How can I create a macro to insert paragraph breaks before each image in a file?
If your images are of InlineShapes type then the code below will do the trick:
Sub InsertParagraphBeforeInlinShapes()
Dim iSHP As InlineShape
For Each iSHP In ActiveDocument.InlineShapes
ActiveDocument.Range(iSHP.Range.Start, _
iSHP.Range.Start).InsertParagraphBefore
Next iSHP
End Sub
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I've never used VB(A) before, so forgive me if this is a trivial question.
I am trying to run the code outlined here on Excel 2016 on a Mac.
Sub simpleXlsMerger()
Dim bookList As Workbook
Dim mergeObj As Object, dirObj As Object, filesObj As Object, everyObj As Object
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set mergeObj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'change folder path of excel files here
Set dirObj = mergeObj.Getfolder("/...filepath")
Set filesObj = dirObj.Files
For Each everyObj In filesObj
Set bookList = Workbooks.Open(everyObj)
'change "A2" with cell reference of start point for every files here
'for example "B3:IV" to merge all files start from columns B and rows 3
'If you're files using more than IV column, change it to the latest column
'Also change "A" column on "A65536" to the same column as start point
Range("A2:IV" & Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row).Copy
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate
'Do not change the following column. It's not the same column as above
Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).PasteSpecial
Application.CutCopyMode = False
bookList.Close
Next
End Sub
However, I get the error, that goes off without specifying a line:
Any thoughts on how I can modify this code for Mac?
Try this, based on the other (unaccepted) answer to similar question.
Is there an alternative to Scripting.FileSystemObject in Excel 2011 VBA for the mac?
The problem is that Scripting.Runtime library is not available on Mac OS, so you can't do CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"). This uses the VBA Dir function to build a Collection of files.
Also revised for more efficient "copy" that doesn't use the Copy method.
(untested, so bear with me in case of typos/etc.)
Sub simpleXlsMerger()
Dim bookList As Workbook, vals as Variant
Dim filesObj As Object, everyObj As Object
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set mergeObj = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'change folder path of excel files here
Set filesObj = GetFileList("/...filepath")
For Each everyObj In filesObj
Set bookList = Workbooks.Open(everyObj)
'change "A2" with cell reference of start point for every files here
'for example "B3:IV" to merge all files start from columns B and rows 3
'If you're files using more than IV column, change it to the latest column
'Also change "A" column on "A65536" to the same column as start point
vals = Range("A2:IV" & Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row).Value2
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
'Do not change the following column. It's not the same column as above
.Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Resize(UBound(vals, 1), UBound(vals, 2)).Value = vals
End With
bookList.Close
Next
End Sub
Function GetFileList(folderPath As String) As Collection
'mac vba does not support wildcards in DIR function
Dim file As String
Dim returnCollection As New Collection
If Right$(folderPath, 1) <> "\" Then
folderPath = folderPath & "\"
End If
file = Dir$(folderPath) 'setup initial file
Do While Len(file)
returnCollection.Add folderPath & file
file = Dir$
Loop
Set GetFileList = returnCollection
End Function
In the VBA window, click tools then add reference. Make sure Microsoft Office Object Library (14 or 16) is checked. You will need this for the automation.
An alternative idea would be to create a loop and save each excel file as a csv then run a batch script.
Example:
copy *.csv merged.csv
For the CSV loop use:
Converting XLS/XLSX files in a folder to CSV
(I'm quite new to vb, but familiar with vba).
I'm trying to find out how to read a text file from bottom to top as:
the text file is updated 'x' period of time; lines being added,
and I need to find the last entry "line" that contains the contains the text "System Pass". However between the last line of the file and the last line that contains the needed string are a lot unnecessary "dump" lines.
With excel I used to import the text file and loop through the rows starting at the bottom and to determine if I had the correct string line with the inStr function. But this doesn't work, or I just simply don't know how to convert the code to vb.
Help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Philippe
Here is an example of how to read a txt file into an array and poll through it from bottom to top using instr to search for text:
Const ForReading = 1
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile("c:\temp\test.txt", ForReading)
strText = objTextFile.ReadAll
objTextFile.Close
MyArray = Split(strText, vbCrLf)
For X = Ubound(MyArray) to lbound(MyArray) step -1
If instr(1,MyArray(X),"T") > 0 then
Wscript.Echo MyArray(X)
End if
Next
My Test file contained this:
hello
World
This
Is
Text
The VBS file popped up 2 message boxes, one with "Text" and one with "This"
You can DIM them if you want:
Dim objFSO
Dim objTextFile
Dim X
Dim MyArray
But VBS doesn't support types so don't try Dim X as Long or anything like that.
