Importing an excel file into a template excel sheet that will enable automation

[lucpian]

Hi All,

Thanks all, especially xld, for your timely responses to my previous postings. I do have a problem because I am trying to write an excel file into an excel template sheet to enable the user carry out the automation process with the buttons that are in the template. I have the following code, but it is not working. What am I doing wrong? I am also suppose to export and excel file into. csv, and I also have the following code which is also not working.

Public Sub ImportingXlsFilesintoTemplate(FName As String, Sep As String)
Dim RowNdx As Long
Dim ColNdx As Integer
Dim TempVal As Variant
Dim WholeLine As String
Dim Pos As Integer
Dim NextPos As Integer
Dim SaveColNdx As Integer
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' ImportTextFile
' This imports a text file into Excel.
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Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'On Error GoTo EndMacro:
SaveColNdx = ActiveCell.Column
RowNdx = ActiveCell.Row
Open FName For Input Access Read As #1
While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, WholeLine
If Right(WholeLine, 1) <> Sep Then
WholeLine = WholeLine & Sep
End If
ColNdx = SaveColNdx
Pos = 1
NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep)
While NextPos >= 1
TempVal = Mid(WholeLine, Pos, NextPos - Pos)
Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = TempVal
Pos = NextPos + 1
ColNdx = ColNdx + 1
NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep)
Wend
RowNdx = RowNdx + 1
Wend
EndMacro:
On Error GoTo 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Close #1
End Sub
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' DoTheImport
' This prompts the user for a FileName as separator character
' and then calls ImportTextFile.
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Sub DoTheImport()
Dim FileName As Variant
Dim Sep As String
FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename(FileFilter:="Excel File (*.xls),*.txt")
If FileName = False Then
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' user cancelled, get out
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Exit Sub
End If
Sep = Application.InputBox("Enter a separator character.", Type:=2)
If Sep = vbNullString Then
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' user cancelled, get out
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Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print "FileName: " & FileName, "Separator: " & Sep
ImportingXlsFilesintoTemplate FName:=CStr(FileName), Sep:=CStr(Sep)
End Sub

This for exporting

Public Sub ExportingXlsFilestoCAPRS(FName As String, _
Sep As String, SelectionOnly As Boolean, _
AppendData As Boolean)

Dim WholeLine As String
Dim FNum As Integer
Dim RowNdx As Long
Dim ColNdx As Integer
Dim StartRow As Long
Dim EndRow As Long
Dim StartCol As Integer
Dim EndCol As Integer
Dim CellValue As String
' ExportToTextFile
' This exports a sheet or range to a text file, using a
' user-defined separator character.
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Application.ScreenUpdating = False
On Error GoTo EndMacro:
FNum = FreeFile
If SelectionOnly = True Then
With Selection
StartRow = .Cells(1).Row
StartCol = .Cells(1).Column
EndRow = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Row
EndCol = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Column
End With
Else
With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
StartRow = .Cells(1).Row
StartCol = .Cells(1).Column
EndRow = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Row
EndCol = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Column
End With
End If
If AppendData = True Then
Open FName For Append Access Write As #FNum
Else
Open FName For Output Access Write As #FNum
End If
For RowNdx = StartRow To EndRow
WholeLine = ""
For ColNdx = StartCol To EndCol
If Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = "" Then
CellValue = Chr(34) & Chr(34)
Else
CellValue = Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Text
End If
WholeLine = WholeLine & CellValue & Sep
Next ColNdx
WholeLine = Left(WholeLine, Len(WholeLine) - Len(Sep))
Print #FNum, WholeLine
Next RowNdx
EndMacro:
On Error GoTo 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Close #FNum
End Sub
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' DoTheExport
' This prompts the user for the FileName and the separtor
' character and then calls the ExportToTextFile procedure.
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Sub DoTheExport()
Dim FileName As Variant
Dim Sep As String
FileName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename(InitialFileName:=vbNullString, FileFilter:="Text Files (*.txt),*.txt")
If FileName = False Then
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' user cancelled, get out
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Exit Sub
End If
Sep = Application.InputBox("Enter a separator character.", Type:=2)
If Sep = vbNullString Then
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' user cancelled, get out
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Exit Sub
End If
Debug.Print "FileName: " & FileName, "Separator: " & Sep
ExportingXlsFilestoCAPRS FName:=CStr(FileName), Sep:=CStr(Sep), _
SelectionOnly:=False, AppendData:=True
End Sub

I would be very grateful if someone could help me out.

Thanks

Lucpian

[Bob Phillips]

Lucpian,

It would be much better if you could post a workbook, and any other files, also tells us what is supposed to happen, and what it is not doing.

[lucpian]

I have tried to attached two Excel files to show what I want it to do, but could not attached it herewith. Basically, I want to be able to open any excel file with data in a template with several command buttons that allow for automation. Right now it pops up the dialogue that allows you to select, but does not opens it in the template.

Thanks

lucpian