Technique to Export Table to Arbitrary CSV File

[Oralloy]

Folks,

I'm trying to export a table to an arbitrary CSV file.

My issue is that the output file name is under control of my application.

Stored exports seem to require a fixed output file. Otherwise I think they'd do just fine for my immediate needs.

Do any of you have any good suggestions or examples I can borrow from?

Thanks,
Oralloy

[jimatqsi]

Not exactly sure what you mean. But here is some code I use to to create a text file.

  Dim strLabelFileName As String
   Dim fs As Object
   Dim a As Variant
Dim myVar As Variant
Dim i As Long
Dim rw As Long
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    strLabelFileName = "ShipLabel_" & Me!txtSelectedOrder & ".txt"
    strLabelFileName = "Y:\ShipLabels\" & strLabelFileName
    Set a = fs.CreateTextFile(strLabelFileName, True)

'Read each line of the PREFIX text file into the list of variables
    'until the end of the file is reached
    i = 0
    rw = 1
    Do While Not (EOF(1))
        Line Input #1, myVar
        i = i + 1
        a.writeline (myVar)
    Loop
'Close the file
    Close 1
    set fs = nothing
    set a = nothing

Jim

[Oralloy]

jimatqsi,

Thanks. Not exactly what I'm trying to achieve, though.

Basically I have a table that I'm exporting to a tool called JIRA. That tool can import CSV files, among various formats. It can't reach directly into Access databases, though. So what I am trying to do is automate (as much as possible) the export of a particular table from a fair number of existing Access databases into this common tool.

So, in order to avoid problems with coding my own CSV exporter, I thought that using the built-in capability was the best approach.

The problem is that it seems like the built-in CSV export requires hand execution every time, with the user being the weak link.

I have a mechanism for automated input and output file identification. Now all I have to do is the CSV export piece.

[jimatqsi]

You might try looking at this

http://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/209333-output-csv

Jim

[Oralloy]

jimatqsi,

Thanks!

I'll give it a try and let you know how it works out.

Regards,
Oralloy

[Oralloy]

Jim,

It looks like it'll solve my problems. Not a bad piece of code.

Thanks!
Oralloy