This is probably pretty basic, but I'm hitting a brick wall. I have several subfolders within a directory that have multiple Microsoft Access Runtime Application (.accdr) files in each subfolder. I need to make a copy of each .accdr, change the extension to .accdb, and drop each into the same existing subfolder.
The command I have working if I cd to each subfolder is:
copy *.accdr *.accdb
I was hoping I could recursively go through the whole directory and execute this command so I wouldn't have to cd to each folder. However what I've written is not working. From the output, it seems to cycle through each folder, but it doesn't make any .accdb copies. The error just says "The system cannot find the file specified."
FOR /R "c:\directory\" %F IN (.) DO (
copy *.accdr *.accdb
)
What am I missing? Thanks in advance.
Ok, you can do it with this routine:
Sub dirTest()
Dim dlist As New Collection
Dim startDir As String
Dim i As Integer
startDir = "C:\foxpro2\"
Call FillDir(startDir, "*.dbf", dlist)
MsgBox "there are " & dlist.Count & " in the dir"
'lets printout the stuff into debug window for a test
For i = 1 To dlist.Count
Debug.Print dlist(i)
Next i
End Sub
Sub FillDir(startDir As String, strFil As String, dlist As Collection)
Dim strTemp As String
Dim colFolders As New Collection
Dim vFolderName As Variant
strTemp = Dir(startDir & strFil)
Do While strTemp <> ""
dlist.Add startDir & strTemp
strTemp = Dir()
Loop
strTemp = Dir(startDir & "*.*", vbDirectory)
Do While strTemp <> ""
If (GetAttr(startDir & strTemp) And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then
If (strTemp <> ".") And (strTemp <> "..") Then
colFolders.Add strTemp
End If
End If
strTemp = Dir()
Loop
For Each vFolderName In colFolders
Call FillDir(startDir & vFolderName & "\", strFil, dlist)
Next vFolderName
End Sub
I have a directory of files that I want to Loop through and use part of their filename to replace text in a template doc.
For example one filename may be 'NV_AD32_city.dxf'. All files in the directory follow the same filename pattern of XX_XXXX_string.dxf, using two underscores.
I need to capture the string to the right of the first "_" and to the left of the "."so for this example that would be 'AD32_city'
How do I script to use capture that text of the active file to replace text in the template? I guess I need to create an object? But what is the object to use for the current file from a directory?
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Thx for the replies, guys. After several days of trying your code I am just not "getting it". I understand it is set up to take the part of the filename's string that I want but how do I tell the script to use the current file I am looping through? Here is my script so far. I have your code on line 20 under the Sub 'GetNewInputs'
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Option Explicit
Dim WritePath : WritePath = "S:\TempFolder\"
Dim OutFile : OutFile = "VEG_DXF-2-SHP_script-"
Dim WorkingFile : WorkingFile = GetFileContent(SelectFile())
Dim NewState, NewSection, NewArea
Dim OldState, OldSection, OldArea
Call GetNewInputs()
Call GetOldInputs()
Sub GetNewInputs()
NewState = UCase(InputBox("INPUT STATE:", _
"INPUT STATE", "SOCAL"))
NewSection = ("Section_" & InputBox("INPUT SECTION NUMBER:", _
"INPUT SECTION", "14"))
NewArea = "^[^_]+_(.*)\.dxf$"
End Sub
Private Sub GetOldInputs()
OldState = "XX"
OldSection = "_X"
OldArea = "ZZZZ"
End Sub
Function SelectFile()
SelectFile = vbNullString
Dim objShell : Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim strMSHTA : strMSHTA = "mshta.exe ""about:" & "<" & "input type=file id=FILE>" _
&"<" & "script>FILE.click();new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')" _
&".GetStandardStream(1).WriteLine(FILE.value);close();resizeTo(0,0);" & "<" & "/script>"""
SelectFile = objShell.Exec(strMSHTA).StdOut.ReadLine()
If SelectFile = vbNullString Then
WScript.Echo "No file selected or not a text file."
