Darren D
darren at activebilling.com.au
Thu Aug 7 23:21:19 CDT 2008
Thanks for the reply
Apologies - I have taken the asterix (sic) out of the combo and have added it to
the string so...
strFile = Dir$(Me.txtFolder & "\*." & Me.cmbFileTypes) is correct
MMM - Ok - I'll have to experiment some more - many many thanks for your help on
this - And all this was air code...showoff - I'm jealous
Have a great day
Darren
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Friday, 8 August 2008 9:15 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2003: Merging top 50 files then next 50 files andsoon
If me.cmbFileTypes really does contain "*.XML" and not just "XML" then you need
to change
strFile = Dir$(Me.txtFolder & "\*." & Me.cmbFileTypes)
to
strFile = Dir$(Me.txtFolder & "\" & Me.cmbFileTypes)
I don't see anything wrong with the "strFile = Dir$"
Cheers,
Stuart
On 7 Aug 2008 at 17:10, Darren D wrote:
> Howdy
>
> Thanks for the reply- I kinda did that by use of a UI
>
> Code below - maybe you can spot an error in it
>
> I have a number of unbound text boxes on the form
>
> Me.txtFolder - Usually populated with a path = EG N:\test\Myfolder
> Me.txtMergedFileName - The merged file name (Defaults to 'MergedFile')
> Me.cmbFileTypes - What file types to go looking for (Defaults to *.XML)
> Me.txtCounterLimit - At what file count to start a new merged fie
> Me.cmbSuffix - Asks the user what suffix to put at the end of any merges
folder
> (options are 'XML' and 'txt')
>
> '~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> '<Code Start>
> Private Sub ps_CopyBlocks()
>
> On Error Resume Next
>
> Dim lngCounter As Long
> Dim lngFileCounter As Long
> Dim strFile As String
> Dim strMergeFile As String
> Dim strTemp
>
> strMergeFile = Me.txtFolder & "\" & Me.txtMergedFileName & "_00." &
Me.cmbSuffix
>
> Open strMergeFile For Output As #1
>
> strFile = Dir$(Me.txtFolder & "\*." & Me.cmbFileTypes)
>
> Do
> Open strFile For Input As #2
> While Not EOF(2)
> Line Input #2, strTemp
> Print #1, strTemp
> Wend
> Close #2
>
> lngCounter = lngCounter + 1
> If lngCounter = Me.txtCounterLimit Then
> lngFileCounter = lngFileCounter + 1
> lngCounter = 0
> Close #1
> strMergeFile = Me.txtFolder & "\" & Me.txtMergedFileName & "_" &
> Format(lngFileCounter, "00" & "." & Me.cmbSuffix)
> Open strMergeFile For Output As #1
> End If
>
> strFile = Dir$ '<--me thinks the error maybe here
>
> Loop Until strFile = ""
>
> Close #1
>
> End Sub
> '</Code Start>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> Sent: Thursday, 7 August 2008 4:29 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2003: Merging top 50 files then next 50 files andsoon
>
> Open an Immediate window in the any Access application (hit Ctrl+G)
> Enter "? CurDir"
> You will see that the default directory for an Access Application is "My
> Documents".
> (unless you change "Default database folder:" under "Tools-Options-General"
>
> You can do one of two things:
>
> 1. Initally use CHDIR to change the directory
> 2. Put the path in front of the relevant code.
>
>
> I prefer to use the second method.
> If you want to run in the directory that the Access application is in, make
the
> following
> changes:
>
> Change: strMergeFile = "MergeFile00.txt"
> To: strMergeFile = CurrentProject.Path & "\MergeFile00.txt"
>
> Change: strFile = Dir$("*.xml")
> To: strFile = "Dir$(Currentproject.Path & "\*.xml")
>
> Change: strMergeFile = "MergeFile" & Format(lngFileCounter, "00" & ".txt")
> To: strMergeFile = CurrentProject.Path & "\MergeFile" & Format(lngFileCounter,
> "00" & ".txt")
>
>
> Cheers,
> Stuart
>
> On 7 Aug 2008 at 14:51, Darren D wrote:
>
> > Hi Stuart
> >
> > You are a legend this is way cool
> >
> > Now, I have a strange issue with this. When I drop say 20 or 30 xml files in
> the
> > My Documents folder and run the dB, from My Documents as well, it runs
lovely
> >
> > Drop those same XML into another folder and the dB into that same folder it
> > seems to get stuck in some monstrous loop that never ends and the new
> > destination merge file just grows and grows and does not stop until I do a 3
> > finger salute
> >
> > Any reason why it would work in the My Documents folder and not in another
> > folder?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Darren
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> > Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2008 8:06 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2003: Merging top 50 files then next 50 files
andsoon
> >
> > Yep, another ommission on my part ( I did warn you <g>)
> >
> > You need to do a
> > Close #1
> > after
> > Loop Until strFile = ""
> > to close the last merge file.
> >
> > It's not using any objects, so there is no need to do anything else.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5 Aug 2008 at 15:22, Darren D wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Stuart - Fantastic
> > >
> > > Works an absolute treat many many thanks - you are a legend
> > >
> > > What is the standard code bits to get it to release the file whilst the dB
> is
> > > open? I also assume there are objects to be closed or set to nothing -
yes?
> > >
> > > Code working nicely below
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > Private Sub ps_CopyBlocks()
> > >
> > > On Error Resume Next
> > >
> > > Dim lngCounter As Long
> > > Dim lngFileCounter As Long
> > > Dim strFile As String
> > > Dim strMergeFile As String
> > >
> > > strMergeFile = "MergeFile00.txt"
> > > Open strMergeFile For Output As #1
> > > strFile = Dir$("*.xml")
> > > Do
> > > Open strFile For Input As #2
> > > While Not EOF(2)
> > > Line Input #2, strtemp
> > > Print #1, strtemp
> > > Wend
> > > Close #2
> > > lngCounter = lngCounter + 1
> > > If lngCounter = 10 Then
> > > lngFileCounter = lngFileCounter + 1
> > > lngCounter = 0
> > > Close #1
> > > strMergeFile = "MergeFile" & Format(lngFileCounter, "00" & ".txt")
> > > Open strMergeFile For Output As #1
> > > End If
> > > strFile = Dir$
> > > Loop Until strFile = ""
> > >
> > > End Sub
> >
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