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I am trying to rename a file and was using the below code but it does not seem to work. Can someone please tell me why? What is the correct way to rename a file from VBScript?
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt).Name = "Hello.txt"
I am using this thread for reference: Rename files without copying in same folder
You can rename the file using FSO by moving it: MoveFile Method.
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile "A.txt", "B.txt"
I see only one reason your code to not work, missed quote after file name string:
VBScript:
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt[missed_quote_here]).Name = "Hello.txt"
Yes you can do that.
Here I am renaming a .exe file to .txt file
rename a file
Dim objFso
Set objFso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFso.MoveFile "D:\testvbs\autorun.exe", "D:\testvbs\autorun.txt"
Rename filename by searching the last character of name. For example,
Original Filename: TestFile.txt_001
Begin Character need to be removed: _
Result: TestFile.txt
Option Explicit
Dim oWSH
Dim vbsInterpreter
Dim arg1 'As String
Dim arg2 'As String
Dim newFilename 'As string
Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
vbsInterpreter = "cscript.exe"
ForceConsole()
arg1 = WScript.Arguments(0)
arg2 = WScript.Arguments(1)
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "This is a test script."
Dim result
result = InstrRev(arg1, arg2, -1)
If result > 0 then
newFilename = Mid(arg1, 1, result - 1)
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile arg1, newFilename
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine newFilename
End If
Function ForceConsole()
If InStr(LCase(WScript.FullName), vbsInterpreter) = 0 Then
oWSH.Run vbsInterpreter & " //NoLogo " & Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34)
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
From what I understand, your context is to download from ALM.
In this case, ALM saves the files under:
C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/TD_80/ALM_VERSION/random_string/Attach/artefact_type/ID
where :
ALM_VERSION is the version of your alm installation, e.g 12.53.2.0_952
artefact_type is the type of the artefact, e.g : REQ
ID is the ID of the artefact
Herebelow a code sample which connects to an instance of ALM, domain 'DEFAUT', project 'MY_PROJECT', gets all the attachments from a REQ with id 6 and saves them in c:/tmp. It's ruby code, but it's easy to transcribe to VBSctript
require 'win32ole'
require 'fileutils'
# login to ALM and domain/project
alm_server = ENV['CURRRENT_ALM_SERVER']
tdc = WIN32OLE.new('TDApiOle80.TDConnection')
tdc.InitConnectionEx(alm_server)
username, password = ENV['ALM_CREDENTIALS'].split(':')
tdc.Login(username, password)
tdc.Connect('DEFAULT', 'MY_PROJECT')
# get a handle for the Requirements
reqFact = tdc.ReqFactory
# get Requirement with ID=6
req = reqFact.item(6)
# get a handle for the attachment of REQ
att = req.Attachments
# get a handle for the list of attachements
attList = att.NewList("")
thePath= 'c:/tmp'
# for each attachment:
attList.each do |el|
clientPath = nil
# download the attachment to its default location
el.Load true, clientPath
baseName = File.basename(el.FileName)
dirName = File.dirname(el.FileName)
puts "file downloaded as : #{baseName}\n in Folder #{dirName}"
FileUtils.mkdir_p thePath
puts "now moving #{baseName} to #{thePath}"
FileUtils.mv el.FileName, thePath
end
The output:
=> file downloaded as : REQ_6_20191112_143346.png
=> in Folder C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TD_80\12.53.2.0_952\e68ab622\Attach\REQ\6
=> now moving REQ_6_20191112_143346.png to c:/tmp
Below code absolutely worked for me to update File extension.
Ex: abc.pdf to abc.txt
Filepath = "Pls mention your Filepath"
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'' Below line of code is to get the object for Folder where list of files are located
Set objFolder = objFso.GetFolder(Filepath)
'' Below line of code used to get the collection object to hold list of files located in the Filepath.
