_LEFT
ALIGNMENT_CENTER = "center" 
ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM = "bottom" 
ALIGNMENT_LEFT = "left" 
Dim  Black, Gray, Yellow, DarkGray, Blue
Black = &hff000000
Gray = &hff808080
Yellow = &hff00ffff
DarkGray = &hffa9a9a9
Blue = &hffff0000
Dim  BORDER_MEDIUM
BORDER_MEDIUM = 2
Dim  HEADER_POSITION_CENTER, HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT
HEADER_POSITION_CENTER = "C" 
HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT = "R" 
Dim  FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER
FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER = "C" 
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine("Tutorial 08"  & vbcrlf & "----------"  & vbcrlf)
Set  workbook = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelDocument" )
workbook.easy_addWorksheet_2("First tab" )
workbook.easy_addWorksheet_2("Second tab" )
workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0).setSheetProtected(True )
Set  xlsFirstTable = workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0).easy_getExcelTable()
Set  xlsStyleHeader = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelStyle" )
xlsStyleHeader.setFont("Verdana" )
xlsStyleHeader.setFontSize(8)
xlsStyleHeader.setItalic(True )
xlsStyleHeader.setBold(True )
xlsStyleHeader.setForeground(CLng(YELLOW))
xlsStyleHeader.setBackground(CLng(BLACK))
xlsStyleHeader.setBorderColors CLng(GRAY), CLng(GRAY), CLng(GRAY), CLng(GRAY)
xlsStyleHeader.setBorderStyles BORDER_MEDIUM, BORDER_MEDIUM, BORDER_MEDIUM, BORDER_MEDIUM
xlsStyleHeader.setHorizontalAlignment(ALIGNMENT_CENTER)
xlsStyleHeader.setVerticalAlignment(ALIGNMENT_BOTTOM)
xlsStyleHeader.setWrap(True )
xlsStyleHeader.setDataType(DATATYPE_STRING)
For  column = 0 To  4
    xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0,column).setValue("Column "  & (column + 1))
    xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0,column).setStyle(xlsStyleHeader)
    
    xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(0, column).setComment_2("This is column no "  & (column + 1))
Next 
xlsFirstTable.easy_getRowAt(0).setHeight(30)
Set  xlsStyleData = CreateObject("EasyXLS.ExcelStyle" )
xlsStyleData.setHorizontalAlignment(ALIGNMENT_LEFT)
xlsStyleData.setForeground(CLng(DARKGRAY))
xlsStyleData.setWrap(False )
xlsStyleData.setLocked(True )
xlsStyleData.setDataType(DATATYPE_STRING)
For  row = 0 To  99
    For  column = 0 To  4
        xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(row+1,column).setValue("Data "  & (row + 1) & ", "  & (column + 1))
        xlsFirstTable.easy_getCell(row+1,column).setStyle(xlsStyleData)
    Next
Next 
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 0, 70
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 1, 100
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 2, 70
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 3, 100
xlsFirstTable.setColumnWidth_2 4, 70
Set  xlsFirstTab = workbook.easy_getSheetAt(0)
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertSingleUnderline()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertFile()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertValue(" - How to create header and footer" )
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT).InsertDate()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT).InsertValue(" " )
xlsFirstTab.easy_getHeaderAt_2(HEADER_POSITION_RIGHT).InsertTime()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getFooterAt_2(FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertPage()
xlsFirstTab.easy_getFooterAt_2(FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertValue(" of " )
xlsFirstTab.easy_getFooterAt_2(FOOTER_POSITION_CENTER).InsertPages()
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine("Writing file C:\Samples\Tutorial08 - header and footer in Excel.xlsx" )
workbook.easy_WriteXLSXFile ("C:\Samples\Tutorial08 - header and footer in Excel.xlsx" )
Dim  sError
sError = workbook.easy_getError()
If  sError = ""  Then 
    WScript.StdOut.Write(vbcrlf & "File successfully created." )
Else 
    WScript.StdOut.Write(vbcrlf & "Error: "  & sError)
End If 
workbook.Dispose
Wscript.StdOut.Write(vbcrlf & "Press Enter to exit ...")
WScript.StdIn.ReadLine()
 
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