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Using excel through vbscript
Hi,
I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! |
Using excel through vbscript
The correct syntax would be
Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Workbooks.OpenText strFile2Open "ashtom1" wrote: Hi, I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! |
Using excel through vbscript
Hi,
Thanks for the reply but the rest of the part in openText mathod is used to format the text file into different col. If I open file the way you told me It simply opens the text file but it does not format it. Any help on formatting the file through vbscript would be appriciated. Thanks once again for replying "Hayeso" wrote: The correct syntax would be Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Workbooks.OpenText strFile2Open "ashtom1" wrote: Hi, I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! |
Using excel through vbscript
I think you have to use all those positional parameters in your script, too.
This worked ok for me... Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save, wkbk 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'my test file 'strFile2Open = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'my test file 'strFile2Save = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) Set wkbk = oxl.activeworkbook oxl.displayalerts = false wkbk.saveas strfile2Save, -4143 oxl.displayalerts = true wkbk.close false oxl.quit Set wkbk = nothing Set oxl = nothing =============== If you look at VBA's help for OpenText, you'll see all the things that you have to keep track of: From xl2002's help: expression.OpenText(FileName, Origin, StartRow, DataType, TextQualifier, ConsecutiveDelimiter, Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other, OtherChar, FieldInfo, TextVisualLayout, DecimalSeparator, ThousandsSeparator, TrailingMinusNumbers, Local) That's what this did: ,,,,,,,, _ ashtom1 wrote: Hi, Thanks for the reply but the rest of the part in openText mathod is used to format the text file into different col. If I open file the way you told me It simply opens the text file but it does not format it. Any help on formatting the file through vbscript would be appriciated. Thanks once again for replying "Hayeso" wrote: The correct syntax would be Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Workbooks.OpenText strFile2Open "ashtom1" wrote: Hi, I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! -- Dave Peterson |
Using excel through vbscript
Thanks Dave,
It is working perfectly fine now. If you don't mind I want to ask about the syntax oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) the only change I can see is addition of ,,,,,, in the params. So can I ask.. Why ? and What? "Dave Peterson" wrote: I think you have to use all those positional parameters in your script, too. This worked ok for me... Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save, wkbk 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'my test file 'strFile2Open = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'my test file 'strFile2Save = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) Set wkbk = oxl.activeworkbook oxl.displayalerts = false wkbk.saveas strfile2Save, -4143 oxl.displayalerts = true wkbk.close false oxl.quit Set wkbk = nothing Set oxl = nothing =============== If you look at VBA's help for OpenText, you'll see all the things that you have to keep track of: From xl2002's help: expression.OpenText(FileName, Origin, StartRow, DataType, TextQualifier, ConsecutiveDelimiter, Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other, OtherChar, FieldInfo, TextVisualLayout, DecimalSeparator, ThousandsSeparator, TrailingMinusNumbers, Local) That's what this did: ,,,,,,,, _ ashtom1 wrote: Hi, Thanks for the reply but the rest of the part in openText mathod is used to format the text file into different col. If I open file the way you told me It simply opens the text file but it does not format it. Any help on formatting the file through vbscript would be appriciated. Thanks once again for replying "Hayeso" wrote: The correct syntax would be Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Workbooks.OpenText strFile2Open "ashtom1" wrote: Hi, I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! -- Dave Peterson |
Using excel through vbscript
You have to match all the parms that .opentext wants to see.
