[AccessD] How to Rename a flat file with Access VBA

Gary,

Thanks!

Brad

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 8:07 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] How to Rename a flat file with Access VBA

Use the Name statement
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Renames a disk file, directory, or folder.

Syntax

Name oldpathname As newpathname

The Name statement syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
oldpathname	Required. String expression that specifies the existing
file name and location-may include directory or folder, and drive.
newpathname	Required. String expression that specifies the new file
name and location-may include directory or folder, and drive. The file
name specified by newpathname can't already exist.
Remarks

Both newpathname and oldpathname must be on the same drive. If the
path in newpathname exists and is different from the path in
oldpathname, the Name statement moves the file to the new directory or
folder and renames the file, if necessary. If newpathname and
oldpathname have different paths and the same file name, Name moves
the file to the new location and leaves the file name unchanged. Using
Name, you can move a file from one directory or folder to another, but
you can't move a directory or folder.

Using Name on an open file produces an error. You must close an open
file before renaming it. Name arguments cannot include
multiple-character (*) and single-character (?) wildcards.

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Examples
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This example uses the Name statement to rename a file. For purposes of
this example, assume that the directories or folders that are
specified already exist.

Dim OldName, NewName
OldName = "OLDFILE": NewName = "NEWFILE"	' Define filenames.
Name OldName As NewName	' Rename file.

' In Microsoft Windows:
OldName = "C:\MYDIR\OLDFILE": NewName = "C:\YOURDIR\NEWFILE"
Name OldName As NewName	' Move and rename file.

' On the Macintosh:
OldName = "HD:MY FOLDER:OLDFILE": NewName = "HD:YOUR FOLDER:NEWFILE"
Name OldName As NewName	' Move and rename file.

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Here's some of my code that does that
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Dim strImportPath As String
Dim strBackupPath As String
Dim strCheckFile As String

strBackupPath = Me!txtBackupPathAndFile
strImportPath = Me!txtImportPathAndFilename
strCheckFile = Dir(strImportPath)

 If Len(strCheckFile) < 1 Then
        Me!txtMessage = "Import file not found - Import UNSUCCESSFULL!"
        MsgBox "Import file not found - Import UNSUCCESSFULL!"
        GoTo Exit_cmdProcessWithSeek_Click
 End If
 Me!txtMessage = "Commencing import Process. "
 Me.Repaint

Name strImportPath As strBackupPath

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GK

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com>
wrote:
> All,
>
> We just installed some EDI software that creates a number of flat
files.
>
> There is one file that is a text file but the extension is .tbl
>
> I would like to link to this file with Access 2007, but I am running
> into problems because of the .tbl extension.
>
> For the short term, I am simply renaming the file outside of Access.
> This works, but I would prefer to do the renaming inside of Access.
>
> Is there a way to use VBA to rename flat files.
>
> Example -
> Old name = C:\EDI\Outbound.tbl
> New name = C:\EDI\Outbound.txt
>
> I figure that this is pretty easy to do, but I have never done it and
I
> have not found an example of how to do it.
>
> Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
> Brad
>
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