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On which line do you get the error?
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Hi,
I need to write a macro for access, that will export the contents of a query to a specific tab on an excel spreadsheet, whilst overwriting the exiting contents. Is this possible?
I have tried various ways, but it always wants to overwrite the excel file altogether!
Thank you.
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On which line do you get the error?
I copied in the new code above, it opened the workbook to the specified sheet name, but then stopped with a new error. 91 Object variable or With block variable not set . After getting the error I opened the target workbook selected the target sheet and saved. When I ran it again it opened the workbook, but didn't copy any data and gave me the save error.
In general, it's better to avoid selecting ranges in Excel VBA code. Try this version.
Public Function SendTQ2XLWbSheet(strTQName As String, strSheetName As String, strFilePath As String)
' strTQName is the name of the table or query you want to send to Excel
' strSheetName is the name of the sheet you want to send it to
' strFilePath is the name and path of the file you want to send this data into.
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Dim ApXL As Object
Dim xlWBk As Object
Dim xlWSh As Object
Dim fld As Field
Dim blnSaveAs As Boolean
Dim i As Long
Dim strPath As String
Const xlCenter As Long = -4108
Const xlBottom As Long = -4107
On Error GoTo err_handler
strPath = strFilePath
Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strTQName)
If rst.RecordCount = 0 Then
MsgBox "There are no records to export"
Exit Function
End If
Set ApXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set xlWBk = ApXL.Workbooks.Open(strPath)
ApXL.Visible = True
Set xlWSh = xlWBk.Worksheets(strSheetName)
For i = 0 To rst.Fields.Count - 1
xlWSh.Cells(1, i + 1) = fld.Name
Next i
rst.MoveFirst
xlWSh.Range("A2").CopyFromRecordset rst
' This is included to show some of what you can do about formatting.
' You can comment out or delete
' any of this that you don't want to use in your own export.
With xlWSh.Range("1:1").Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 12
.StrikeThrough = False
.Superscript = False
.Subscript = False
.OutlineFont = False
.Shadow = False
.Bold = True
End With
With xlWSh.Range("1:1")
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.VerticalAlignment = xlBottom
.WrapText = False
.Orientation = 0
.AddIndent = False
.IndentLevel = 0
.ShrinkToFit = False
.MergeCells = False
End With
' does the "autofit" for all columns
xlWSh.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
ApXL.DisplayAlerts = False
If Dir(strFilePath) = "" Then
xlWBk.SaveAs strFilePath
Else
xlWBk.Save
End If
xlWBk.Close
ApXL.DisplayAlerts = True
ApXL.Quit
Set ApXL = Nothing
Exit Function
err_handler:
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
MsgBox Err.Description, vbExclamation, Err.Number
End Function
Below is the code i'm using. I tried modifying the code I found here to work. I was able to get it to select the specified worksheet name, but then it errors. I placed comments in the code at the line I edited and the errors received before and after the edit. By inserting a . select at the end of the **Set xlWSh = xlWBk.Worksheets(strSheetName)**the specified worksheet is selected, but nothing gets copied and it errors out.
Public Function SendTQ2XLWbSheet(strTQName As String, strSheetName As String, strFilePath As String)
' strTQName is the name of the table or query you want to send to Excel
' strSheetName is the name of the sheet you want to send it to
' strFilePath is the name and path of the file you want to send this data into.
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Dim ApXL As Object
Dim xlWBk As Object
Dim xlWSh As Object
Dim fld As Field
Dim blnSaveAs As Boolean
Dim strPath As String
Const xlCenter As Long = -4108
Const xlBottom As Long = -4107
On Error GoTo err_handler
strPath = strFilePath
Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strTQName)
Set ApXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set xlWBk = ApXL.Workbooks.Open(strPath)
ApXL.Visible = True
'Without the .select in this statement the program will not select the specified sheet and gives 'an error 1004 Select method of Range class failed 'with it included the program selects the correct sheet in the workbook but gives an error '424 Object Required and doesn't copy any of the data Set xlWSh = xlWBk.Worksheets(strSheetName).Select
xlWSh.Range("A1").select
If rst.RecordCount = 0 Then
MsgBox "There are no records to export"
Exit Function
End If
For Each fld In rst.Fields
ApXL.ActiveCell = fld.Name
ApXL.ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).select
Next
rst.MoveFirst
xlWSh.Range("A2").CopyFromRecordset rst
xlWSh.Range("1:1").select
' This is included to show some of what you can do about formatting. You can comment out or delete
' any of this that you don't want to use in your own export.
With ApXL.Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 12
.Strikethrough = False
.Superscript = False
.Subscript = False
.OutlineFont = False
.Shadow = False
End With
ApXL.Selection.Font.Bold = True
With ApXL.Selection
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.VerticalAlignment = xlBottom
.WrapText = False
.Orientation = 0
.AddIndent = False
.IndentLevel = 0
.ShrinkToFit = False
.MergeCells = False
End With
' selects all of the cells
ApXL.ActiveSheet.Cells.select
' does the "autofit" for all columns
ApXL.ActiveSheet.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
' selects the first cell to unselect all cells
xlWSh.Range("A1").select
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
ApXL.DisplayAlerts = False
If Dir(strFilePath) = "" Then
xlWBk.SaveAs strFilePath
Else
xlWBk.Save
End If
xlWBk.Close
ApXL.DisplayAlerts = True
ApXL.Quit
Set ApXL = Nothing
Exit Function
err_handler:
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
MsgBox Err.Description, vbExclamation, Err.Number
Exit Function
End Function
I have tried to use this in my application. The issue I have found is the code doesn't move the focus to the required sheet name when trying to copy the data from Access to Excel. If I open the excel workbook and move the focus the the required sheet name, save, exit then execute the code in Access it works. Looking at the code you posted it should select the sheet name provided in the variable, but it doesn't. Can you help I need to figure out how to make this work as I have 9 different queries that need to be exported to the same workbook to nine different sheets. If I can make this work it will save me a ton of time.
Which code are you using? This was a long thread and so long ago it would be easier if you posted what you are using and then we can make some suggestions.