From xl2002's help: expression.OpenText(FileName, Origin, StartRow, DataType, TextQualifier, ConsecutiveDelimiter, Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other, OtherChar, FieldInfo, TextVisualLayout, DecimalSeparator, ThousandsSeparator, TrailingMinusNumbers, Local) The first parm is filename (you have it in your code). But you're missing the parms starting with TextQualifier through OtherChar. The commas are just separators for the "nothings" for those missing parms. In other words... Your array(array())) was the 5th parm--which meant that excel saw that it should be used for the TextQualifier parm. ashtom1 wrote: Thanks Dave, It is working perfectly fine now. If you don't mind I want to ask about the syntax oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) the only change I can see is addition of ,,,,,, in the params. So can I ask.. Why ? and What? "Dave Peterson" wrote: I think you have to use all those positional parameters in your script, too. This worked ok for me... Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save, wkbk 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'my test file 'strFile2Open = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'my test file 'strFile2Save = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) Set wkbk = oxl.activeworkbook oxl.displayalerts = false wkbk.saveas strfile2Save, -4143 oxl.displayalerts = true wkbk.close false oxl.quit Set wkbk = nothing Set oxl = nothing =============== If you look at VBA's help for OpenText, you'll see all the things that you have to keep track of: From xl2002's help: expression.OpenText(FileName, Origin, StartRow, DataType, TextQualifier, ConsecutiveDelimiter, Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other, OtherChar, FieldInfo, TextVisualLayout, DecimalSeparator, ThousandsSeparator, TrailingMinusNumbers, Local) That's what this did: ,,,,,,,, _ ashtom1 wrote: Hi, Thanks for the reply but the rest of the part in openText mathod is used to format the text file into different col. If I open file the way you told me It simply opens the text file but it does not format it. Any help on formatting the file through vbscript would be appriciated. Thanks once again for replying "Hayeso" wrote: The correct syntax would be Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Workbooks.OpenText strFile2Open "ashtom1" wrote: Hi, I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
Using excel through vbscript
Thanks a million dave you are a star...
Silly me I should have thought of that. "Dave Peterson" wrote: You have to match all the parms that .opentext wants to see. From xl2002's help: expression.OpenText(FileName, Origin, StartRow, DataType, TextQualifier, ConsecutiveDelimiter, Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other, OtherChar, FieldInfo, TextVisualLayout, DecimalSeparator, ThousandsSeparator, TrailingMinusNumbers, Local) The first parm is filename (you have it in your code). But you're missing the parms starting with TextQualifier through OtherChar. The commas are just separators for the "nothings" for those missing parms. In other words... Your array(array())) was the 5th parm--which meant that excel saw that it should be used for the TextQualifier parm. ashtom1 wrote: Thanks Dave, It is working perfectly fine now. If you don't mind I want to ask about the syntax oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) the only change I can see is addition of ,,,,,, in the params. So can I ask.. Why ? and What? "Dave Peterson" wrote: I think you have to use all those positional parameters in your script, too. This worked ok for me... Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save, wkbk 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'my test file 'strFile2Open = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'my test file 'strFile2Save = "c:\my documents\excel\book3.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oXl.Workbooks.OpenText _ strFile2Open, 2, 1, 2, _ ,,,,,,,, _ Array(Array(0, 1), Array(6, 1), _ Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), _ Array(56, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), _ Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1), _ Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4)) Set wkbk = oxl.activeworkbook oxl.displayalerts = false wkbk.saveas strfile2Save, -4143 oxl.displayalerts = true wkbk.close false oxl.quit Set wkbk = nothing Set oxl = nothing =============== If you look at VBA's help for OpenText, you'll see all the things that you have to keep track of: From xl2002's help: expression.OpenText(FileName, Origin, StartRow, DataType, TextQualifier, ConsecutiveDelimiter, Tab, Semicolon, Comma, Space, Other, OtherChar, FieldInfo, TextVisualLayout, DecimalSeparator, ThousandsSeparator, TrailingMinusNumbers, Local) That's what this did: ,,,,,,,, _ ashtom1 wrote: Hi, Thanks for the reply but the rest of the part in openText mathod is used to format the text file into different col. If I open file the way you told me It simply opens the text file but it does not format it. Any help on formatting the file through vbscript would be appriciated. Thanks once again for replying "Hayeso" wrote: The correct syntax would be Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Workbooks.OpenText strFile2Open "ashtom1" wrote: Hi, I am trying to export a text file into excel using vbscript I am facing some problem in running OpenText mathod. The code is Dim oXl, strFile2Open, strFile2Save 'File to open. strFile2Open = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.Txt" 'The opened file will be saved with a different extension. strFile2Save = "H:\TEAM Members files\Herbert Abana\Txts\RentSCMoto0000011.xls" 'Initialize Excel instance. Set oXl = WScript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") 'Make Excel visible. oXl.Visible = True oxl.Columns("A:A").Select Call oxl.Workbooks.OpenText( _ strFile2Open ,2 , 1,2 , (Array(Array(0, _ 1), Array(6, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(21, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(39, 1), Array(56, 1), Array _ (63, 1), Array(72, 4), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(91, 1), Array(108, 1) _ , Array(118, 1), Array(127, 1), Array(132, 4))) It is giving me sytax error on OpenText mathod. I have tried all sorts of things but I am unable to resolve. Can someone help!!! -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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