I'm trying to display where a file is saved in a message box with the following code:
Sub export()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim MyFileName As String
MyFileName = "MyFileName"
Worksheets("Tab").Copy
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.Title = "Select a Folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialFileName = "Path"
If .Show = -1 Then
GoTo Nextcode1
Else
GoTo Nextcode2
End If
MyPath = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With
Nextcode1:
Block of codes that deals with existing file name.
GoTo Nextcode3
Nextcode2:
Block of codes that deals with cancel.
GoTo Nextcode4
NextCode3:
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
With ActiveWorkbook
.SaveAs fileName:=MyPath & MyFileName, FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
.Close False
End With
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Worksheets("OtherTab").Activate
MsgBox ("The tab has been exported to " & MyPath & MyFileName & ".")
GoTo NextCode4
NextCode4:
End Sub
However, the message box only displays
The tab has been exported to MyFileName.
With MyPath completely omitted. I tried the following codes
PathName = MyPath & MyFileName
MsgBox ("The tab has been exported to " & PathName & ".")
And
Cstr(MyPath)
MsgBox ("The tab has been exported to " & MyPath & MyFileName & ".")
To no avail. My suspicion is that path name obtained from the msoFileDialogFolderPicker is not a string object but I'm not sure how to deal with it. Help is appreciated!
Ok my bad. The
MyPath = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
line should have gone under
If .Show = -1 Then
Related
I would like to open a workbook using a wildcard or partial name match and save a copy with another name.
However, there is an error -
Always at the " Workbooks(myFolderPath & "" & MyFileName).SaveCopyAs Filename:="NEW NAME.xlsx" " line
Here is my code:
Sub GENERATE()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
'If workbook name like "Report Due" then open, if not already opened
Dim MyFileName As Variant
Dim myFolderPath As String
myFolderPath = Application.DefaultFilePath
MyFileName = Dir(myFolderPath & "\" & "Report Due*.xlsx")
If MyFileName <> "" Then
Workbooks.Open (myFolderPath & "\" & MyFileName)
End If
Workbooks(myFolderPath & "\" & MyFileName).SaveCopyAs Filename:="NEW NAME.xlsx"
Workbooks(myFolderPath & "\" & MyFileName).Close SaveChanges:=False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
I'd be happy to see what's wrong! Many thanks!
Set a reference to the workbook when you open it, then you shouldn't need to use it's name to reference when saving the copy.
Option Explicit
Sub GENERATE()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim MyFileName As Variant
Dim myFolderPath As String
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
'If workbook name like "Report Due" then open, if not already opened
myFolderPath = Application.DefaultFilePath
MyFileName = Dir(myFolderPath & "\" & "Report Due*.xlsx")
If MyFileName <> "" Then
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(myFolderPath & "\" & MyFileName)
wb.SaveCopyAs Filename:="NEW NAME.xlsx"
wb.Close SaveChanges:=False
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
I'm trying to activate the browse file. However, when the file name has a "[]" it has an error "Subscript out of range". I would like to recognize the "[]" to activate the file. I will copy the whole data on the file, that's why I will activate it. But, when I'm trying to manually remove the "[]" in the file name, it works successfully. Thanks for the help !
Here is my code:
Sub Test()
Dim fldr As FileDialog
Dim sItem As String
Dim shtName As String
'select folder
Set fldr = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With fldr
.Title = "Select a Folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialFileName = strPath
If .Show <> -1 Then GoTo NextCode
sItem = .SelectedItems(1)
End With
NextCode:
'Get the path
GetFolder = sItem
Set fldr = Nothing
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Check if exist the word in file name
wrd = "AS"
'get the file associated with wrd
strfile = Dir(GetFolder & "\*" & wrd & "*.xl*")
fc = 0
Do While Len(strfile) > 0
On Error GoTo endhere
fc = fc + 1
'open the file
Workbooks.Open (GetFolder & "\" & strfile)
Workbooks(strfile).Activate
here:
Workbooks(strfile).Close False
strfile = Dir
Loop
endhere:
Debug.Print Err.Description
End Sub
Try
Dim strFile1 as String
If InStr(strfile, "[") > 0 Then
strFile1 = Replace(Replace(strfile, "[", ""), "]", "")
Name GetFolder & "\" & strfile As GetFolder & "\" & strFile1
Workbooks.Open (GetFolder & "\" & strFile1)
Else
Workbooks.Open (GetFolder & "\" & strfile)
End If
If the characters to be removed do not belong to the file name, belonging to the path, please use the next way:
Dim strFile1 As String
If InStr(GetFolder & "\" & strfile, "[") > 0 Then
strFile1 = Replace(Replace(GetFolder & "\" & strfile, "[", ""), "]", "")
Name GetFolder & "\" & strfile As strFile1
Workbooks.Open (strFile1)
Else
Workbooks.Open (GetFolder & "\" & strfile)
End If
Anyhow, this second version can be use for both cases...
