web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

Welcome to the Power Platform Communities
News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Power Platform Community / Forums / Power Automate / Create borders for a s...
Power Automate
Unanswered

Create borders for a specific range in Excel using Power Automate Desktop

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by PriyaSekar_21 2
I am trying to run a VBscript through Power Automate Desktop to add borders to a certain range in an Excel Worksheet. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I am getting an error saying Type Mismatch: Range OR Robin\yn3rhhsht1a.tmp(8, 13) Microsoft VBScript compilation error: Expected end of statement

I have attached the code here for reference. I am initializing the variable - Excel File with the file path

 

Dim Excel
Dim ExcelDoc
'Opens the Excel file
 Set Excel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
 Set ExcelDoc = Excel.Workbooks.open("%ExcelFile%")
Dim myRange As Range
 Set myRange = Range(“A1:C3")

 With myRange.Borders
 .LineStyle = xlContinuous
 .Colorindex = 0
 .TintAndShade = 0
 .Weight = xlThin
 End With

'Closes the Excel file
Excel.ActiveWorkbook.Close
Excel.Application.Quit
Categories:
Power Automate Desktop
  • CU31080729-3 Profile Picture
    CU31080729-3 502 Moderator on at

    Hi,PriyaSekar_21

    you can try this following code its work for you:- 

     

    ' Create an instance of the Excel application object
    Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

    ' Open the Excel workbook (replace with your actual file path)
    Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open("%ExcelFile%")

    ' Get a reference to the first worksheet (replace with the actual sheet name)
    Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")

    ' Define the range A1:C3
    Set objRange = objWorksheet.Range("A1:C3")

    ' Apply a border to the range
    objRange.Borders.LineStyle = 1 ' 1 corresponds to a thin line border

    ' Save and close the workbook
    objWorkbook.Save
    objWorkbook.Close

    ' Quit the Excel application
    objExcel.Quit

     

     

    (Note:- if you got your solution you can mark as solution and gives kudos)

     

    Thanks & Regards

    chetan ninghot

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

News and Announcements

Welcome to the Power Platform Communities

Quick Links

Season of Sharing Community Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to our community stars!

Kudos to our 2025 Community Spotlight Honorees

Expanding mentorship, skilling, and AI innovation

Congratulations to the September Top 10 Community Leaders!

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > Power Automate

#1
Mohsin Ali Profile Picture

Mohsin Ali 426

#2
11manish Profile Picture

11manish 308 Super User 2026 Season 2

#3
M Bilal Khan Profile Picture

M Bilal Khan 159

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Known issue with browser automation in Power Automate for Desktop on Google Chrome 146 and 147
Share your ideas and struggles with building Power Automate flows!
Survey: Power Automate mobile app
How to Ask for Help with Your Power Automate Workflow
Start and wait for an approval action
Restore a deleted flow
List of actions cheat sheet for Power Automate Desktop
Welcome to the Power Automate forum!

Product updates

Microsoft Power Platform Community release plans