Importing a folders worth of excel work books into Acess

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chrisbrocco

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Is there a way (using VBA) to point to a folder and make access import all the files (which will be excel files) into a access a table.

Prefrably beable to say which colums it imports
 
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It seems like you are missing the proper table and sheet names in the transferspreadsheet method. This is not a robust solution (as to changing numbers of sheets and so forth) but hopefully it will help (note: I haven't read any but the last post).

Code: 
[COLOR="Navy"]Public[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] TestImport()
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] x [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Integer[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] strSheet [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]String[/COLOR]

    [COLOR="Navy"]On[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Error[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]GoTo[/COLOR] Handler:
    [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] x = 1 [COLOR="Navy"]To[/COLOR] 15
        strSheet = "Sheet" & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "core", _
            "C:\Documents and Settings\abc\Desktop\ClearExtracts\core.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] x

MsgBox "Complete."
[COLOR="Navy"]Exit[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]

Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
 
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Oops:
Code: 
        strSheet = "Sheet" & x & "!"

Should be:
Code: 
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
 
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This works perfect, thanks alot xenou! I just have another question.. if i wanted to import mutlalso into the same command for example pref.xls/rel.xls workbook into pref/rel table... Would i just remove the public sub testimport/end sub? I highlighted them in red.

Code: 
Public Sub TestImport()
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "core", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\core.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Core Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
[COLOR=red]End Sub[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=red]Public Sub TestImport()[/COLOR]
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "pref", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\pref.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Pref Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
[COLOR=red]End Sub[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR=red]Public Sub TestImport()[/COLOR]
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "rel", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\rel.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Rel Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub
 
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Hi,

Well, you can't have subs with the same name in the same module, but in general I think you have are correct.

There may be a way to generalize this further but in a pinch I'd create a sub for each import and if you need to you can call them all in turn (note: no effort here was made to be sure the three subs do the right thing):

Code: 
[COLOR="Navy"]Public[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] Import_Stuff()
    [COLOR="Navy"]Call[/COLOR] Import_Result
    [COLOR="Navy"]Call[/COLOR] Import_Pref
    [COLOR="Navy"]Call[/COLOR] Import_Rel
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'-------------------------[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Public[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] Import_Result()
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] x [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Integer[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] strSheet [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]String[/COLOR]
    [COLOR="Navy"]On[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Error[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]GoTo[/COLOR] Handler:
    [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] x = 1 [COLOR="Navy"]To[/COLOR] 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "core", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\core.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] x
MsgBox "Core Complete."
[COLOR="Navy"]Exit[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'-------------------------[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Public[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] Import_Pref()
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] x [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Integer[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] strSheet [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]String[/COLOR]
    [COLOR="Navy"]On[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Error[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]GoTo[/COLOR] Handler:
    [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] x = 1 [COLOR="Navy"]To[/COLOR] 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "pref", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\pref.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] x
MsgBox "Pref Complete."
[COLOR="Navy"]Exit[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SeaGreen"]'-------------------------[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Public[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] Import_Rel()
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] x [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Integer[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] strSheet [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]String[/COLOR]
    [COLOR="Navy"]On[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Error[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]GoTo[/COLOR] Handler:
    [COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] x = 1 [COLOR="Navy"]To[/COLOR] 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "rel", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\rel.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    [COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] x
MsgBox "Rel Complete."
[COLOR="Navy"]Exit[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
 
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Hi again the code works but i still have to select within subroutine that i want to run and then click the run button 3 times, anyone have any other suggestions. This is currently the code.

Code: 
Public Sub Import_Stuff()
    Call Import_Result
    Call Import_Pref
    Call Import_Rel
End Sub
'-------------------------
Public Sub Import_Core()
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 10
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "core", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\core.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Core Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub
'-------------------------
Public Sub Import_Pref()
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 16
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "pref", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\pref.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Pref Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub
'-------------------------
Public Sub Import_Rel()
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 15
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "rel", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\rel.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Rel Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub
 
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i still have to select within subroutine that i want to run and then click the run button 3 times
Click to expand...

Within which subroutine must you do this? It's not making sense at first glance - not sure what's going on.
 
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For example in order to run this script i have to put the cursor between the following:


Code: 
'-------------------------
Public Sub Import_Core()
Dim x As Integer
Dim strSheet As String
    On Error GoTo Handler:
    For x = 1 To 10
        strSheet = "Result " & x & "!"
        DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet _
            acImport, _
            acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, _
            "core", _
            "U:\Projects\Clear Extracts\core.xls", _
            True, _
            strSheet
    Next x
MsgBox "Core Complete."
Exit Sub
Handler:
MsgBox Err.Description
End Sub
'-------------------------

and then hit the run icon. Then this will only create this single sheet.
 
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The "run em all" sub needs to have the names of the procedures you want to run. Looking closely at post #17 I see this code:
Code: 
Public Sub Import_Stuff()
    Call Import_Result
    Call Import_Pref
    Call Import_Rel
End Sub

But it does not have a sub named Import_Core().

Hence, we may need to amend the "run em all" procedure (here it is a sub called Import_Stuff), something like:
Code: 
Public Sub Import_Stuff()
    Call Import_Result
    Call Import_Pref
    Call Import_Rel
    Call [COLOR="Blue"]Import_Core[/COLOR]
End Sub

Does that make sense?
 
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