Excel Macro to apend data from two notepad into a single notepad - excel

Question

I want to delete the last line contain '*' of two notepad and apend the reamining data into a new notepad by excel macro.
Please guys help me out. I can't find any suggestion.

Answer 1

Using #mehow's suggestion, here is some code that you can use:
' To get this to run, you'll need to reference Microsoft Scripting Runtime:
' Per http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3233203/how-do-i-use-filesystemobject-in-vba
' Within Excel you need to set a reference to the VB script run-time library. The relevant file is usually located at \Windows\System32\scrrun.dll
' To reference this file, load the Visual Basic Editor (ALT-F11)
' Select Tools - References from the drop-down menu
' A listbox of available references will be displayed
' Tick the check-box next to 'Microsoft Scripting Runtime'
' The full name and path of the scrrun.dll file will be displayed below the listbox
' Click on the OK button
Sub appFiles()
'File path and names for each file
Dim sFile1 As String
Dim sFile2 As String
Dim sFileLast As String
'Search string
Dim sSearchStr As String
'Delimiter used to separate/join lines
Dim sDL As String
'If the final file already exists, should it overwrite the previous _
contents (True) or append to the end of the file (False)
Dim doOverwrite As Boolean
'File contents
Dim sMsg1 As String
Dim sMsg2 As String
Dim sMsgFinal As String
sFile1 = "C:\Users\foobar\Desktop\foo.txt"
sFile2 = "C:\Users\foobar\Desktop\foo2.txt"
sFileLast = "C:\Users\foobar\Desktop\fooFinal.txt"
sSearchStr = "*"
sDL = Chr(13) & Chr(10)
doOverwrite = True
sMsg1 = appendLines(sFile1, sSearchStr, sDL)
sMsg2 = appendLines(sFile2, sSearchStr, sDL)
sMsgFinal = sMsg1 & sDL & sMsg2
Call writeToFile(sMsgFinal, sFileLast, doOverwrite)
End Sub
Function appendLines(sFileName As String, sSearchStr As String, Optional sDL As String = " ") As String
Dim oFSO As FileSystemObject
Set oFSO = New FileSystemObject
Dim oFS As TextStream
Dim sStr As String
Dim sMsg As String
If oFSO.fileexists(sFileName) Then 'Check if file exists
On Error GoTo Err
Set oFS = oFSO.openTextFile(sFileName)
'Read file
Do While Not oFS.AtEndOfStream
sStr = oFS.ReadLine
If InStr(sStr, sSearchStr) Then
appendLines = sMsg
Else
sMsg = sMsg & sStr & sDL
End If
Loop
oFS.Close
Else
Call MsgBox("The file path (" & sFileName & ") is invalid", vbCritical)
End If
Set oFS = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
Exit Function
Err:
Call MsgBox("Error occurred while reading the file.", vbCritical)
oFS.Close
Set oFS = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
End Function
Sub writeToFile(sMsg As String, sFileName As String, Optional doOverwrite As Boolean = False)
Dim oFSO As FileSystemObject
Set oFSO = New FileSystemObject
Dim oFS As TextStream
On Error GoTo Err
If oFSO.fileexists(sFileName) Then
If doOverwrite Then
Set oFS = oFSO.openTextFile(sFileName, ForWriting)
Else
Set oFS = oFSO.openTextFile(sFileName, ForAppending)
End If
Else
Set oFS = oFSO.CreateTextFile(sFileName, True)
End If
Call oFS.write(sMsg)
oFS.Close
Set oFS = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
Exit Sub
Err:
Call MsgBox("Error occurred while writing to the file.", vbCritical)
oFS.Close
Set oFS = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
End Sub
You'll need to customize the appFiles routine as needed, by providing file names to sFile1, sFile2, and sFileLast; your desired search string to sSearchStr (you mentioned using "*"); a delimiter to separate lines (it's currently written to use a carriage return and new line); and a parameter deciding whether or not to overwrite the final file (if you find yourself running this multiple times with the same final file).
Here's another link that I used while writing the code above: link - Explains how to write to a file from within a macro
Hope this helps.