Delete Worksheets with a Background

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I have a set of workbooks each of which contain many worksheets. I need to examine each sheet and if it contains an applied Background, delete that sheet.

This is easy to do manually, but very tedious. Can it be accomplished with a macro?
 
@Jaafar Tribak, I can't think of another way. As @SHG mentioned this isn't exposed in the object model.

You could save the XLS as an XLSM then use the ZIP method. You could further automate the method using a combination of VBScript and VBA to do the file conversion.

Please post back if you find another way, you've got me intrigued.

I am trying to solve this with the windows API .. I am still experimenting .. It looks promising !!

I'll post back if anything comes up
 
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Ok, this API approach worked for me ..

The SheetHasBackGroungPicture(ByVal sh As Worksheet) boolean function returns TRUE if the worksheet has a background image

Basically, what the code does is the following:

1- Copy a random range (located at an unused area like the far bottom of the worksheet) .. the range must have no conditional formatting applied to it, no interior color and no interior pattern - ie: Blank interior
2- Create a picture object from the clipboard bitmap (the bitmap corresponds to the range as is currently displayed on the screen)
3- Create a memory bitmap from the picture object
4- Retrieve the first pixel from the memory bitmap
5- Compare the color of this pixel against the range interior color

Now, if after the comparison the colors are not the same, this means there must be an image behind the Range which cannot be but a worksheet background image

I tested the code on a large workbook with more than 30 worksheets and it ran fast and with no apparent issues

Place this code in a Standard module and run the Test routine :

Code:
Option Explicit

Private Type GUID
    Data1 As Long
    Data2 As Integer
    Data3 As Integer
    Data4(0 To 7) As Byte
End Type
 
Private Type uPicDesc
    Size As Long
    Type As Long
    hPic As Long
    hPal As Long
End Type

Private Type BITMAPINFOHEADER '40 bytes
    biSize As Long
    biWidth As Long
    biHeight As Long
    biPlanes As Integer
    biBitCount As Integer
    biCompression As Long
    biSizeImage As Long
    biXPelsPerMeter As Long
    biYPelsPerMeter As Long
    biRUsed As Long
    biRImportant As Long
End Type

Private Type BITMAPINFO
    bmiHeader As BITMAPINFOHEADER
End Type
 
Private Type MemoryBitmap
    hdc As Long
    hBM As Long
    oldhDC As Long
    wid As Long
    hgt As Long
    bitmap_info As BITMAPINFO
End Type

Private Type BITMAP
    bmType As Long
    bmWidth As Long
    bmHeight As Long
    bmWidthBytes As Long
    bmPlanes As Integer
    bmBitsPixel As Integer
    bmBits As Long
End Type
 
Private Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
 
Private Declare Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32" _
(ByVal wFormat As Integer) As Long
 
Private Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" _
() As Long
 
Private Declare Function _
OleCreatePictureIndirect Lib "olepro32.dll" _
(PicDesc As uPicDesc, _
RefIID As GUID, _
ByVal fPictureOwnsHandle As Long, _
IPic As IPicture) As Long

Private Declare Function GetPixel Lib "gdi32" _
(ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal Y As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleDC Lib "gdi32" _
(ByVal hdc As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function CreateCompatibleBitmap Lib "gdi32.dll" _
(ByVal hdc As Long, _
ByVal nWidth As Long, _
ByVal nHeight As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib "gdi32" _
(ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal hObject As Long) _
As Long

Private Declare Function GetObjectAPI Lib "gdi32" _
Alias "GetObjectA" _
(ByVal hObject As Long, _
ByVal nCount As Long, _
lpObject As Any) As Long

Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib "gdi32" _
(ByVal hObject As Long) As Long

Private Const CF_BITMAP = 2
Private Const PICTYPE_BITMAP = 1
Private Const BI_RGB = 0&


Public Sub Test()
    Dim oWs As Worksheet
    Dim sRes As String
    Dim sPrompt As String
    
    sPrompt = "Worksheet" & Space(25) & "Has background picture"
    sPrompt = sPrompt & vbCr & String(Len("Worksheet"), "-") & _
    Space(25) & String(Len("Has background picture"), "-")
    