Not sure if this is Excel-Version dependent, for me it gives no error. I can open the file and access it with the name that the Dir returned, even if the Name-property of the workbook replaces the the square brackets with round one (interesting, didn't know that).
However, much more important is that you neither need to Activate the workbook nor use the name to open and close it. Workbooks.Open is a Function that returns a reference to the opened Workbook, so you should use that:
Dim wb As Workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Open (GetFolder & "\" & strfile)
' (...) do your stuff using wb, eg copy a Worksheet:
wb.Sheets(1).Copy After:=ThisWorkbook.Sheets(ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Count)
wb.Close False
my code keeps getting a bad file name or number error and I can't figure out what the issue is, any help would be appreciated! I'm trying to store the filepath based on user selection as a variable which I can reference later in a vlookup. Below is my code, I can't figure out what's wrong but I used the pasted code in another macro which compiled fine.
sub edits
dim xpath and xfile as string
xPath = NewPath 'Newpath function executes
xfile = Dir$(xPath & "*.xlsm*", vbNormal) 'error here
Set SourceBook = Workbooks.Open(xPath & xfile)
End Sub
Function NewPath() As String
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
.ButtonName = "Choose a file"
.Title = "Previous File"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show Then xPath = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With
End Function
Below is the code I've used which has compiled, it has the user select a folder instead of a file
sub something
dim xpath and xfile as string
xPath = NewPath
If Not strPath = vbNullString Then
xfile = Dir$(xPath & "*.xlsm", vbNormal)
Do While Not xfile = vbNullString
'some code
Set SourceBook = Workbooks.Open(xPath & xfile)
SourceBook.Close False
xfile = Dir$()
Loop
End If
End Sub
Function NewPath() As String
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.ButtonName = "Choose a folder"
.Title = "Folder Picker"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show Then NewPath = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With
End Function
Okay here it is. I've done a bunch of coding in the last 3 or 4 months, learned a lot, BUT, I can't figure out why this code STILL opens a file when I hit cancel at the end once the popup window comes up showing my filtered filenames. Any advice would be highly appreciated.
Sub OpenByPartialName()
' Returns popup window with only filtered filenames matching
' Partial Filename input
Dim WB As Workbook
Dim Ans As String
Dim MyFile As String
Dim path As String
' Folder Path Name for Forms
path = ("S:\Forms Folder\")
Ans = InputBox("Enter Partial filename Filter", "Open File With Partial Name Filter")
MyFile = Dir("S:\Forms Folder\" & "*" & Ans & "*.xls")
MyFilter = path & "*" & Ans & "*.xls"
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialFileName = MyFilter
If .Show = 1 Then
MyFile = .SelectedItems(1)
End If
End With
On Error Resume Next
Set WB = Workbooks.Open(MyFile)
End Sub
That would be a dirty hack, but if you had an Else branch here:
If .Show = 1 Then
MyFile = .SelectedItems(1)
Else
MyFile = vbNullString
End If
...the code that actually opens the file could verify whether MyFile is empty or not before trying:
On Error Resume Next
If MyFile <> vbNullString Then Set WB = Workbooks.Open(MyFile)
That said I think you should be handling at least error 53 ("file not found") here, instead of just shoving all errors under the carpet.
Also the WB reference isn't used. Perhaps the Sub should be a Function that returns the opened workbook, or Nothing if opening fails?
This is what I use to select a directory. If the function returns an empty string, I don't try to open the file.
Private Function FolderPicker() As String
'*******************************************
' returns directory path to be printed to
' does not allow multiple selections,
' so returning the first item in selected
' items is sufficient.
'
' returns empty string On Error or if the
' user cancels
'********************************************
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
Const DefaultDirectory As String = "C:Path\to\default\directory\"
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.Title = "Choose Directory to Print to"
.InitialFileName = DefaultDirectory
.InitialView = msoFileDialogViewSmallIcons
If .Show <> -1 Then
FolderPicker = vbNullString
Else
FolderPicker = .SelectedItems(1)
End If
End With
Exit Function
ErrExit:
FolderPicker = vbNullString
Exit Function
ErrHandler:
MsgBox "Unexpected Error: " & Err.number & vbCrLf & "Source: " & Err.Source & _
"Description: " & Err.Description, vbCritical, "ERROR!"
Resume ErrExit
End Function
So, you would call it like this.
MyFile = FolderPicker
If MyFile <> vbNullString Then
Set WB = Workbooks.Open(MyFile)
End If
Much blood, sweat and tears later (Serious web surfing, cobbling code together and retesting) I have found an answer that works without any problems for pressing 'Cancel' at any point.
Sub OpenAuditPartialName()
' Returns popup window with only filtered
' filenames matching input criteria.