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
Private Function GetFileContent(filePath)
Dim objFS, objFile, objTS
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFS.GetFile(filePath)
Set objTS = objFile.OpenAsTextStream(1, 0)
GetFileContent = objTS.Read(objFile.Size)
Set objTS = Nothing
End Function
For Each FileRefIn fso.GetFolder("S:\SOCAL\Section_14\Veg DXFs\").Files
NewFile = WorkingFile
NewFile = Replace(NewFile, OldState, NewState)
NewFile = Replace(NewFile, OldSection, NewSection)
NewFile = Replace(NewFile, OldArea, NewArea)
WriteFile NewFile, WritePath & OutFile & ".gms"
WScript.Echo NewArea
Next
Private Sub WriteFile(strLine,fileName)
On Error Resume Next
Dim objFSO, objFile
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Do Until IsObject(objFile)
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(fileName, 8, True)
Loop
objFile.WriteLine strLine
objFile.Close
End Sub
Well, that’s actually two questions.
To enumerate files in a directory, you can use FileSystemObject, like this (untested)
const strFolderPath = "C:\Temp\Whatever"
set objFSO = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )
set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder( strFolderPath )
set colFiles = objFolder.Files
for each objFile in colFiles
' Do whatever you want with objFile
next
Here's the reference of those objects properties/methods.
And to extract portion of file names, you could use a regular expression.
Here’s some guide how to use'em in VBScript.
The following expression should work for you, it will capture the portion of that file names you asked for:
"^[^_]+_(.*)\.dxf$"
If you need to edit the content of the .dxf files, you will need to work within the AutoCAD VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) environment.
If that is the case, you will need to start with something like below:
GetObject("AutoCAD.Application.20")
CreateObject("AutoCAD.Application.20")
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/AutoCAD-ActiveX/files/GUID-0225808C-8C91-407B-990C-15AB966FFFA8-htm.html
** Please take note that "VBA is no longer distributed with the AutoCAD installation; it must be downloaded and installed separately. The VBA Enabler for Autodesk AutoCAD can be downloaded here."
I'm working on a project that I need to get a path from the user and do sort of things on that path but I need to know what that path is. I can't do this by checking the extension. Because maybe a file doesn't have extensions. Is there any functions like is_dir() & is_file() functions in php?
Have you considerd the obvious?
If GetAttr(Path) And vbDirectory Then
MsgBox "Directory"
Else
MsgBox "Not directory"
End If
one more function to use : Dir$()
With the default vbNormal attributes argument Dir$() returns an empty string if the pathname argument is a directory
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim strPath As String
Dim strFile As String
strPath = "c:\temp"
strFile = "c:\temp\pic.bmp"
Print strPath & " : " & CStr(IsDir(strPath))
Print strFile & " : " & CStr(IsDir(strFile))
End Sub
Private Function IsDir(strPath As String) As Boolean
If Len(Dir$(strPath, vbNormal)) = 0 Then
IsDir = True
Else
IsDir = False
End If
End Function
Check if the original string is a valid string too.
Function FileOrFolder(strg As String)
Dim fs, FExists, DirExists
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FExists = fs.FileExists(strg)
DirExists = fs.folderexists(strg)
If FExists = True Then
FileOrFolder = "It's a file" '// file
ElseIf DirExists = True Then
FileOrFolder = "It's a folder" '// folder
Else
FileOrFolder = "Neither a file nor a folder" '// user string invalid
End If
End Function
I've recently changed from a PC to a Mac. I run a lot of a macros and 99% of them are running fine, but I have one that doesn't work on a Mac.
It runs a set of other macros across all workbooks in a file. To do this it uses strings like this:
Function BrowseFolder(Title As String, _
Optional InitialFolder As String = vbNullString, _
Optional InitialView As Office.MsoFileDialogView = _
msoFileDialogViewList) As String
When I try to run this on the Mac it comes back with an error:
"compile error: variable not defined"
I wonder if anyone could help me with porting this macro over to run on Mac. It was built on Excel 2007 Windows and I'm trying to run it on Excel 2011 Mac.
