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05.14.2008 at 03:07PM PDT, ID: 23403356
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How to prompt for an Excel spreadsheet to import into a table

Asked by JoeFletcher in Access Coding/Macros, Microsoft Access Database, Visual Basic Programming

Tags: Visual Basic for Applications, VBA

I'm working in Access and playing with VBA.  I want a user to click a button, have the file open dialog open, they select a spreadsheet, and then it imports into a table.  The problem is the filename can be different every time.  The table name will remain constant.  I think it's something along the lines of below, but I don't know how to create a "variable?".Start Free Trial 
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Private Sub ImportSpreadsheet_Click()
On Error GoTo Err_ImportSpreadsheet_Click
 
    DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, acSpreadsheetTypeExcel9, "Cleaning", "Choose your spreadsheet dialog", Yes
 
Exit_ImportSpreadsheet_Click:
    Exit Sub
 
Err_ImportSpreadsheet_Click:
 
    Resume Exit_ImportSpreadsheet_Click
    
End Sub
[+][-]05.14.2008 at 03:26PM PDT, ID: 21569243

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Zones: Access Coding/Macros, Microsoft Access Database, Visual Basic Programming
Tags: Visual Basic for Applications, VBA
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[+][-]05.14.2008 at 03:33PM PDT, ID: 21569270

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