Exporting Selection to CSV - vba

Question

I've created a excel spreadsheet template for our customers to populate and send back to us. I want to manually select their populated data and save it as a .csv to import into another piece of software. I, first, attempted this by recording a macro. This didn't work because different customers send different numbers of records.
I've tried snippets of code from online research and came up with this.
Sub Select_To_CSV()
Dim rng As Range
Dim myrangearea()
Range(ActiveCell, ActiveCell.End(xlDown).End(xlToRight)).Select
Dim myPath As String, v
myPath = "p:\" & _
Format(Date, "yyyymmdd") & ".csv"
'myPath = "x:\" & Format(Date, "yyyymmdd") & ".csv"
v = SaveAs(myPath)
If v <> False Then ThisWorkbook.SaveAs v
End Sub
Function SaveAs(initialFilename As String)
On Error GoTo EndNow
SaveAs = False
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.ButtonName = "&Save As"
.initialFilename = initialFilename
.Title = "File Save As"
'.Execute
.Show
SaveAs = .SelectedItems(1)
End With
EndNow:
End Function
Sub Select_To_CSV()
Dim rng As Range
Dim myrangearea()
Range(ActiveCell, ActiveCell.End(xlDown).End(xlToRight)).Select
Dim myPath As String, v
myPath = "p:\" & _
Format(Date, "yyyymmdd") & ".csv"
'myPath = "x:\" & Format(Date, "yyyymmdd") & ".csv"
v = SaveAs(myPath)
If v <> False Then ThisWorkbook.SaveAs v
End Sub
This worked really well except when I went back to look at the .csv in the folder it was the same worksheet not the selected columns.
Ultimately what I am looking to do is,
Manually select the columns I want
Run a macro that converts the selected columns to a .csv
Have the Save As Dialog Box appear
Navigate to the certain folder I want.

Answer 1

Here you go:
Sub MacroMan()
ChDrive "P:" '// <~~ change current drive to P:\
Dim copyRng As Excel.Range
Dim ThisWB As Excel.Workbook
Dim OtherWB As Excel.Workbook
Dim sName As String
'// set reference to the 'Master' workbook
Set ThisWB = ActiveWorkbook
'// assign selected range to 'copyRng'
Set copyRng = Application.InputBox(Prompt:="Select range to convert to CSV", Type:=8)
'// If the user selected a range, then proceed with rest of code:
If Not copyRng Is Nothing Then
'// Create a new workbook with 1 sheet.
Set OtherWB = Workbooks.Add(1)
'// Get A1, then expand this 'selection' to the same size as copyRng.
'// Then assign the value of copyRng to this area (similar to copy/paste)
OtherWB.Sheets(1).Range("A1").Resize(copyRng.Rows.Count, copyRng.Columns.Count).Value = copyRng.Value
'// Get save name for CSV file.
sName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename(FileFilter:="CSV files (*.csv), *.csv")
'// If the user entered a save name then proceed:
If Not LCase(sName) = "false" Then
'// Turn off alerts
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
'// Save the 'copy' workbook as a CSV file
OtherWB.SaveAs sName, xlCSV
'// Close the 'copy' workbook
OtherWB.Close
'// Turn alerts back on
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End If
'// Make the 'Master' workbook the active workbook again
ThisWB.Activate
MsgBox "Conversion complete", vbInformation
End If
End Sub
This will allow you to manually select a range (including entire columns). It will then transfer said range onto a new sheet, save that sheet as a CSV, using the Save As dialog, and then close it afterwards.