I'd like to use VBA to open a .tbl file in notepad (or notepad++). Basically, I have some .tbl files that I can drag and drop into notepad++ to edit, and I'd like to do that same thing through VBA. I can take care of the editing once the file is open. I just can't find anything about opening a non-txt file in notepad using VBA.
Opening in Excel destroys the formatting, so I'd like to stick with a text editor.
Thanks!
You can write a simple VBA module that invokes Notepad++:
Sub Button1_Click()
Dim res As Variant
Dim fileToOpen As String
Dim nppPath As String
fileToOpen = "F:\test.tbl"
nppPath = "F:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"
res = Shell(nppPath & " " & fileToOpen, vbNormalFocus)
End Sub
I don't have sufficient reputation to comment on Andrea's code (which works for me). I did want to point out one thing for the benefit of others. I encounter an error using Andrea's code unless I put in a space after .exe ". Other than that small observation mine adds nothing to Andrea's answer.
Sub OpenInNotepadPP()
Dim FullFilePath As String
FullFilePath = "C:\FilePath\FileName.txt"
Dim MyTxtFile As Variant
'Note, a single space needs to be placed after notepat++.exe "
MyTxtFile = Shell("C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe " & FullFilePath, vbNormalFocus)
End Sub
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We will put 100s of Excel worksheets out in the field this year. The code periodically needs to be updated when bugs are found. For last year's effort, I was able to dynamically have workbooks pull updates for .bas files. This year I want to dynamically have workbooks pull updates for the code embedded in the worksheets too.
EXPORT CODE
The export code is pretty simple, but there are artifacts in the .txt files
Sub SaveSoftwareFile(path$, name$, ext$)
ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(name).Export path & name & ext
Example Call: SaveSoftwareFile path, "ThisWorkbook", ".txt"
The problem is that the export has a lot of header information that I don't care about (in red). I just want the part in blue. Is there switch that allows me not to save it, or do I have to manually go into the export and remove it myself?
IMPORT CODE
The import code is pretty straight forward too, but it causes the error "Can't enter break mode at this time", and I'm struggling to figure out the right path forward. If I manually try and delete this code, Excel is also unhappy. So maybe my approach is altogether incorrect. Here's the code:
Sub UpgradeSoftwareFile(path$, name$, ext$)
Dim ErrorCode%, dest As Object
On Error GoTo errhandler
Select Case ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(name).Type
Case 1, 3 'BAS, FRM
<Not relevant for this discussion>
Case 100 'Worksheets
Set dest = ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(name).codemodule
dest.DeleteLines 1, dest.CountOfLines 'Erase existing | Generates breakpoint error
dest.AddFromFile path & name & ext '| Also generates breakpoint error
End Select
Example Call: UpgradeSoftwareFile path, "ThisWorkbook", ".txt"
Thanks in advance for your help
Please, try the next way of exporting and you will not have the problem any more:
Sub SaveSoftwareFile(path$, sheetCodeModuleName$, FileName$)
Dim WsModuleCode As String, sCM As VBIDE.CodeModule, strPath As String, FileNum As Long
Set sCM = ThisWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents(sheetCodeModuleName).CodeModule
WsModuleCode = sCM.Lines(1, sCM.CountOfLines)
'Debug.Print WsModuleCode
strPath = ThisWorkbook.path & "\" & FileName
FileNum = FreeFile
Open strPath For Output As #FileNum
Print #FileNum, WsModuleCode
Close #FileNum
End Sub
You can use the above Sub as following:
Sub testSaveSheetCodeModule()
Dim strPath As String, strFileName As String, strCodeModuleName As String
strPath = ThisWorkbook.path
strFileName = "SheetCode_x.txt"
strCodeModuleName = Worksheets("Test2").codename 'use here your sheet name
SaveSoftwareFile strPath, strCodeModuleName, strFileName
End Sub
Now, the created text file contains only the code itself, without the attributes saved by exporting the code...
Import part:
"Can't enter break mode at this time" does not mean that it is an error in the code. There are some operations (allowed only if a reference to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Extensibility ... exists) in code module manipulation, which cannot simple be run step by step. VBA needs to keep references to its VBComponents and it looks, it is not possible when changes in this area and in this way are made.
The import code is simple and it must run without problems. You must simple run the code and test its output...
Whenever a specific Excel file is in use, I'd like to prevent anyone else editing it.
ie. "This file is currently being edited by John Dow, and it will now close".
I'm looking for something simple.
Any ideas?
Thank you,
D.
I'm going to add an answer to this which I'll have to say is nowhere near perfect (blatantly trying to avoid down-votes for trying to do something that isn't really necessary).
I just wanted to see if you could extract the name of the person that has it open - after all, it does normally give the name of the person who has it locked for editing when you first open a workbook.
When you open an Excel file a hidden lock file is created in the same folder. The lock file has the same name as the original with ~$ appended to the front of the file name.
I found you can't copy the lock file using the VBA FileCopy as you get a Permission denied error, but you can using the FileSystemObject CopyFile.
The thinking behind my method is to copy the lock file and change it to a text file. You can then pull the user name from it and compare it against the current user name - if it's different then report that and close the file.
Note - I wouldn't use this in a project as there seems to be a few places it can fall over, and Excel will generally tell you that someone else has it open anyway. It was more of a coding exercise.
