Delimiter in VBA,Macros - excel

Question

Need to split the 3rd row and have it in the below xml format.
My Excel data:
ID
EMail
UserGroupID
Aravind
Aravind#gmail.com
Sports(12-34)
Aravind2
Aravind2#gmail.com
Sports(3-24-5),Health(5-675-85), Education(57-85-96)
My XML data:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Core-data ContextID="Context1" WorkspaceID="Main">
<UserList>
<User ID="Aravind" ForceAuthentication="false" Password="1234" EMail="Aravind#gmail.com">
<Name>Aravind</Name>
<UserGroupLink UserGroupID="12-34"/>
</User>
<User ID="Aravind2" ForceAuthentication="false" Password="1234" EMail="Aravind#gmail.com">
<Name>Aravind2</Name>
<UserGroupLink UserGroupID="3-24-5"/>
<UserGroupLink UserGroupID="5-675-85"/>
<UserGroupLink UserGroupID="57-85-96"/>
</User>
</UserList>
</Core-data>
The code Im using:(Need change in delimiting the 3 rd row & location only)
Sub Generate_xml()
Const FOLDER = "C:\Temp\"
Const XLS_FILE = "UserDataEntry.xlsm"
Const XML_FILE = "User XML.xml"
Const XML = "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>" & vbCrLf & _
"<Core-data ContextID=""Context1"" WorkspaceID=""Main"">" & vbCrLf & _
" <UserList>" & vbCrLf
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet, ar, s As String
Dim iLastRow As Long, r As Long, n As Integer
' open source workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(FOLDER & XLS_FILE, 1, 1)
Set ws = wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
iLastRow = ws.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
' create XML document
'<User ID="Aravind" ForceAuthentication="false" Password="1234" EMail="Aravind#gmail.com.com">
' <Name>Aravind</Name>
' <UserGroupLink UserGroupID="Sports"/>
'</User>
s = XML
For r = 2 To iLastRow
s = s & " <User ID=""" & ws.Cells(r, 1) & """" & _
" ForceAuthentication=""false"" Password=""1234""" & _
" EMail=""" & ws.Cells(r, 2) & """>" & vbCrLf
s = s & " <Name>" & ws.Cells(r, 1) & "</Name>" & vbCrLf
ar = Split(ws.Cells(r, 3), ",")
For n = LBound(ar) To UBound(ar)
s = s & " <UserGroupLink UserGroupID=""" & Trim(ar(n)) & """/>" & vbCrLf
Next
s = s & " </User>" & vbCrLf
Next
s = s & " </UserList>" & vbCrLf & "</Core-data>"
' save
Dim fso, ts
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set ts = fso.createtextfile(FOLDER & XML_FILE)
ts.write s
ts.Close
MsgBox "Xml created to " & FOLDER & XML_FILE
End Sub
Is there is any way to run this VBA code in any location and the XML generated to be in same location.
Kindly share your inputs & thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try something like this:
Sub Generate_xml()
Const FOLDER = "C:\Temp\"
Const XLS_FILE = "UserDataEntry.xlsm"
Const XML_FILE = "User XML.xml"
Const XML = "<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-8""?>" & vbCrLf & _
"<Core-data ContextID=""Context1"" WorkspaceID=""Main"">" & vbCrLf & _
" <UserList>" & vbCrLf
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet, s As String, savePath As String
Dim r As Long, e
' open source workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(FOLDER & XLS_FILE, 1, 1)
Set ws = wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
' create XML document
s = XML
For r = 2 To ws.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
s = s & " <User ID=""" & ws.Cells(r, 1) & """" & _
" ForceAuthentication=""false"" Password=""1234""" & _
" EMail=""" & ws.Cells(r, 2) & """>" & vbCrLf
s = s & " <Name>" & ws.Cells(r, 1) & "</Name>" & vbCrLf
For Each e In TextInParentheses(ws.Cells(r, 3).Value)
s = s & " <UserGroupLink UserGroupID=""" & Trim(e) & """/>" & vbCrLf
Next e
s = s & " </User>" & vbCrLf
Next
s = s & " </UserList>" & vbCrLf & "</Core-data>"
'wb.Close false 'close source workbook
' save to same path as running code
savePath = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & XML_FILE
PutContent savePath, s
MsgBox "Xml created at '" & savePath & "'", vbInformation
End Sub
'all texts enclosed in parentheses as a collection
Function TextInParentheses(txt As String)
Dim re As Object
Dim allMatches, m, col As New Collection
Set re = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
re.Pattern = "\(([^\)]+)\)"
re.ignorecase = True
re.Global = True
Set allMatches = re.Execute(txt)
For Each m In allMatches
col.Add Trim(m.submatches(0))
Next m
Set TextInParentheses = col
End Function
'Save text `content` to a text file at `f`
Sub PutContent(f As String, content As String)
CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject"). _
opentextfile(f, 2, True).write content
End Sub