Copy data from a workbook to an existing workbook - excel

Question

I'm working on Excel for Mac, v16.53, with OS Catalina v10.15.7
I have an Excel workbook called SCRIPT with two sheets.
Sheet 1 has data entry areas and sheet 2 compiles those entries into a pseudo-table. The data in sheet 1 changes with every new person that is interviewed.
The data in sheet 2 is in columns A, B, H, I and J. It is non-contiguous and doesn't always have row 1 populated.
I can copy those five columns to a new csv file called Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE.
The issue is when there already is a Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE file.
The script is supposed to:
If Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE file does not exist:
Start a new one.
Copy/paste the new SCRIPT data and save the Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE file.
If a Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE file does exist:
Copy the new data from the SCRIPT workbook to the first 100% empty column of the Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE file.
Save the file with the same name (Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE) in csv format.
It throws an error AFTER it copies the data from the SCRIPT workbook but BEFORE it has a chance to completely open the Telesales-Leads-TODAY'S DATE file.
I am using the MsgBox to debug.
Sub BackUpScriptData()
Dim strFileName As String
Dim strFileExists As String
Dim finalcolumn As Integer
Dim firstemptycolumn As Integer
Dim csvOpened As Workbook
Dim oneCell As Range
Dim myCSVFileName As String
Dim myWB As Workbook
Dim tempWB As Workbook
Dim rngToSave As Range
Dim col As String
Dim ColumnNumber As Integer
Dim ColumnLetter As String
Dim colstart As String
Dim CellAddress As String
Dim TestChar As String
Dim NumberToLetter As String
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
On Error GoTo err
strFileName = "/Users/XXXXXXXX/Library/Group Containers/XXXXXXXX.Office/User Content.localized/Startup.localized/Excel/" & "Telesales-Leads-" & VBA.Format(VBA.Now, "mm-dd-yyyy") & ".csv"
strFileExists = Dir(strFileName)
If strFileExists = "" Then
MsgBox strFileName & " ~~~~~~~~doesn't exist"
Set myWB = ThisWorkbook
myCSVFileName = "/Users/XXXXXXXX/Library/Group Containers/XXXXXXXX.Office/User Content.localized/Startup.localized/Excel/" & "Telesales-Leads-" & VBA.Format(VBA.Now, "mm-dd-yyyy") & ".csv"
Set rngToSave = Range("A1:B69,H1:J69")
rngToSave.Copy
Set tempWB = Application.Workbooks.Add(1)
With tempWB
.Sheets(1).Range("A1").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
.SaveAs FileName:=myCSVFileName, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
.Close
End With
Else
Set myWB = ThisWorkbook
Set rngToSave = Range("A1:B69,H1:J69")
rngToSave.Copy
Set csvOpened = Workbooks.Open(FileName:=strFileName)
MsgBox "csvOpened is " & csvOpened
With csvOpened
Set oneCell = Range("A1")
Do While WorksheetFunction.CountA(oneCell.EntireColumn)
Set oneCell = oneCell.Offset(0, 1)
Loop
MsgBox "oneCell.Column is " & oneCell.Column
End With
CellAddress = Cells(1, ColNum).Address
For i = 2 To Len(CellAddress)
TestChar = Mid(CellAddress, i, 1)
If TestChar = "$" Then Exit For
NumberToLetter = NumberToLetter & Mid(CellAddress, i, 1)
Next i
MsgBox "colstart is " & colstart
With csvOpened
.Sheets(1).Range(colstart & "1").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
.SaveAs FileName:=myCSVFileName, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
.Close
End With
End If
err: MsgBox "failed to copy."
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
End Sub

Answer 1

The code is essentially the same for creating a new workbook or updating an existing, the only difference being the column where the data is to be pasted. As this is a csv file then UsedRange is a simple way to determine the last clear column.
Sub BackUpScriptData2()
Const FOLDER = "/Users/XXXXXXXX/Library/Group Containers/XXXXXXXX.Office/" & _
"User Content.localized/Startup.localized/Excel/"
Const PREFIX = "Telesales-Leads-"
Dim wb As Workbook, wbCSV As Workbook
Dim ws As Worksheet, rngToSave As Range
Dim colNum As Long, myCSVFileName As String
myCSVFileName = PREFIX & VBA.Format(VBA.Now, "mm-dd-yyyy") & ".csv"
' check if file exists
If Len(Dir(FOLDER & myCSVFileName)) = 0 Then
' not exists
MsgBox "'" & myCSVFileName & "'" & vbCrLf & _
"does not exist, it will be created", vbInformation, FOLDER
Set wbCSV = Workbooks.Add()
colNum = 1
Else
' exists
Set wbCSV = Workbooks.Open(FOLDER & myCSVFileName)
With wbCSV.Sheets(1).UsedRange
colNum = .Column + .Columns.Count
End With
MsgBox "'" & myCSVFileName & "'" & vbCrLf & _
"exists, it will extended from column " & colNum, vbInformation, FOLDER
End If
' copy and save
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Set ws = wb.Sheets("Sheet2")
Set rngToSave = ws.Range("A1:B69,H1:J69")
rngToSave.Copy
With wbCSV
.Sheets(1).Cells(1, colNum).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
.SaveAs Filename:=FOLDER & myCSVFileName, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
.Close False
End With
MsgBox "File saved to " & myCSVFileName, vbInformation, FOLDER
End Sub