Option Explicit
Function GetFolder(Optional strPath As String) As String
Dim fldr As FileDialog
Dim sItem As String
Set fldr = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With fldr
.Title = "Select a Folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If Not IsEmpty(strPath) Then
.InitialFileName = strPath
End If
If .Show <> -1 Then GoTo NextCode
sItem = .SelectedItems(1)
End With
NextCode:
GetFolder = sItem
Set fldr = Nothing
End Function
Private Sub test()
Dim v As Variant
'V = GetFolder()
v = BrowseFolder("Select folder")
End Sub
Function BrowseFolder(Title As String, _
Optional InitialFolder As String = vbNullString, _
Optional InitialView As Office.MsoFileDialogView = _
msoFileDialogViewList) As String
Dim v As Variant
Dim InitFolder As String
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.Title = Title
.InitialView = InitialView
If Len(InitialFolder) > 0 Then
If Dir(InitialFolder, vbDirectory) <> vbNullString Then
InitFolder = InitialFolder
If Right(InitFolder, 1) <> "\" Then
InitFolder = InitFolder & "\"
End If
.InitialFileName = InitFolder
End If
End If
.Show
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
v = .SelectedItems(1)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
v = vbNullString
End If
End With
BrowseFolder = CStr(v)
End Function
msoFileDialogViewList refers to a specific view of the Windows standard file dialog. The Mac standard file dialog doesn't have equivalent modes; my guess is that the InitialView parameter either doesn't exist or is ignored on the Mac platform.
I'd advise either removing the parameter entirely or using the equivalent integer value (1) instead of the symbolic name.
How could I convert an XLS file to a CSV file on the windows command line.
The machine has Microsoft Office 2000 installed. I'm open to installing OpenOffice if it's not possible using Microsoft Office.
Open Notepad, create a file called XlsToCsv.vbs and paste this in:
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
WScript.Echo "Error! Please specify the source path and the destination. Usage: XlsToCsv SourcePath.xls Destination.csv"
Wscript.Quit
End If
Dim oExcel
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim oBook
Set oBook = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(Wscript.Arguments.Item(0))
oBook.SaveAs WScript.Arguments.Item(1), 6
oBook.Close False
oExcel.Quit
WScript.Echo "Done"
Then from a command line, go to the folder you saved the .vbs file in and run:
XlsToCsv.vbs [sourcexlsFile].xls [destinationcsvfile].csv
This requires Excel to be installed on the machine you are on though.
A slightly modified version of ScottF answer, which does not require absolute file paths:
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
WScript.Echo "Please specify the source and the destination files. Usage: ExcelToCsv <xls/xlsx source file> <csv destination file>"
Wscript.Quit
End If
csv_format = 6
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
src_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(Wscript.Arguments.Item(0))
dest_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(WScript.Arguments.Item(1))
Dim oExcel
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim oBook
Set oBook = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(src_file)
oBook.SaveAs dest_file, csv_format
oBook.Close False
oExcel.Quit
I have renamed the script ExcelToCsv, since this script is not limited to xls at all. xlsx Works just fine, as we could expect.
Tested with Office 2010.
A small expansion on ScottF's groovy VB script: this batch file will loop through the .xlsx files in a directory and dump them into *.csv files:
FOR /f "delims=" %%i IN ('DIR *.xlsx /b') DO ExcelToCSV.vbs "%%i" "%%i.csv"
Note: You may change extension .xlsx to .xls andname of script ExcelToCSV to XlsToCsv
How about with PowerShell?
Code should be looks like this, not tested though
$xlCSV = 6
$Excel = New-Object -Com Excel.Application
$Excel.visible = $False
$Excel.displayalerts=$False
$WorkBook = $Excel.Workbooks.Open("YOUDOC.XLS")
$Workbook.SaveAs("YOURDOC.csv",$xlCSV)
$Excel.quit()
Here is a post explaining how to use it
How Can I Use Windows PowerShell to Automate Microsoft Excel?
I had a need to extract several cvs from different worksheets, so here is a modified version of plang code that allows you to specify the worksheet name.
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 3 Then
WScript.Echo "Please specify the sheet, the source, the destination files. Usage: ExcelToCsv <sheetName> <xls/xlsx source file> <csv destination file>"
Wscript.Quit
End If
csv_format = 6
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
src_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(Wscript.Arguments.Item(1))
dest_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(WScript.Arguments.Item(2))
Dim oExcel
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim oBook
Set oBook = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(src_file)
oBook.Sheets(WScript.Arguments.Item(0)).Select
oBook.SaveAs dest_file, csv_format
oBook.Close False
oExcel.Quit
Here is a version that will handle multiple files drag and dropped from windows.
