Convert multiple Excel sheets to CSV - excel

Question

My goal is to open multiple excel files from input folder and convert them to .csv in output folder. I am facing minor issues where
code converts .xlsx to .csv , converts .xls to .csv but in output
folder, it stores .csv and .xls files. I can't figure out why .xls
files are also getting stored. I only wish to store .csv files
I only want to convert data from excel 'Sheet1' but the code is
converting data from an active sheet. How to specify to convert
data only from 'Sheet1'?
Option Explicit
Sub ImportMultipleCsvFile()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Dim InputCsvFile As Variant
Dim InputFolder As String, OutputFolder As String
InputFolder = "C:\Users\excel_format"
OutputFolder = "C:\Users\csv_format"
InputCsvFile = Dir(InputFolder & "\*.xl??")
While InputCsvFile <> ""
Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=InputFolder & "\" & InputCsvFile, DataType:=xlDelimited, Comma:=True
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=OutputFolder & "\" & Replace(ActiveWorkbook.Name, ".xlsx", ".csv"), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=OutputFolder & "\" & Replace(ActiveWorkbook.Name, ".xls", ".csv"), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
ActiveWorkbook.Close
InputCsvFile = Dir
Wend
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
End Sub

Answer 1

If you change this:
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=OutputFolder & "\" & Replace(ActiveWorkbook.Name, ".xlsx", ".csv"), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=OutputFolder & "\" & Replace(ActiveWorkbook.Name, ".xls", ".csv"), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
to that:
--- to remove VBA codeblocks from Workbook before saving them as .csv, I have used this stackoverflow answer, then I checked it to make sense by using the info from here ---
Dim StartWb As Workbook
Dim TempWb As Workbook
Set StartWb = ActiveWorkbook
Set TempWb = Application.Workbooks.Add
StartWb.Worksheets("Sheet1").Copy Before:=TempWb.Worksheets(1)
If TempWb.Worksheets.Count > 1 Then
Do While (TempWb.Worksheets.Count > 1)
TempWb.Worksheets(TempWb.Worksheets.Count).Delete
Loop
End If
' ----- This is new to delete the codeblocks from your Sheets -----------
Dim Element As Object
For Each Element In TempWb.VBProject.VBComponents
'For Each Item In Element.Collection ' This For loop wasn't needed at the and but I forgot it in
Element.CodeModule.DeleteLines 1, Element.CodeModule.CountOfLines
'Next ' It has most likely thrown up Undeclared Variable error with Option Eplicit
Next
' -----------------------------------------------------------------------
If InStr(StartWb.Name, ".xlsx") Then
TempWb.SaveAs Filename:=OutputFolder & "\" & Replace(StartWb.Name, ".xlsx", ".csv"), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
ElseIf InStr(StartWb.Name, ".xls") Then
TempWb.SaveAs Filename:=OutputFolder & "\" & Replace(StartWb.Name, ".xls", ".csv"), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
End If
TempWb.Close (xlNo)
then you will only get your .csv file saved, as well as it will only contain that first sheet.
I would also put these:
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
at the end of your code before or after:
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Also swap this:
ActiveWorkbook.Close
to that:
StartWb.Close (xlNo)
To remove code from workbooks by code you have to change settings in Excel: