Macro to remove Blank Cells Outside Of Your Data

SamarthSalunkhe

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Office Version
  1. 2016
Platform
  1. Windows
Dear All,

I have one data file which on I am getting every time from my team for review, it is Bank payment file and it is getting rejected due to blank rows and columns are available in sheet.

Can some one help me with the VBA code, to automate this.

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Hi all, I got the code (Highlighted in red below) and I have integrated it into the my original code, now code is working as per my requirement issue is now macro is running bit slow.

can some one check and fix it, why it is slow.

Thank You.

Additional code

VBA Code:
Dim rng As Range
    Dim cell As Range
    Dim del As Range
    
    
    ' Loop through each row in the worksheet
    For Each rng In openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows
        If Application.CountA(rng) = 0 Then 
            If del Is Nothing Then 
                Set del = rng 
            Else: Set del = Union(del, rng)
            End If 
        End If 
    Next rng 
    
    ' Delete blank rows if found
    If Not del Is Nothing Then del.Delete
    
     ' Reset the variable for columns deletion process
     Set del = Nothing
     
     ' Loop through each column in the worksheet  
     For Each rng In openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Columns 
         If Application.CountA(rng) = 0 Then 
             If del Is Nothing Then 
                 Set del = rng 
             Else: Set del = Union(del, rng)
             End If 
         End If 
     Next rng
     
     ' Delete blank columns if found  
     If Not del Is Nothing Then del.Delete


Original Code

VBA Code:
Sub ProcessExtractedFile()

    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
    Dim destFolder As String
    Dim extractedFilePath As String
    Dim openedWorkbook As Workbook
    Dim newFileName As String
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim lastColumn As Long
    Dim columnCounter As Long
    Dim password As String
    Dim amountColumn As Long
    Dim fileCount As Integer

    Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)

    ' Get the destination folder path from cell A2
    destFolder = ws.Shapes("TextBox1").TextFrame.Characters.Text

    ' Count the number of files matching the pattern
    extractedFilePath = Dir(destFolder & "\*.xls*")
    Do While extractedFilePath <> ""
        fileCount = fileCount + 1
        extractedFilePath = Dir
    Loop

    ' Check if more than one file matches the pattern
    If fileCount > 1 Then
        MsgBox "Error: Multiple files found in the destination folder. Please ensure path is empty.", vbCritical, "Invalid Destination Folder"
        Exit Sub
    End If
   
    ' Check if cell A3 (password) is blank
    password = ws.Shapes("TextBox2").TextFrame.Characters.Text
    If Len(password) = 0 Then
        Dim proceed As VbMsgBoxResult
        proceed = MsgBox("Warning: Password is blank. Do you want to Proceed?", vbYesNo + vbQuestion)
        If proceed <> vbYes Then
            MsgBox "Processing Aborted.", vbInformation
            Exit Sub
        End If
    End If

    ' Select a file with a specific name pattern that includes today's date
    extractedFilePath = destFolder & "\" & Dir(destFolder & "\*.xls*")

    ' Open the Excel file from the extracted folder
    On Error Resume Next
    Set openedWorkbook = Workbooks.Open(extractedFilePath)
    On Error GoTo 0

    ' Check for errors
    If openedWorkbook Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Error opening the ExtractedFile. Please check Zip file and process again.", vbExclamation
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' Set the number format of the entire sheet to text "@"
    openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.NumberFormat = "@"
   
    ' Set font and font size for the entire sheet
    openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Font.Name = "Calibri Light"
    openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.Font.Size = 11

    ' Set font size for the first row
    openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows(1).Font.Size = 12
   
    ' Auto fit column width for all columns
    openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit

    ' Find the last column in the used range
    lastColumn = openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count

    ' Loop through each column and apply Text to Columns
    For columnCounter = 1 To lastColumn
        openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Columns(columnCounter).TextToColumns _
            Destination:=openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(1, columnCounter), _
            DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, _
            ConsecutiveDelimiter:=True, Tab:=True, Semicolon:=False, _
            Comma:=False, Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(1, 2), _
            TrailingMinusNumbers:=True
    Next columnCounter
   
    ' Find the column with "Amount" or "Amt" in the header
    Dim found As Range
    Set found = openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows(1).Find(What:="*Amount*", LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlPart)
    If found Is Nothing Then Set found = openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows(1).Find(What:="*Amt*", LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlPart)
    If Not found Is Nothing Then
        amountColumn = found.Column
       
        ' Convert values in the found column to numbers and round to 2 decimal places
        Dim lastRow As Long
        lastRow = openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, amountColumn).End(xlUp).Row

        Dim cell As Range
        For Each cell In openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range(openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(2, amountColumn), openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(lastRow, amountColumn))
            If IsNumeric(cell.Value) Then
                cell.Value = Round(cell.Value, 2)
                cell.NumberFormat = "0.00"
            End If
        Next cell
    End If
   
    ' Find the last column in the used range
    lastColumn = openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count

    ' Apply formatting only to the used range in the header row
    With openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range(openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(1, 1), openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(1, lastColumn))
   
    ' Set the background color to white
    .Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255)
    .Interior.Color = RGB(221, 221, 221) ' 15% darkness
   
    ' Apply continuous borders around each cell in the range
    .Borders.LineStyle = xlContinuous
    .Borders.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0) ' Black color for borders
   
    ' Middle Align & Align Center
    .VerticalAlignment = xlCenter
    .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
   
    End With
   
    ' Apply formatting to the rest of the rows for Middle Align & Align Left
    With openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows("2:" & openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows.Count)
   
    ' Middle Align & Align Left
    .VerticalAlignment = xlCenter
    .HorizontalAlignment = xlLeft
    End With

    Dim rng As Range
    Dim cell As Range
    Dim del As Range
   
   
    ' Loop through each row in the worksheet
    For Each rng In openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Rows
        If Application.CountA(rng) = 0 Then
            If del Is Nothing Then
                Set del = rng
            Else: Set del = Union(del, rng)
            End If
        End If
    Next rng
   
    ' Delete blank rows if found
    If Not del Is Nothing Then del.Delete
   
     ' Reset the variable for columns deletion process
     Set del = Nothing
    
     ' Loop through each column in the worksheet 
     For Each rng In openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Columns
         If Application.CountA(rng) = 0 Then
             If del Is Nothing Then
                 Set del = rng
             Else: Set del = Union(del, rng)
             End If
         End If
     Next rng
    
     ' Delete blank columns if found 
     If Not del Is Nothing Then del.Delete

    ' Protect the active sheet with a password
    If Len(password) > 0 Then
        openedWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Protect password:=password
    End If
   
    ' Generate a new file name with today's date and time
    newFileName = "Generated_From_Macro_" & Format(Now, "DDMMYYYY_HHMMSS") & ".xls"

    ' Save the file as an Excel 97-2003 Workbook (*.xls)
    openedWorkbook.SaveAs destFolder & "\" & newFileName, FileFormat:=xlExcel8
 
    ' Close the original workbook without saving changes
    openedWorkbook.Close savechanges:=False
   
    MsgBox "Processing Completed Successfully!", vbInformation
   
    Exit Sub
   
ErrorHandler:

    MsgBox "Error: If your are continuosly facing this error, Please Contact Author of this Macro", vbExclamation, "Author (Samarth Salunkhe)"
     
End Sub
 
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