Using trying to write code that will save a file to a shared drive on our network. If I use a mapped drive as the destination location (i.e. R:...) then it works with no problem. BUT, not everyone is mapped to that, so I want to be able to save the file use \ourserver\serverfolder ...
when I try to replace "R:\" & filename with "\ourserver\serverfolder\" & file name, I get an error 76, "File Path Not Found."
In essence, the question is how do I save a file to a shared drive, using the shared drive path, via vba?
the sample code takes sourcefile "C:\houses\myhouse.pdf" ... and wants to save to destination file "\ourserver\serverfolder\anotherfolder\myhouse.pdf"
Private Sub CopyRenameFile(ByRef SourceFile As String, ByRef DestinationFile As String)
On Error Resume Next
FileCopy SourceFile, DestinationFile
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Call LogError(Err.Number, Err.Description, "CopyRenameFile() Class FileMoverMove", , True)
MsgBox "Copy error: " & SourceFile
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub
You are close as you just miss one leading backslash in the UNC path:
DestinationFile = "\\ourserver\serverfolder\" & file name
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I'm running into issues trying to pull info from files stored in Sharepoint.
Namely, FileExists isn't working and Overwrite file doesn't seem to be working either.
There was a discussion here, but few answers -> posting this question again in hopes some things have changed
My code runs like this:
strFileExists = Dir(Filepath & Filename)
And returns: File path not found -> I checked the path and even opened a file and recorded the macro to make sure it was the same file path without issue, but it appears DIR() is the issue.
The business dept I'm working with is entirely switching over to Sharepoint so hoping there's a straightforward solution without setting up network shares or doing C/personal/OneDrive things
You can navigate and look for files on OneDrive like this
Sub check_File_Exists()
Dim path As String
Dim strType As String
Dim file As Variant
Dim yourFile As String
'replace uname with your user name
path = "C:\Users\uname\OneDrive\"
strType = "*txt"
yourFile = "test.txt"
file = Dir(path & strType)
Do While (file <> "")
If file = yourFile Then
Debug.Print ("File: " & file & " found!")
Exit Do
End If
file = Dir
Loop
End Sub
Hope it helps
This is a follow up to this question and great answer:
Copy files with progress bar
So I added the code from Siddharth Rout's answer and it does exactly what I want to happen with a minor exception. When I copy the files, I am looping through each file in the directory and copying it up as long as it is not *List.xml. Because I am replacing an existing library the 97% of the documents are pre-existing and I get prompted to replace existing documents each time.
Is there a way to get it to prompt me to choose to replace for all files? Do I need to reformat/structure the sequence of my code?
Function UploadToSharepoint(Folderpath As String, Foldername As String, Filenames() As String, SharepointLinks() As String) As Boolean
'upload file to sharepoint library based on the folder name
Dim SharePointLib As String
Dim LocalAddress As String
Dim DestinationAddress As String
Dim xCounter As Long
On Error GoTo loadFailed
Pickafolder:
Folderpath = FolderPick
Foldername = Left(Folderpath, Len(Folderpath) - 1)
Foldername = RIght(Foldername, Len(Foldername) - InStrRev(Foldername, "\"))
Select Case Foldername
Case "OPSS", "SSP", "OPSD", "MTOD", "SSD"
SharePointLib = "\\my.company.com\Subsite\" & Foldername & "\"
Case "West", "Eastern", "Northeastern", "Northwestern", "Head Office"
SharePointLib = "\\my.company.com\Subsite\NSP\" & Foldername & "\"
Case "NSP", "NSSP"
MsgBox "Pick the NSP regional sub folder: West, Eastern, Northeastern, Northwestern, Head Office"
GoTo Pickafolder
Case Else
MsgBox "Inappropriate directory to upload from. Please select one of the CPS download directories"
GoTo Pickafolder
End Select
Filenames = GetFilesDir(Folderpath)
ReDim SharepointLinks(LBound(Filenames) To UBound(Filenames))
For xCounter = LBound(Filenames) To UBound(Filenames)
LocalAddress = Folderpath & Filenames(xCounter)
DestinationAddress = SharePointLib & Filenames(xCounter)
'**********************************************************
Call VBCopyFolder(LocalAddress, DestinationAddress)
'**********************************************************
SharepointLinks(xCounter) = "#http:" & Replace(DestinationAddress, "\", "/") & "#"
Next xCounter
UploadToSharepoint = True
Exit Function
loadFailed:
UploadToSharepoint = False
End Function
And by the looks of things I am not excluding the file I was referring to earlier...must be doing that else where.
Update
Based on comment received at the linked question, the solution is to declare a public constant at the start:
Public Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION As Long = &H10
and then in the copy procedure change the line of code to:
.fFlags = FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS Or FOF_NOCONFIRMATION
Now, this does solve the problem of being constantly asked to confirm the replacement. I am very happy about this. The problem now is the progress window displays for the first file to be copied then disappears but fails to reappear for subsequent files. The remaining files still get copied and the prg carries on like it's supposed to. The whole point of the progress bar though was to let people know that "THINGS" were still happening in the background and now that is not happening. Is there something I need to adjust?
