I managed to get the following piece of code put together:
'Constants
Const xlOpenXMLWorkbook = 51 '(without macro's in 2007-2016, xlsx)
Const xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled = 52 '(with or without macro's in 2007-2016, xlsm)
Const xlExcel12 = 50 '(Excel Binary Workbook in 2007-2016 with or without macro's, xlsb)
Const xlExcel8 =56 '(97-2003 format in Excel 2007-2016, xls)
' Extensions for old and new files
strExcel = "xlsx"
strCSV = "csv"
' Set up filesystem object for usage
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Get folder name to process off the command line, make sure it's valid
If (WScript.Arguments.Count > 0) Then
strFolder = WScript.Arguments(0)
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strFolder) Then
WScript.StdErr.WriteLine "Specified folder does not exist."
WScript.Quit
End If
Else
WScript.StdErr.WriteLine "No folder name specified to process."
WScript.Quit
End If
' Access the folder to process
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolder)
' Load Excel (hidden) for conversions
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.Visible = False
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
' Process all files
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
' Get full path to file
strPath = objFile.Path
' Only convert CSV files
If LCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(strPath)) = LCase(strCSV) Then
' Display to console each file being converted
WScript.Echo "Converting """ & strPath & """"
' Load CSV into Excel and save as native Excel file
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(strPath, False, True)
objWorkbook.SaveAs Replace(strPath, strCSV, strExcel), xlOpenXMLWorkbook
objWorkbook.Close False
Set objWorkbook = Nothing
End If
Next
'Wrap up
objExcel.Quit
Set objExcel = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
Unfortunately I have 3 issues:
I was instructed to run this in the following manner:
Copy the code above and saved it as csv.vbs
Go to CMD and type in
cscript csv.vbs "C:\Users\Eitel\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder"
This is the path where the CSV files are.
I would prefer to have a way of executing the code by clicking on/opening a VBScript.
I received this error:
Input Error: Can not find script file "C:\Users\Eitel\csv.vbs"
I went to "C:\Users\Eitel\csv.vbs" and pasted the csv.vbs
file in this location. I ran the command again and this is what was displayed:
"C:\Users\Eitel\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\TestFile.CSV"
C:\Users\Eitel\csv.vbs(44.9) Microsoft Excel: Cannot save as that name. Document was opened as read-only.
I have no clue what this means or why it happens?
I noticed that while most of the files are .csv extensions, some of the files extensions are displayed as .CSV and some are .csv. I am wondering if this will affect the way in which the script is executed?
Here is the solution I needed:
'Constants
Const xlOpenXMLWorkbook = 51 '(without macro's in 2007-2016, xlsx)
Const xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled = 52 '(with or without macro's in 2007-2016, xlsm)
Const xlExcel12 = 50 '(Excel Binary Workbook in 2007-2016 with or without macro's, xlsb)
Const xlExcel8 =56 '(97-2003 format in Excel 2007-2016, xls)
' Extensions for old and new files
strExcel = "xlsx"
strCSV = "csv"
strXLS = "xls"
' Set up filesystem object for usage
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFolder = "B:\EE\EE29088597\Files"
' Access the folder to process
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolder)
' Load Excel (hidden) for conversions
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objExcel.Visible = False
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
' Process all files
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
' Get full path to file
strPath = objFile.Path
' Only convert CSV files
If LCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(strPath)) = LCase(strCSV) Or LCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(strPath)) = LCase(strXLS) Then
' Display to console each file being converted
Wscript.Echo "Converting """ & strPath & """"
' Load CSV into Excel and save as native Excel file
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(strPath, False, True)
strNewPath = objFSO.GetParentFolderName(strPath) & "\" & objFSO.GetBaseName(strPath) & "." & strExcel
objWorkbook.SaveAs strNewPath, xlOpenXMLWorkbook
objWorkbook.Close False
Set objWorkbook = Nothing
End If
Next
'Wrap up
objExcel.Quit
Set objExcel = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
This will scan the directory for any xls or csv file and convert them into xlsx files.