Hope that helps
I recommend import the data with Excel, you can use NPOI library, with NPOI you can easily read Excel files in .NET.
EDIT:
Read txt files with VB: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yw67h925.aspx
I would like to clean an auto-generated Word document.
This document contains several tables and there are many blank lines between each of them. I would like to develop a macro that only keeps one blank line between each table.
I don't know if it can be done. Now I'm stuck with:
Dim i As Integer
Dim tTable As Table
For i = 0 To ActiveDocument.Tables.Count
Set tTable = ActiveDocument.Tables.Item(i)
' ???
Next
Any idea?
I found how to do that:
Dim ParagraphToTrim As Range
Dim tTable As Table
Dim aTables() As Table
Set aTables = ActiveDocument.Tables
For Each tTable In aTables
' Supply a Start and End value for the Range.
Set ParagraphToTrim = ActiveDocument.Range(tTable.Range.Next(Unit:=wdParagraph).Start, tTable.Range.Next(Unit:=wdTable).Start)
' Keep at least a paragraph between each table
If ParagraphToTrim.Paragraphs.Count > 1 Then
With ParagraphToTrim
' Change the start of the range
.MoveStart Unit:=wdParagraph
.Delete
End With
End If
Next
I need to place three objects on my .doc in this order:
One Picutre;
Some Text;
One Table;
I recently learned how to place the image where I want (top of the doc).
But now, the table is getting in the middle of the text, how may I set the text with something like Position Absolute and then the Table below the text ?!
My Currently code:
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim Word_App As Word.Application
Dim Word_Doc As Word.Document
Dim Word_Table As Word.Table
Dim Word_Range As Word.Range
Dim iCount As Integer
'Insert the image
Word_App.Selection.ParagraphFormat.Alignment = wdAlignParagraphCenter
Word_App.Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:="C:\p\53.jpg", SaveWithDocument:=True
Word_App.Selection.TypeParagraph
With Word_App
'Here I place some text
End With
'Insert Table
Set Word_Table = Word_Doc.Tables.Add(Range:=Word_Doc.Range(Start:=20, End:=20), NumRows:=3, NumColumns:=4, DefaultTableBehavior:=wdWord9TableBehavior, AutoFitBehavior:= _
wdAutoFitFixed)
Word_Doc.SaveAs FileName:="C:\p\TestandoPicture"
Set Word_Table = Nothing
Set Word_App = Nothing
Set Word_Doc = Nothing
End Sub
Here is an example of the result:
Notice that: In my code, I typed the position for my table Start:=20, End:=20 and it's in the 20th position of character... But i'd like to place it below the text... Wich is the best way to do so ?
Highlight the text, do a word count on the highlighted text, then use the character count from that to position your table. Crude but effective.
Hi I have a text file that I would like to assign to an array and then assign each item in the array to a custom defined variable. When I open the file in notepad, it seems as if the data is on one line and there's about 10 tabs worth of space until the next piece of information.
I use the following code to successfully view the information in a msgbox as MyArray(i).
In my code example, all the information is listed in MyArray(0) and MyArray(1) gives me an error of subscript out of range. The information in the text file seems to appear as if it were delimited by vbCrLf but that does not work either...
Is there a way to trim the spaces from MyArray(0) and then re-assign the individual data to a new array? Here's what the first two pieces of information look like from my file:
967042
144890
Public Function ReadTextFile()
Dim TextFileData As String, myArray() As String, i As Long
Dim strCustomVariable1 As String
Dim strCustomVariable2 As String
'~~> Open file as binary
Open "C:\textfile\DATA-SND" For Binary As #1
'~~> Read entire file's data in one go
TextFileData = Space$(LOF(1))
Get #1, , TextFileData
'~~> Close File
Close #1
'~~> Split the data in seperate lines
myArray() = Split(TextFileData, vbCrLf)
For i = 0 To UBound(myArray())
MsgBox myArray(i)
Next
End Function
Under normal circumstances, I'd suggest that you use Line Input instead:
Open "C:\textfile\DATA-SND" For Input As #1
Do Until EOF(1)
Redim Preserve myArray(i)
Line Input #1, myArray(i)
i = i + 1&
Loop
Close #1
However, you're likely dealing with different end-line characters. You can use your existing code and just change it to use vbCr or vbLf instead of vbCrLf. My method assumes that your end-line characters are vbCrLf.
So for UNIX files:
myArray() = Split(TextFileData, vbLf)
And for old Mac files:
myArray() = Split(TextFileData, vbCr)