    For Each oWs In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
        sRes = IIf(SheetHasBackGroungPicture(oWs), "Yes", "No")
        sPrompt = sPrompt & vbCr & oWs.Name & _
        Space(Len("Worksheet") + 25 - Len(oWs.Name)) & sRes
    Next oWs
    
    Debug.Print sPrompt
End Sub

Private Function SheetHasBackGroungPicture(ByVal sh As Worksheet) As Boolean
    Dim i As Long
    Dim oLastCell As Range
    
    Set oLastCell = sh.Cells(Rows.Count, Columns.Count)
    With oLastCell
        i = -1
        Do
            DoEvents
            i = i + 1
        Loop Until .Offset(-i).FormatConditions.Count = 0 And .Offset(-i).Interior.Pattern = xlPatternNone
        If GetDisplayColor(.Offset(-i), 1, 1) = .Offset(-i).Interior.Color Then
            SheetHasBackGroungPicture = GetDisplayColor(.Offset(-i), 10, 10) <> .Offset(-i).Interior.Color
        Else
            SheetHasBackGroungPicture = True
        End If
    End With
End Function

Private Function GetDisplayColor(Rng As Range, ByVal PixX As Long, ByVal PixY As Long) As Long
    Dim IID_IDispatch As GUID
    Dim uPicinfo As uPicDesc
    Dim IPic As IPicture
    Dim hPtr As Long
    
    Rng.Copy
    OpenClipboard 0
    hPtr = GetClipboardData(CF_BITMAP)
    CloseClipboard
    With IID_IDispatch
        .Data1 = &H7BF80980
        .Data2 = &HBF32
        .Data3 = &H101A
        .Data4(0) = &H8B
        .Data4(1) = &HBB
        .Data4(2) = &H0
        .Data4(3) = &HAA
        .Data4(4) = &H0
        .Data4(5) = &H30
        .Data4(6) = &HC
        .Data4(7) = &HAB
    End With
    With uPicinfo
        .Size = Len(uPicinfo)
        .Type = PICTYPE_BITMAP
        .hPic = hPtr
        .hPal = 0
    End With
    OleCreatePictureIndirect uPicinfo, IID_IDispatch, True, IPic
    GetDisplayColor = GetColor(IPic, PixX, PixY)
    Application.CutCopyMode = False
End Function

Private Function GetColor( _
ByVal Picture As StdPicture, ByVal PixX As Long, ByVal PixY As Long) As Long
    Dim bm As BITMAP
    Dim memory_bitmap As MemoryBitmap

    Call GetObjectAPI(Picture.Handle, Len(bm), bm)
    memory_bitmap = MakeMemoryBitmap(bm.bmWidth, bm.bmHeight)
    DeleteObject (SelectObject(memory_bitmap.hdc, Picture.Handle))
    GetColor = GetPixel(memory_bitmap.hdc, PixX, PixY)
End Function

Private Function MakeMemoryBitmap _
(W As Long, H As Long) As MemoryBitmap
    Dim result As MemoryBitmap
    Dim bytes_per_scanLine As Long
    Dim pad_per_scanLine As Long
    Dim lBmp As Long
    
    With result.bitmap_info.bmiHeader
        .biBitCount = 32
        .biCompression = BI_RGB
        .biPlanes = 1
        .biSize = Len(result.bitmap_info.bmiHeader)
        .biWidth = W
        .biHeight = H
        bytes_per_scanLine = ((((.biWidth * .biBitCount) + _
        31) \ 32) * 4)
        pad_per_scanLine = bytes_per_scanLine - (((.biWidth _
        * .biBitCount) + 7) \ 8)
        .biSizeImage = bytes_per_scanLine * Abs(.biHeight)
    End With
    result.hdc = CreateCompatibleDC(0)
    lBmp = CreateCompatibleBitmap(result.hdc, W, H)
    DeleteObject (SelectObject(result.hdc, result.hBM))
    DeleteObject (lBmp)
    result.wid = W
    result.hgt = H
    MakeMemoryBitmap = result
End Function

The code will have to be modified for 64bit systems .. I don't have a 64bit machine to write and test the code
 
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