Update 2
After running my code and choosing a source directory on the network drive instead of the local computer, the copy window is popping up for every single file like I was expecting. I notice that sometimes the progress bar closes before reaching 100%. This leads me to believe that since the file sizes are so small that when it is copying from my local drive to sharepoint, the operation completes so fast that it does not have time to draw and update the progress window before its time to close it.
I have got a rather simple question as i think but i couldnt find out it myself.
I want to open a csv File in a defined binder but with an unknow filename. I would asume that it should work with simply "path/*.csv" however it is not :( The errormessage says "Wrong Filename". Do i need to use something else in VBA.
path = ActiveWorkbook.path & "\input\"
Open path & "*.csv" For Binary As #1
The above code does not work for me :( The CSV is called xyz.csv
path = ActiveWorkbook.path & "\input\"
Open path & "xyz.csv" For Binary As #1
The code above is working however i have fix added the csv filename, which in this case is xyz.
Somebudy knows how to get that thing to work?
Cheers and thx for your time
Marc
Dim path As String
Dim csvFiles As String
path = ActiveWorkbook.path & "\input\"
csvFiles = Dir(path & "*.csv")
Do While Len(csvFiles) > 0
Debug.Print csvFiles
csvFiles = Dir
Loop
You can use the Dir() Function to check the files in your folder if you don't know the filename.
I have a project that requires some pdf reports to be opened from my forms. Since the program can be installed in any drive, I used the winform location directory as my path. I reports are located on a directory called Reports. It works well under development becuase I the winform is under bin\debug, but when I deploy my solution and try the procedure, it does not work, the file cannot be found. I created a Reports directory after deployment, but still did not find my pdf.
Here is the code:
'Open the requested file name. The files are stored in the
'same path as the main workbook.
'#param filename file to be opened
Function OpenReports(strFileName As String) As String
Dim reportFolder As String
Try
reportFolder = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "Reports")
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(reportFolder & "\" & strFileName)
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("The " & strFileName & " is not found on directory")
End Try
Return strFileName
End Function
Private Sub btnRptRangesToMarket_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnRptRangesToMarket.Click
'This procedure runs when the btnRptRangesToMarket is clicked
'the procedure opens the pdf below by running the OpenReports Function
OpenReports("Ranges to Market.pdf")
End Sub
Try Application.StartupPath instead of Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(). I always get good results with that property.
This is from MSDN:
The current directory is distinct from the original directory, which is the one from which the process was started.
I'm using VBA for MS Access in order to link a small C# app to my database as a helper tool. I have tried a couple of different ideas from stackoverflow itself, including the ShellAndWait utility and another on that page.
I have a button on a form. When you click this button, it should run another application that I am currently storing in %APPDATA%/program/
This is the code that is currently active:
Private Sub BtnImport_Click()
Dim file As String
Dim hProcess as Long
file = Environ("APPDATA") & "\program\component_import.exe"
'This is the standard version, which apparently does nothing at this time.
hProcess = Shell(file, vbNormalFocus)
'This is the RunApplication version I got from here earlier. It ends
'with "Successfully returned -532462766
import_funcs.RunApplication(file)
'This is the ShellAndWait version, which gives me a "File not Found" error
import_funcs.ShellAndWait(file, 0, vbNormalFocus, AbandonWait)
End Sub
I had changed the original shell out for both the ShellAndWait module and another similar module. Neither of those options work any differently in terms of my application not starting.
I have double-checked that "file" is correct (It points to C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\program\component_import.exe). I have double-checked to make sure that my app is in the correct location.
It runs fine if I double-click from file explorer. It says Run-time error '53': File not found. whenever I attempt to run it from MS Access.
Any suggestions?
Edit: As an aside, the path itself does not contain any spaces.
Edit: Added some additional code.
Link to first pastebin: RunApplication pastebin
Link to second pastebin: ShellAndWait pastebin
I found sometimes folder names with spaces throws error when using shell command.
eg: C:\My Folder\appl.exe
make it:
C:\MyFolder\appl.exe
Also can check for a valid path:
The following code checks the folder where chrome.exe residing and calling www.google.com from there by passing url as argument:
Public Sub Display_Google()
Dim chromePath As String
chromePath = "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
If FileExists(chromePath) Then
Shell (chromePath & " -url" & " " & "www.google.com"), vbMaximizedFocus
Else
chromePath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
Shell (chromePath & " -url" & " " & "www.google.com"), vbMaximizedFocus
End If
End Sub
Public Function FileExists(ByVal FileName As String) As Boolean
On Error Resume Next
FileExists = Not CBool(GetAttr(FileName) And (vbDirectory Or vbVolume))
On Error GoTo 0
End Function