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Dim ff As Long
Dim sLockFile As String
Dim sTempFile As String
Dim oFSO As Object
Dim XLUser As String, LoggedUser As String
Dim fle As Object
sLockFile = ThisWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & "~$" & ThisWorkbook.Name
sTempFile = Replace(sLockFile, "~$", "") & "tmp.txt"
'Create copy of lock file as a text file.
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
oFSO.CopyFile sLockFile, sTempFile, True
'Read the first line from the text file.
ff = FreeFile()
Open sTempFile For Input Lock Read As #ff
Line Input #1, XLUser
Close ff
'Remove the current user from the text.
'Need to check this so that it doesn't close because it sees the current user name.
XLUser = Replace(XLUser, Application.UserName, "")
'Extract name from text string.
'There is a double space in the InStr section.
'The double exclamation mark is a single character - I don't know the code though.
'Unicode U+0203C I think.
XLUser = Replace(Left(XLUser, InStr(XLUser, " ") - 1), "", "")
'Remove hidden attributes so temp file can be deleted.
Set fle = oFSO.GetFile(sTempFile)
fle.Attributes = 0
Kill sTempFile
'If there's still text then it's a user name - report it and close.
If Len(Trim(XLUser)) > 0 Then
MsgBox "Workbook is already open by " & XLUser
ThisWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False
End If
End Sub
Having put all that, this code is probably safer:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
If ThisWorkbook.ReadOnly Then
MsgBox "Is opened in read only.", vbOKOnly
ThisWorkbook.Close SaveChanges:=False
End If
End Sub
I want to create a macro that can check and open file based on filename.
ex:
15.xlsm As opened workbook
12.xlsm As a target
16.xlsm As the future workbook
So while I click a button in 15.xlsm that will open the previous file (12.xlsm). But in future, when the 16.xlsm is created, the 16.xlsm must open the previous workbook (15.xlsm).
I was trying with this code
Sub Macro1()
Dim a, x As Integer
Dim path, filename As String
Dim varday, varyest As Long
varday = Day(Range("A1"))
For x = 1 To 30
varyest = varday - x
filename = "" & varyest & ".xlsm"
path = "F:\Kemal\" & filename & ""
If Dir(path) = "" Then
Else
Workbooks.Open filename:=path
End If
Next x
End Sub
but that code has open all workbook like 12.xlsm, 10.xlsm, 9.xlsm, and create unlimited messagebox. Yeah I know the algorithm but, how to put it into code is the big problem. anyone help me, pls.
So, How to check previous file is exist or not with date that placed on every workbook name?
to know if file exists :
CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").FileExists(p)
If you want to check MANY files, you may want to use the content of the whole folder and lookup the array.
if target workbooks has a Workbook_Open that's not to be launched:
Application.EnableEvents = False
workbooks.open(file)
Application.EnableEvents = true
Question is a bit fuzzy to me, I hope this answers
I am developing a workbook in Excel-VBA and i want to execute a script using HEC DSS. That means, using excel-vba, i need to open "HEC DSS" first and then i'll instruct the application to open the script.
We keep it simple and try to correlate the above scnerio with a NotePAd.exe and a txt file. For the purpose, i have googled and tried different things but none worked. I am trying to use the SHELL command. Please find the code below:
Sub test()
Dim retval as string
dim file name as variant
filename="C:\Users\Nayar Asif\Desktop\Test_2.txt"
retval = Shell("notepad.exe" & filename, vbnormalfocus)
end sub
The above code does not work. The idea is to open the notepad application and then open the notepad file. Any help????
Regards
Nayyar
File paths with spaces should be in quotes
retval = Shell("notepad.exe """ & filename & """", vbnormalfocus)
The solution is just the "space" after notepad.exe and before the second quote :
retval = Shell("notepad.exe " & filename, vbnormalfocus)
I'm new to coding, VBA and VBA in powerpoint, so this might be basic but I cant seem to get around it. I'm trying to extract some text from powerpoint files and store it separately in a new file. I found a code online that helps me output the required text onto a notepad file. However, I need it as an excel file. Every search online leads me to excel based VBA but I need to export from Powerpoint to Excel (and maybe do so basic formatting in it, like converting text to numbers or making a column bold). Following is the relevant/ exporting portion of my whole code. Please take a look and help thanks.
PS: I plan to compile the code as an Add-in for a few people with limited technical expertise, so If possible, I'd request a simple/straightforward solution or something that will work on any PC or version of powerpoint/excel. I've read making your code reference-dependant may require whoever runs the code to make references,etc before they are successfully able to run it.
Dim strFilename As String
Dim intFileNum As Integer
Dim PathSep As String
....Code that does the extraction from the Active Presentation....
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
intFileNum = FreeFile
' PC-Centricity Alert!
' This assumes that the file has a .PPT extension and strips it off to make the text file name.
strFilename = ActivePresentation.Path _
& PathSep _
& Mid$(ActivePresentation.Name, 1, Len(ActivePresentation.Name) - 4) _
& "_Titles.TXT"
Open strFilename For Output As intFileNum
Print #intFileNum, strTitles
NormalExit:
Close intFileNum
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox Err.Description
Resume NormalExit
End Sub