Set FileCollection = objFolder.Files
For Each file In FileCollection
WScript.Echo "File name ->" + file.Name
''Instr used to Return the position of the first occurrence of "." within the File name
s = InStr(1, file.Name, ".",1)
WScript.Echo s
WScript.Echo "Extn --> " + Mid(file.Name, s, Len(file.Name))
'Left(file.Name,s-1) = Used to fetch the file name without extension
' Move method is used to move the file in the Desitnation folder you mentioned
file.Move(Filepath & Left(file.Name,s-1)&".txt")
Next
Rename File using VB SCript.
Create Folder Source and Archive in D : Drive. [You can choose other drive but make change in code from D:\Source to C:\Source in case you create folder in C: Drive]
Save files in Source folder to be renamed.
Save below code and save it as .vbs e.g ChangeFileName.vbs
Run file and the file will be renamed with existing file name and current date
Option Explicit
Dim fso,sfolder,fs,f1,CFileName,strRename,NewFilename,GFileName,CFolderName,CFolderName1,Dfolder,afolder
Dim myDate
myDate =Date
Function pd(n, totalDigits)
if totalDigits > len(n) then
pd = String(totalDigits-len(n),"0") & n
else
pd = n
end if
End Function
myDate=
Pd(DAY(date()),2) & _
Pd(Month(date()),2) & _
YEAR(Date())
'MsgBox ("Create Folders 'Source' 'Destination ' and 'Archive' in D drive. Save PDF files into Source Folder ")
sfolder="D:\Source\"
'Dfolder="D:\Destination\"
afolder="D:\archive\"
Set fso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fs= fso.GetFolder(sfolder)
For each f1 in fs.files
CFileName=sfolder & f1.name
CFolderName1=f1.name
CFolderName=Replace(CFolderName1,"." & fso.GetExtensionName(f1.Path),"")
'Msgbox CFileName
'MsgBox CFolderName
'MsgBox myDate
GFileName=fso.GetFileName(sfolder)
'strRename="DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_20032019"
strRename= "DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_"& myDate &""
NewFilename=replace(CFileName,CFolderName,strRename)
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName1 , afolder
fso.MoveFile CFileName , NewFilename
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName, Dfolder
Next
MsgBox "File Renamed Successfully !!! "
Set fso= Nothing
Set fs=Nothing
I spent a quite a bit looking around. I did find one method that was extremely close to what I was looking for but it replaces keywords.
Dim sName
Dim fso
Dim fol
' create the filesystem object
Set fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' get current folder
Set fol = fso.GetFolder("F:\Downloads")
' go thru each files in the folder
For Each fil In fol.Files
' check if the file name contains underscore
If InStr(1, fil.Name, "[wizardry] tv show bob - 13") <> 0 Then
' replace underscore with space
sName = Replace(fil.Name, "[wizardry] tv show bob - 13", "tv show bob S03E13")
' rename the file
fil.Name = sName
End If
Next
' echo the job is completed
WScript.Echo "Completed!"
But as I said, the only issue is that it repalces the keywords. I want it to replace the ENTIRE file name with what I want.
Most of the files will have a group tag before hand like this: [wizardy] tv show bob - 13
I want to make sure the group tag is gone so I can actually copy the file over. Unless there is a way to pull the file name of the current file I renamed.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Instead of replace, you need to generate a new name with the original extension, I think? If not, please give us more detail.
Dim sName
Dim fso
Dim fol
Dim fil
Dim ext
Set fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fol = fso.GetFolder("F:\Downloads")
For Each fil In fol.Files
'may need to specify a comparison
If InStr(1, fil.Name, "[wizardry] tv show bob - 13", vbTextCompare) <> 0 Then
ext = fso.GetExtensionName(fil)
If Len(ext) > 0 Then ext = "." & ext
sName = "tv show bob S03E13" & ext
fil.Name = sName
End If
Next
WScript.Echo "Completed!"
I wrote a simple vbscript to rename files in a particular folder. Specifically to remove particular content from the filname.
The Script I wrote (listed below) runs fine but the highlighted part (second IF-THEN statement) doesn't run. I can't figure out whats wrong with the code. I plan to add more IF-THEN statement to remove particular content from file names.