Based on the above works by
Christian Lemer
plang
ScottF
Open Notepad, create a file called XlsToCsv.vbs and paste this in:
'* Usage: Drop .xl* files on me to export each sheet as CSV
'* Global Settings and Variables
Dim gSkip
Set args = Wscript.Arguments
For Each sFilename In args
iErr = ExportExcelFileToCSV(sFilename)
' 0 for normal success
' 404 for file not found
' 10 for file skipped (or user abort if script returns 10)
Next
WScript.Quit(0)
Function ExportExcelFileToCSV(sFilename)
'* Settings
Dim oExcel, oFSO, oExcelFile
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
iCSV_Format = 6
'* Set Up
sExtension = oFSO.GetExtensionName(sFilename)
if sExtension = "" then
ExportExcelFileToCSV = 404
Exit Function
end if
sTest = Mid(sExtension,1,2) '* first 2 letters of the extension, vb's missing a Like operator
if not (sTest = "xl") then
if (PromptForSkip(sFilename,oExcel)) then
ExportExcelFileToCSV = 10
Exit Function
end if
End If
sAbsoluteSource = oFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(sFilename)
sAbsoluteDestination = Replace(sAbsoluteSource,sExtension,"{sheet}.csv")
'* Do Work
Set oExcelFile = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(sAbsoluteSource)
For Each oSheet in oExcelFile.Sheets
sThisDestination = Replace(sAbsoluteDestination,"{sheet}",oSheet.Name)
oExcelFile.Sheets(oSheet.Name).Select
oExcelFile.SaveAs sThisDestination, iCSV_Format
Next
'* Take Down
oExcelFile.Close False
oExcel.Quit
ExportExcelFileToCSV = 0
Exit Function
End Function
Function PromptForSkip(sFilename,oExcel)
if not (VarType(gSkip) = vbEmpty) then
PromptForSkip = gSkip
Exit Function
end if
Dim oFSO
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sPrompt = vbCRLF & _
"A filename was received that doesn't appear to be an Excel Document." & vbCRLF & _
"Do you want to skip this and all other unrecognized files? (Will only prompt this once)" & vbCRLF & _
"" & vbCRLF & _
"Yes - Will skip all further files that don't have a .xl* extension" & vbCRLF & _
"No - Will pass the file to excel regardless of extension" & vbCRLF & _
"Cancel - Abort any further conversions and exit this script" & vbCRLF & _
"" & vbCRLF & _
"The unrecognized file was:" & vbCRLF & _
sFilename & vbCRLF & _
"" & vbCRLF & _
"The path returned by the system was:" & vbCRLF & _
oFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(sFilename) & vbCRLF
sTitle = "Unrecognized File Type Encountered"
sResponse = MsgBox (sPrompt,vbYesNoCancel,sTitle)
Select Case sResponse
Case vbYes
gSkip = True
Case vbNo
gSkip = False
Case vbCancel
oExcel.Quit
WScript.Quit(10) '* 10 Is the error code I use to indicate there was a user abort (1 because wasn't successful, + 0 because the user chose to exit)
End Select
PromptForSkip = gSkip
Exit Function
End Function
You can do it with Alacon - command-line utility for Alasql database. It works with Node.js, so you need to install Node.js and then Alasql package.
To convert Excel file to CVS (ot TSV) you can enter:
> node alacon "SELECT * INTO CSV('mydata.csv', {headers:true}) FROM XLS('mydata.xls', {headers:true})"
By default Alasql converts data from "Sheet1", but you can change it with parameters:
{headers:false, sheetid: 'Sheet2', range: 'A1:C100'}
Alacon supports other type of conversions (CSV, TSV, TXT, XLSX, XLS) and SQL language constructions (see User Manual for examples).
Why not write your own?
I see from your profile you have at least some C#/.NET experience. I'd create a Windows console application and use a free Excel reader to read in your Excel file(s). I've used Excel Data Reader available from CodePlex without any problem (one nice thing: this reader doesn't require Excel to be installed). You can call your console application from the command line.
If you find yourself stuck post here and I'm sure you'll get help.
:: For UTF-8 works for Microsoft Office 2016 and higher!
Try this code:
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
WScript.Echo "Please specify the source and the destination files. Usage: ExcelToCsv <xls/xlsx source file> <csv destination file>"
Wscript.Quit
End If
csv_format = 62
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
src_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(Wscript.Arguments.Item(0))
dest_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(WScript.Arguments.Item(1))
Dim oExcel
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim oBook
Set oBook = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(src_file)
oBook.SaveAs dest_file, csv_format
oBook.Close False
oExcel.Quit
There's an Excel OLEDB data provider built into Windows; you can use this to 'query' the Excel sheet via ADO.NET and write the results to a CSV file. There's a small amount of coding required, but you shouldn't need to install anything on the machine.
