Export to/Save As a copy of template and add date to file name
I have essentially no experience with VBA whatsoever so I'm struggling to piece this together and need help! I got the code below from Kens Access Tips website and it works perfectly, but I need it updated so it saves the worksheet as a copy of the template instead of overwriting the template. I'd also like to add the current date (date the file runs) to the workbook name.
The template is located in a folder titled "C:\UGH"
The template name is "Follow Up Orders mmddyyyy.xlsx"
The template sheet name is "Orders"
The MS Access table is named "FollowUpOrders"
I want the code to open the template, drop the contents of "FollowUpOrders" into the "Orders" tab, then save the file as "Follow Up Orders 04122018", changing the date to be the current date of whenever it runs, leaving the original template intact.
I sincerely appreciate any and all help you can toss my way! :yes
Code:
Option Compare Database
Function ExportToExcel()
Dim lngColumn As Long
Dim xlx As Object, xlw As Object, xlsx As Object, xlc As Object
Dim dbs As DAO.Database
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Dim blnEXCEL As Boolean, blnHeaderRow As Boolean
blnEXCEL = False
' Replace True with False if you do not want the first row of
' the worksheet to be a header row (the names of the fields
' from the recordset)
blnHeaderRow = True
' Establish an EXCEL application object
On Error Resume Next
Set xlx = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Set xlx = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
blnEXCEL = True
End If
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
' Change True to False if you do not want the workbook to be
' visible when the code is running
xlx.Visible = True
' Replace C:\Filename.xlsx with the actual path and filename
' of the EXCEL file into which you will write the data
Set xlw = xlx.Workbooks.Open("C:\UGH\Follow Up Orders mmddyyyy.xlsx")
' Replace WorksheetName with the actual name of the worksheet
' in the EXCEL file
' (note that the worksheet must already be in the EXCEL file)
Set xlsx = xlw.Worksheets("Orders")
' Replace A1 with the cell reference into which the first data value
' is to be written
Set xlc = xlsx.Range("A1") ' this is the first cell into which data go
Set dbs = CurrentDb()
' Replace QueryOrTableName with the real name of the table or query
' whose data are to be written into the worksheet
Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset("FollowUpOrders", dbOpenDynaset, dbReadOnly)
If rst.EOF = False And rst.BOF = False Then
rst.MoveFirst
If blnHeaderRow = True Then
For lngColumn = 0 To rst.Fields.Count - 1
xlc.Offset(0, lngColumn).value = rst.Fields(lngColumn).Name
Next lngColumn
Set xlc = xlc.Offset(1, 0)
End If
' write data to worksheet
Do While rst.EOF = False
For lngColumn = 0 To rst.Fields.Count - 1
xlc.Offset(0, lngColumn).value = rst.Fields(lngColumn).value
Next lngColumn
rst.MoveNext
Set xlc = xlc.Offset(1, 0)
Loop
End If
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
dbs.Close
Set dbs = Nothing
' Close the EXCEL file while saving the file, and clean up the EXCEL objects
Set xlc = Nothing
Set xlsx = Nothing
xlw.Close True ' close the EXCEL file and save the new data
Set xlw = Nothing
If blnEXCEL = True Then xlx.Quit
Set xlx = Nothing
End Function