I'm a novice at this so please be patient with me. Can anyone help?
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFolder="C:\Users\Admin2\Downloads\Compressed"
Set objFolder = objFS.GetFolder(strFolder)
For Each strFile In objFolder.Files
strFileName = strFile.Name
If InStr(strFileName,"(2014)") > 0 Then
strNewFileName = Replace(strFileName,"(2014)","")
strFile.Name = strNewFileName
End If
**If InStr(strFileName,"(digital)") > 0 Then
strNewFileName = Replace(strFileName,"(digital)","")
strFile.Name = strNewFileName
End If**
Next
Type prefix fraud detected:
For Each strFile In objFolder.Files
"strFile" should be "objFile". Dangerous extra variable in:
strFileName = strFile.Name
The variable "strFileName" will get stale if you change "objFile.Name". Use a variable to hold the new/desired name instead.
strNewFileName = objFile.Name
Renaming the file twice will loose changes on the way. Modify "strNewFileName" (in steps or all at once:
strNewFileName = Replace(Replace(strNewFileName, "(2014)", ""), "(digital)", "")
; you don't really need the If guard, because Replace won't change strings that don't contain the target).
Check for .FileExists(strNewFileName) before you do the rename.
Can you prove that there are file names that contain "(digita1)" <-- mark the digit 1) exactly? Lower vs. upper case? A nasty blank?
I hope the following code helps
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFolder="pathtofolder"
Set objFolder = objFS.GetFolder(strFolder)
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
ObjFileName = ObjFile.Name
NewFileName = Replace(Replace(ObjFileName,"(2014)",""),"(digital)","")
Set fileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If fileSystemObject.FileExists(NewFileName) Then
Else
ObjFile.Name = Trim(NewFileName)
End If
Next
I am trying to rename a file and was using the below code but it does not seem to work. Can someone please tell me why? What is the correct way to rename a file from VBScript?
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt).Name = "Hello.txt"
I am using this thread for reference: Rename files without copying in same folder
You can rename the file using FSO by moving it: MoveFile Method.
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile "A.txt", "B.txt"
I see only one reason your code to not work, missed quote after file name string:
VBScript:
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt[missed_quote_here]).Name = "Hello.txt"
Yes you can do that.
Here I am renaming a .exe file to .txt file
rename a file
Dim objFso
Set objFso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFso.MoveFile "D:\testvbs\autorun.exe", "D:\testvbs\autorun.txt"
Rename filename by searching the last character of name. For example,
Original Filename: TestFile.txt_001
Begin Character need to be removed: _
Result: TestFile.txt
Option Explicit
Dim oWSH
Dim vbsInterpreter
Dim arg1 'As String
Dim arg2 'As String
Dim newFilename 'As string
Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
vbsInterpreter = "cscript.exe"
ForceConsole()
arg1 = WScript.Arguments(0)
arg2 = WScript.Arguments(1)
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "This is a test script."
Dim result
result = InstrRev(arg1, arg2, -1)
If result > 0 then
newFilename = Mid(arg1, 1, result - 1)
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile arg1, newFilename
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine newFilename
End If
Function ForceConsole()
If InStr(LCase(WScript.FullName), vbsInterpreter) = 0 Then
oWSH.Run vbsInterpreter & " //NoLogo " & Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34)
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
From what I understand, your context is to download from ALM.
