# Open Document

Open an Excel document.

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="226"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Link to Excel</td><td>[Link] Returns a link to the Excel document processing process</td></tr><tr><td>Link to Document</td><td>[Link] Returns a link to the currently open Excel document being worked on</td></tr><tr><td>Use COM</td><td>If checked, the work will be done using the installed Excel. Otherwise, it will be done without it</td></tr><tr><td>Visibility</td><td><p>If the "Use COM" checkbox is checked and the "Visibility" checkbox is checked, the Excel interface will be displayed on the monitor screen.</p><p>If the "Use COM" checkbox is checked and the "Visibility" checkbox is unchecked, the work will be done with an instance of Excel that is physically loaded in memory, but the application window will remain hidden.</p><p>If the "Use COM" checkbox is not checked, the "Visibility" property will not be considered.</p></td></tr><tr><td>Read-Only</td><td>If enabled, the document will be opened with the "Read-Only" flag</td></tr><tr><td>File Path</td><td>[Text] Path to the Excel document that needs to be opened</td></tr><tr><td>Read Password</td><td>[Text/SecureString] Specify the password for reading the document if it was set during saving. If no value is specified and a password was set, the block will pause until the user enters the password</td></tr><tr><td>Write Password</td><td>[Text/SecureString] Specify the password for writing to the document if it was set during saving. If no value is specified and a password was set, the block will pause until the user enters the password. You can enable the "Read-Only" property so that this password is not requested from the user</td></tr><tr><td>Update Links</td><td>Enable auto-update of links; otherwise, updates will not occur</td></tr><tr><td>Update All</td><td>Updates all ranges of external data and pivot table reports</td></tr><tr><td>Fix Name Conflict Error</td><td>If enabled, an attempt will be made to fix the name conflict error when opening the Excel file. This function works only if COM mode is enabled</td></tr><tr><td>Error Handling Level</td><td><p>Select the error handling level. Possible values:</p><ul><li>"Default" - default;</li><li>"Ignore" - errors are ignored;</li><li>"Handle" - errors are handled.</li></ul><p>If "Default" is selected, the value from the "Start" block of this diagram will be used</p></td></tr><tr><td>Message Level</td><td><p>Select the message level that the blocks will output during operation. Possible values:</p><ul><li>"Default" - default;</li><li>"Release" - output is disabled;</li><li>"Debug" - main information output;</li><li>"Detailed" - detailed information output.</li></ul><p>If "Default" is selected, the value from the "Start" block of this diagram will be used</p></td></tr><tr><td>Error Text</td><td>[Text] Returns detailed information about the error in case of incorrect execution of the block's work</td></tr></tbody></table>


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