VBA to copy another excel file contents to current workbook - vba

Question

This is what I want to achieve:
I want to copy the contents of the entire first sheet in the most recently modified excel file in a specified directory. I then want to paste the values of this copy operation to the first sheet of the current workbook.
I am aware there are macros to get the last modified file in a directory but I am unsure of a quick and clean way to implement this.

Answer 1

See below. This will use the current active workbook and look in C:\Your\Path for the Excel file with the latest modify date. It will then open the file and copy contents from the first sheet and paste them in your original workbook (on the first sheet):
Dim fso, fol, fil
Dim wkbSource As Workbook, wkbData As Workbook
Dim fileData As Date
Dim fileName As String, strExtension As String
Set wkbSource = ActiveWorkbook
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fol = fso.GetFolder("C:\Your\Path")
fileData = DateSerial(1900, 1, 1)
For Each fil In fol.Files
strExtension = fso.GetExtensionName(fil.Path)
If Left$(strExtension, 3) = "xls" Then
If (fil.DateLastModified > fileData) Then
fileData = fil.DateLastModified
fileName = fil.Path
End If
End If
Next fil
Set wkbData = Workbooks.Open(fileName, , True)
wkbData.Sheets(1).Cells.Copy
wkbSource.Sheets(1).Range("A1").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues
Application.CutCopyMode = False
wkbData.Close
Set fso = Nothing
Set fol = Nothing
Set flc = Nothing
Set wkbData = Nothing

Answer 2

I had nothing better to do on my lunch - so here goes.
To fire it use: getSheetFromA()
Put this in the current file:
Dim most_recent_file(1, 2) As Variant
Sub getSheetFromA()
' STEP 1 - Delete first sheet in this workbook
' STEP 2 - Look through the folder and get the most recently modified file path
' STEP 3 - Copy the first sheet from that file to the start of this file
' STEP 1
' Delete the first sheet in the current file (named incase if deleting the wrong one..)
delete_worksheet ("Sheet1")
' STEP 2
' Now look for the most recent file
Dim folder As String
folder = "C:\Documents and Settings\Chris\Desktop\foldername\"
Call recurse_files(folder, "xls")
' STEP 3
Dim most_recently_modified_sheet As String
most_recently_modified_sheet = most_recent_file(1, 0)
getSheet most_recently_modified_sheet, 1
End Sub
Sub getSheet(filename As String, sheetNr As Integer)
' Copy a sheet from an external sheet to this workbook and put it first in the workbook.
Dim srcWorkbook As Workbook
Set srcWorkbook = Application.Workbooks.Open(filename)
srcWorkbook.Worksheets(sheetNr).Copy before:=ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
srcWorkbook.Close
Set srcWorkbook = Nothing
End Sub
Sub delete_worksheet(sheet_name)
' Delete a sheet (turn alerting off and on again to avoid prompts)
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Sheets(sheet_name).Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub
Function recurse_files(working_directory, file_extension)
With Application.FileSearch
.LookIn = working_directory
.SearchSubFolders = True
.filename = "*." & file_extension
.MatchTextExactly = True
.FileType = msoFileTypeAllFiles
If .Execute() > 0 Then
number_of_files = .FoundFiles.Count
For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
vFile = .FoundFiles(i)
Dim temp_filename As String
temp_filename = vFile
' the next bit works by seeing if the current file is newer than the one in the array, if it is, then replace the current file in the array.
If (most_recent_file(1, 1) <> "") Then
If (FileLastModified(temp_filename) > most_recent_file(1, 1)) Then
most_recent_file(1, 0) = temp_filename
most_recent_file(1, 1) = FileLastModified(temp_filename)
End If
Else
most_recent_file(1, 0) = temp_filename
most_recent_file(1, 1) = FileLastModified(temp_filename)
End If
Next i
Else
MsgBox "There were no files found."
End If
End With
End Function
Function FileLastModified(strFullFileName As String)
' Taken from: http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27740
Dim fs As Object, f As Object, s As String
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fs.GetFile(strFullFileName)
s = f.DateLastModified
FileLastModified = s
Set fs = Nothing: Set f = Nothing
End Function