Export selected rows and columns to CSV-file - excel

Question

I want to be able to export a selected range of cells to a .csv file using VBA. What I have come up with so far does the job excellently for cohering selections, but fails misearably when multiple columns are selected.
Here is the code I managed to put together from snippets found on the internet: It also fiddles around with some UI and since my Excel speaks German and I need to have "." as decimal separator instead of "," it tweaks that.
Sub Range_Nach_CSV_()
Dim vntFileName As Variant
Dim lngFN As Long
Dim rngRow As Excel.Range
Dim rngCell As Excel.Range
Dim strDelimiter As String
Dim strText As String
Dim strTextCell As String
Dim strTextCelll As String
Dim bolErsteSpalte As Boolean
Dim rngColumn As Excel.Range
Dim wksQuelle As Excel.Worksheet
Dim continue As Boolean
strDelimiter = vbtab
continue = True
Do While continue = True
vntFileName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename("Test.txt", _
FileFilter:="TXT-File (*.TXT),*.txt")
If vntFileName = False Then
Exit Sub
End If
If Len(Dir(vntFileName)) > 0 Then
Dim ans As Integer
ans = MsgBox("Datei existiert bereits. Überschreiben?", vbYesNo)
If ans = vbYes Then
continue = False
ElseIf ans = vbNo Then
continue = True
Else
continue = False
End If
Else
continue = False
End If
Loop
Set wksQuelle = ActiveSheet
lngFN = FreeFile
Open vntFileName For Output As lngFN
For Each rngRow In Selection.Rows
strText = ""
bolErsteSpalte = True
For Each rngCell In rngRow.Columns
strTextCelll = rngCell.Text
strTextCell = Replace(strTextCelll, ",", ".")
If bolErsteSpalte Then
strText = strTextCell
bolErsteSpalte = False
Else
strText = strText & strDelimiter & strTextCell
End If
Next
Print #lngFN, strText
Next
Close lngFN
End Sub
As I already mentioned the sub works well with coherent selections and also with multiple selected lines, but fails when it comes to multiple columns.
The current output of the sub can be seen on this here picture:
multiple columns failed
As one would expect, I want the .csv-file (or respective .txt-file) to look like this:
multiple columns desired output
How can I achieve the desired behaviour for the last case?
And would someone be so kind to include the links as images? If perceived appropriate, of course.

Answer 1

This might seem a little complex, but your use case isn't very simple...
It does assume that each of the selected areas is the same size, and that they all line up (as either rows or columns)
Sub Tester()
Dim s As String, srow As String, sep As String
Dim a1 As Range, rw As Range, c As Range, rCount As Long
Dim areaCount As Long, x As Long
Dim bColumnsSelected As Boolean
Dim sel As Range
bColumnsSelected = False
Set sel = Selection
areaCount = Selection.Areas.Count
Set a1 = Selection.Areas(1)
If areaCount > 1 Then
If a1.Cells(1).Column <> Selection.Areas(2).Cells(1).Column Then
'areas represent different columns (not different rows)
bColumnsSelected = True
Set sel = a1
End If
End If
rCount = 0
For Each rw In sel.Rows
rCount = rCount + 1
srow = ""
sep = ""
For Each c In rw.Cells
srow = srow & sep & Replace(c.Text, ",", ".")
sep = ","
Next c
'if there are multiple areas selected (as columns), then include those
If bColumnsSelected Then
For x = 2 To areaCount
For Each c In Selection.Areas(x).Rows(rCount).Cells
srow = srow & sep & Replace(c.Text, ",", ".")
Next c
Next x
End If
s = s & IIf(Len(s) > 0, vbCrLf, "") & srow
Next rw
Debug.Print s
End Sub