Building on what Jon of All Trades has provided, the following (~n) removed the pesky double extension issue:
FOR /f "delims=" %%i IN ('DIR *.xlsx /b') DO ExcelToCSV.vbs "%%i" "%%~ni.csv"
Create a TXT file on your desktop named "xls2csv.vbs" and paste the code:
Dim vExcel
Dim vCSV
Set vExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set vCSV = vExcel.Workbooks.Open(Wscript.Arguments.Item(0))
vCSV.SaveAs WScript.Arguments.Item(0) & ".csv", 6
vCSV.Close False
vExcel.Quit
Drag a XLS file to it (like "test.xls"). It will create a converted CSV file named "test.xls.csv". Then, rename it to "test.csv". Done.
I tried ScottF VB solution and got it to work. However I wanted to convert a multi-tab(workbook) excel file into a single .csv file.
This did not work, only one tab(the one that is highlighted when I open it via excel) got copied.
Is any one aware of a script that can convert a multi-tab excel file into a single .csv file?
Scott F's answer is the best I have found on the internet. I did add on to his code to meet my needs. I added:
On Error Resume Next <- To account for a missing xls files in my batch processing at the top.
oBook.Application.Columns("A:J").NumberFormat = "#" <- Before the SaveAs line to make sure my data is saved formatted as text to keep excel from deleting leading zero's and eliminating commas in number strings in my data i.e. (1,200 to 1200). The column range should be adjusted to meet your neeeds (A:J).
I also removed the Echo "done" to make it non interactive.
I then added the script into a cmd batch file for processing automated data on an hourly basis via a task.
All of these answers helped me construct the following script which will automatically convert XLS* files to CSV and vice versa, by dropping one or more files on the script (or via command line). Apologies for the janky formatting.
' https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1858195/convert-xls-to-csv-on-command-line
' https://gist.github.com/tonyerskine/77250575b166bec997f33a679a0dfbe4
' https://stackoverflow.com/a/36804963/1037948
'* Global Settings and Variables
Set args = Wscript.Arguments
For Each sFilename In args
iErr = ConvertExcelFormat(sFilename)
' 0 for normal success
' 404 for file not found
' 10 for file skipped (or user abort if script returns 10)
Next
WScript.Quit(0)
Function ConvertExcelFormat(srcFile)
if IsEmpty(srcFile) OR srcFile = "" Then
WScript.Echo "Error! Please specify at least one source path. Usage: " & WScript.ScriptName & " SourcePath.xls*|csv"
ConvertExcelFormat = -1
Exit Function
'Wscript.Quit
End If
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
srcExt = objFSO.GetExtensionName(srcFile)
' the 6 is the constant for 'CSV' format, 51 is for 'xlsx'
' https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/excel-vba/articles/xlfileformat-enumeration-excel
' https://www.rondebruin.nl/mac/mac020.htm
Dim outputFormat, srcDest
If LCase(Mid(srcExt, 1, 2)) = "xl" Then
outputFormat = 6
srcDest = "csv"
Else
outputFormat = 51
srcDest = "xlsx"
End If
'srcFile = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(Wscript.Arguments.Item(0))
srcFile = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(srcFile)
destFile = Replace(srcFile, srcExt, srcDest)
Dim oExcel
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim oBook
Set oBook = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(srcFile)
' preserve formatting? https://stackoverflow.com/a/8658845/1037948
'oBook.Application.Columns("A:J").NumberFormat = "#"
oBook.SaveAs destFile, outputFormat
oBook.Close False
oExcel.Quit
WScript.Echo "Conversion complete of '" & srcFile & "' to '" & objFSO.GetFileName(destFile) & "'"
End Function
For anyone wondering how to get your LOCAL delimiter to show up in the csv files instead of the comma/tab this is how you do it. This was soo challenging to find and I am amazed no one ran into it before 2022?
if WScript.Arguments.Count < 2 Then
WScript.Echo "Please specify the source and the destination files. Usage: ExcelToCsv <xls/xlsx source file> <csv destination file>"
Wscript.Quit
End If
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
src_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(Wscript.Arguments.Item(0))
dest_file = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(WScript.Arguments.Item(1))
Dim oExcel
Set oExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim oBook
Set oBook = oExcel.Workbooks.Open(src_file)
local = true
csv_format = 6
oBook.SaveAs dest_file, csv_format, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, local
oBook.Close False
oExcel.Quit