Append to Text File VBA

Neha picture Neha · Mar 15, 2014 · Viewed 62.3k times · Source

I need to take values from a selected range to a comma delimited text file and append them. The code below gives me an error at Set TS. Why??

Sub Wri()

Dim myrng As Range
Dim Cell As Range

On Error Resume Next
Set myrng = Application.InputBox("Select range", Type:=8)
On Error GoTo 0

If myrng Is Nothing Then
    MsgBox "No cells selected"
    Exit Sub
End If

Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Const TristateUseDefault = -2, TristateTrue = -1, TristateFalse = 0

Dim fs, f, TS, s
Dim cellv As String

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fs.CreateTextFile "C:\Users\HP\Documents\fil.txt"
Set f = fs.GetFile("C:\Users\HP\Documents\fil.txt")
Set TS = f.OpenTextFile(myrng.Value, 8, True, 0)

For Each Cell In myrng
    cellv = Cell.Value
    TS.Write (cellv & Chr(44))
Next Cell

End Sub

Answer

Denzil Newman picture Denzil Newman · Mar 15, 2014

Ive made you a custom sub, replace the sub with these two - the last param determins if it is an append or not and it will handle the new lines too :D

Sub writeCSV(ByVal thisRange As Range, ByVal filePath As String, Optional ByVal fileAppend As Boolean = False)
    Dim cLoop As Long, rLoop As Long
    Dim ff As Long, strRow As String

    ff = FreeFile
    If fileAppend Then
        Open filePath For Append As #ff
    Else
        Open filePath For Output As #ff
    End If

    For rLoop = 1 To thisRange.Rows.Count
        strRow = ""
        For cLoop = 1 To thisRange.Columns.Count
            If cLoop > 1 Then strRow = strRow & ","
            strRow = strRow & thisRange.Cells(rLoop, cLoop).Value
        Next 'cLoop
        Print #ff, strRow
    Next 'rLoop

    Close #ff
End Sub

Sub Wri()

Dim myrng As Range
Dim Cell As Range

On Error Resume Next
Set myrng = Application.InputBox("Select range", Type:=8)
On Error GoTo 0

If myrng Is Nothing Then
    MsgBox "No cells selected"
    Exit Sub
Else
    writeCSV myrng, "C:\Users\HP\Documents\fil.txt", True
End If

End Sub