Comments on: Changing Server Names in Excel 2007 Embedded Workbook Connections http://timlaqua.com/2008/09/changing-server-names-in-excel-2007-embeded-workbook-connections/ Thoughts and Code from Tim Laqua Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tim http://timlaqua.com/2008/09/changing-server-names-in-excel-2007-embeded-workbook-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Tim Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:20:29 +0000 http://timlaqua.com/?p=48#comment-1512 You cut and paste it in to a file called something like updateExcelConnections.vbs and then run the VBS file (it will execute using your default script host - which is usually wscript.exe). We ran this across various shared drives and against a SharePoint repository as well (all the Excel documents MUST be checked in). The only place we had to manually update connection strings was for Excel documents stored in SSRS. You cut and paste it in to a file called something like updateExcelConnections.vbs and then run the VBS file (it will execute using your default script host – which is usually wscript.exe). We ran this across various shared drives and against a SharePoint repository as well (all the Excel documents MUST be checked in).

The only place we had to manually update connection strings was for Excel documents stored in SSRS.

]]> By: Kenny http://timlaqua.com/2008/09/changing-server-names-in-excel-2007-embeded-workbook-connections/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Kenny Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:11:54 +0000 http://timlaqua.com/?p=48#comment-1511 Seems very interesting! But how do you execute this script? Thanks! Seems very interesting! But how do you execute this script?

Thanks!

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