' Filenames are saved from another code that uses 3 variables to generate a _
' filename 'Filename part1_Filename part2_Filename part3 Forms.xls'
Dim WB As Workbook
Dim Ans As String
Dim MyFile As String
Dim path As String
' Folder path for Forms
path = ("S:\Forms Folder\")
Ans = InputBox("Enter any part of the filename to search by." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
"Full or Partial information is OK." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Filename part1" _
& vbCrLf & "Filename part2" & vbCrLf & "Filename part3", "Enter Partial Filename Filter")
' Exits on 'Cancel' as it should
If Ans = "" Then
Exit Sub
End If
MyFile = Dir(path & "*" & Ans & "*.xls")
MyFilter = path & "*" & Ans & "*.xls"
'*******************************************
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialFileName = MyFilter
' Now accepts the 'Cancel' instead of continuing to open the first file
' in the filtered list when pressed
If .Show = 0 Then
ElseIf Len(Ans) Then
MyFile = .SelectedItems(1)
On Error Resume Next
Set WB = Workbooks.Open(MyFile)
Else
Exit Sub
End If
'*******************************************
End With
End Sub
By clicking a button in Excel, the user exports a specific sheet to a csv with a dynamic filename and the csv is saved in a pre-determined directory.
Instead of saving to a predetermined directory, can users have the browse window to choose a directory to save to?
Sub Export()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim MyFileName As String
MyPath = "C:\importtest"
MyFileName = "MR_Update_" & Sheets("Monthly Review").Range("D3").Value & "_" & Format(Date, "ddmmyyyy")
If Not Right(MyPath, 1) = "\" Then MyPath = MyPath & "\"
If Not Right(MyFileName, 4) = ".csv" Then MyFileName = MyFileName & ".csv"
Sheets("Export Data").Copy
With ActiveWorkbook
.SaveAs Filename:= _
MyPath & MyFileName, _
FileFormat:=xlCSV, _
CreateBackup:=False
.Close False
End With
End Sub
Excel has an inbuilt FileSave Dialog. It is called .GetSaveAsFilename. Use that.
Syntax
expression.GetSaveAsFilename(InitialFilename, FileFilter, FilterIndex, Title, ButtonText)
Usage
Dim fileSaveName As Variant
fileSaveName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename( _
fileFilter:="Excel Files (*.csv), *.csv")
If fileSaveName <> False Then
'
'~~> Your code to save the file here
'
End If
As Patrick suggested, you're looking for the .FileDialog property.
To implement it, try this:
Sub Export()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim MyFileName As String
MyFileName = "MR_Update_" & Sheets("Monthly Review").Range("D3").Value & "_" & Format(Date, "ddmmyyyy")
If Not Right(MyFileName, 4) = ".csv" Then MyFileName = MyFileName & ".csv"
Sheets("Export Data").Copy
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.Title = "Select a Folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialFileName = "" '<~~ The start folder path for the file picker.
If .Show <> -1 Then GoTo NextCode
MyPath = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With
NextCode:
With ActiveWorkbook
.SaveAs Filename:=MyPath & MyFileName, FileFormat:=xlCSV,CreateBackup:=False
.Close False
End With
End Sub
Try This......
Sub Export()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim MyFileName As String
MyPath = "C:\importtest"
MyFileName = "MR_Update_" & Sheets("Monthly Review").Range("D3").Value & "_" & Format(Date, "ddmmyyyy")
If Not Right(MyFileName, 4) = ".csv" Then MyFileName = MyFileName & ".csv"
Sheets("Export Data").Copy
With ActiveWorkbook
.SaveAs Filename:= _
MyFileName, _
FileFormat:=xlCSV, _
CreateBackup:=False
.Close False
End With
End Sub
Here's a script I've been using lately that I like a lot. Thought I would leave this here:
Sub ExportCSV()
Dim FlSv As Variant
Dim MyFile As String
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim MyFileName As String
Dim DateString As String
DateString = Format(Now(), "yyyy-mm-dd_hh_mm_ss_AM/PM") '<~~ uses current time from computer clock down to the second
MyFileName = DateString & "_" & "Whatever you like"
Set sh = Sheets("Sheet you'd like to export")
sh.Copy
FlSv = Application.GetSaveAsFilename(MyFileName, fileFilter:="CSV (Comma delimited) (*.csv), *.csv", Title:="Where should we save this?")
If FlSv = False Then GoTo UserCancel Else GoTo UserOK
UserCancel: '<~~ this code is run if the user cancels out the file save dialog
ActiveWorkbook.Close (False)
MsgBox "Export canceled"
Exit Sub
UserOK: '<~~ this code is run if user proceeds with saving the file (clicks the OK button)
MyFile = FlSv
With ActiveWorkbook
.SaveAs (MyFile), FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
.Close False
End With
End Sub