In this case, ALM saves the files under:
C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/TD_80/ALM_VERSION/random_string/Attach/artefact_type/ID
where :
ALM_VERSION is the version of your alm installation, e.g 12.53.2.0_952
artefact_type is the type of the artefact, e.g : REQ
ID is the ID of the artefact
Herebelow a code sample which connects to an instance of ALM, domain 'DEFAUT', project 'MY_PROJECT', gets all the attachments from a REQ with id 6 and saves them in c:/tmp. It's ruby code, but it's easy to transcribe to VBSctript
require 'win32ole'
require 'fileutils'
# login to ALM and domain/project
alm_server = ENV['CURRRENT_ALM_SERVER']
tdc = WIN32OLE.new('TDApiOle80.TDConnection')
tdc.InitConnectionEx(alm_server)
username, password = ENV['ALM_CREDENTIALS'].split(':')
tdc.Login(username, password)
tdc.Connect('DEFAULT', 'MY_PROJECT')
# get a handle for the Requirements
reqFact = tdc.ReqFactory
# get Requirement with ID=6
req = reqFact.item(6)
# get a handle for the attachment of REQ
att = req.Attachments
# get a handle for the list of attachements
attList = att.NewList("")
thePath= 'c:/tmp'
# for each attachment:
attList.each do |el|
clientPath = nil
# download the attachment to its default location
el.Load true, clientPath
baseName = File.basename(el.FileName)
dirName = File.dirname(el.FileName)
puts "file downloaded as : #{baseName}\n in Folder #{dirName}"
FileUtils.mkdir_p thePath
puts "now moving #{baseName} to #{thePath}"
FileUtils.mv el.FileName, thePath
end
The output:
=> file downloaded as : REQ_6_20191112_143346.png
=> in Folder C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TD_80\12.53.2.0_952\e68ab622\Attach\REQ\6
=> now moving REQ_6_20191112_143346.png to c:/tmp
Below code absolutely worked for me to update File extension.
Ex: abc.pdf to abc.txt
Filepath = "Pls mention your Filepath"
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'' Below line of code is to get the object for Folder where list of files are located
Set objFolder = objFso.GetFolder(Filepath)
'' Below line of code used to get the collection object to hold list of files located in the Filepath.
Set FileCollection = objFolder.Files
For Each file In FileCollection
WScript.Echo "File name ->" + file.Name
''Instr used to Return the position of the first occurrence of "." within the File name
s = InStr(1, file.Name, ".",1)
WScript.Echo s
WScript.Echo "Extn --> " + Mid(file.Name, s, Len(file.Name))
'Left(file.Name,s-1) = Used to fetch the file name without extension
' Move method is used to move the file in the Desitnation folder you mentioned
file.Move(Filepath & Left(file.Name,s-1)&".txt")
Next
Rename File using VB SCript.
Create Folder Source and Archive in D : Drive. [You can choose other drive but make change in code from D:\Source to C:\Source in case you create folder in C: Drive]
Save files in Source folder to be renamed.
Save below code and save it as .vbs e.g ChangeFileName.vbs
Run file and the file will be renamed with existing file name and current date
Option Explicit
Dim fso,sfolder,fs,f1,CFileName,strRename,NewFilename,GFileName,CFolderName,CFolderName1,Dfolder,afolder
Dim myDate
myDate =Date
Function pd(n, totalDigits)
if totalDigits > len(n) then
pd = String(totalDigits-len(n),"0") & n
else
pd = n
end if
End Function
myDate=
Pd(DAY(date()),2) & _
Pd(Month(date()),2) & _
YEAR(Date())
'MsgBox ("Create Folders 'Source' 'Destination ' and 'Archive' in D drive. Save PDF files into Source Folder ")
sfolder="D:\Source\"
'Dfolder="D:\Destination\"
afolder="D:\archive\"
Set fso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fs= fso.GetFolder(sfolder)
For each f1 in fs.files
CFileName=sfolder & f1.name
CFolderName1=f1.name
CFolderName=Replace(CFolderName1,"." & fso.GetExtensionName(f1.Path),"")
'Msgbox CFileName
'MsgBox CFolderName
'MsgBox myDate
GFileName=fso.GetFileName(sfolder)
'strRename="DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_20032019"
strRename= "DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_"& myDate &""
NewFilename=replace(CFileName,CFolderName,strRename)
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName1 , afolder
fso.MoveFile CFileName , NewFilename
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName, Dfolder
Next
MsgBox "File Renamed Successfully !!! "
Set fso= Nothing
Set fs=Nothing
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