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Import CSV file into excel using VBA

Asked by: PKS6A

Hi I presently have a difficulty with importing csv files into excel using VBA. I have created a macro which is meant to read each record from a csv file and put it into excel. The code also needs to handle the splitting into different sheets when the csv file has more than the allowed 65536 rows. Can you please help. My code is ignoring the first record, thus not bringing back all records. code below.

'Imports text file into Excel workbook using ADO.
'If the number of records exceeds 65536 then it splits it over more than one sheet.

    Dim strFilePath As String, strFilename As String, strFullPath As String
    Dim lngCounter As Long
    Dim oConn As Object, oRS As Object, oFSObj As Object

    'Get a text file name
    strFullPath = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.csv),*.csv", , "Please selec text file...")

    If strFullPath = "False" Then Exit Sub  'User pressed Cancel on the open file dialog

    'This gives us a full path name e.g. C:tempfolderfile.txt
    'We need to split this into path and file name
    Set oFSObj = CreateObject("SCRIPTING.FILESYSTEMOBJECT")

    strFilePath = oFSObj.GetFile(strFullPath).ParentFolder.Path
    strFilename = oFSObj.GetFile(strFullPath).Name


    'Open an ADO connection to the folder specified
    Set oConn = CreateObject("ADODB.CONNECTION")
    oConn.Open "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
               "Data Source=" & strFilePath & ";" & _
               "Extended Properties=""text;HDR=Yes;FMT=Delimited"""

    Set oRS = CreateObject("ADODB.RECORDSET")

    'Now actually open the text file and import into Excel
    oRS.Open "SELECT * FROM " & strFilename, oConn, 3, 1, 1
    While Not oRS.EOF
        Sheets.Add
        ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CopyFromRecordset oRS, 65536
    Wend

    oRS.Close
    oConn.Close

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Answers

 

by: boregPosted on 2008-04-22 at 10:14:15ID: 21413279

Hi, try changing HDR=Yes to HDR=No

 

by: PKS6APosted on 2008-04-22 at 14:23:12ID: 21415763

Hi Boreq, that worked, thanks for the help I appreciate it.

Des

 

by: RobSampsonPosted on 2008-04-22 at 21:00:39ID: 21417687

Hi PKS6A, welcome to Experts Exchange!

It seems that boreg supplied you with a satisfactory answer, so please accept his comment as an answer, and grade it accordingly, so the question becomes closed.  This is the process that helps keep EE cleaner, and prevents the moderators from having to step in.

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by: Technical-ZAPosted on 2008-07-16 at 23:11:08ID: 22022686

Hi All,

I added this to Excel as a macro and it woks, but I would like the marco to loop and pick up all the CSV file in my Audit directory, so that one spreadsheet holds all details of my audits.

Please can some one explain how to loop this, or to select all csv files in one location and import them into on spreadsheet.

 

by: tpwinnPosted on 2009-01-07 at 09:18:12ID: 23316971

Hi there, I'm brand new to EE and was wondering if the Open Discussion from Technical-ZA for thsi thread has been answered anywhere?

I have a directory full of identically formatted csv files that I need to import as text files (Column A is 17 characters long and needs to be actually imported as text and not just copied as a number).  I need all the data from the individual csv files to end up in a single worksheet.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

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