[AccessD] Importing XLSX

[Rocky Smolin]

Sorry Bill.  No offense intended. Life is a bit crazy now - moved twice in
the last three months.  But not an excuse to overlook acknowledging your
post.

r
 

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Benson
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 1:42 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Importing XLSX

In what way did my suggestion not satisfy or not even deserve a thanks but
no thanks Rocky? Payback for my inattention to one of your own replies in
the past?
<g>
On May 4, 2016 4:12 PM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:

> Lambert:
>
> Thanks for your reply.  I'm pretty sure I have the compatibility pack 
> installed because I can open xlsx files with Excel 2003 but I 
> downloaded and installed anyway.  However, I still got the 'not in the 
> expected format'
> message when using TransferSpreadsheet.
>
> I have to talk to the client to see if they can provide a .CSV file - 
> that would work around the problem altogether.
>
> Barring that, perhaps I can open the spreadsheet directly and process 
> it that way.
>
> Best,
>
> Rocky
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf 
> Of Heenan, Lambert
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 11:37 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Importing XLSX
>
> It's been a while, so I don't exactly remember, but I think that if 
> you install the MS Office Compatibility Pack, then Access will be able 
> to read .xlsx files. The SW is available here...
>
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3
>
>
> Lambert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf 
> Of Bill Benson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 2:06 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Importing XLSX
>
> Automate Excel through Access. If Excel 2007 and higher is your most 
> recently installed Excel version, that will be used to open the .xlsx 
> file, then saveas in code paying particular attention to both 
> extension and the fileformat intrinsic constant for 2003 files, which 
> to Excel is xlExcel8 but if you use CreateObject instead of setting a 
> reference to Excel, use 56.
> Then use Transfer spreadsheet.
>
> If you have most recently installed Excel 2003, then that is what will 
> open the file, and it will be in Compatibility mode. Likewise do a 
> SaveAs, but I am not sure there was a FileFormat property back then. 
> If there was, it likely was not 56, it might have been some number in the
4000's.
> On May 4, 2016 11:32 AM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
>
> Dear List:
>
> I'm still using 2003 for development - should probably up to 2010.
> However...
>
> I have an app which requires processing data from XL spreadsheets.  My 
> usual method is to use TransferSpreadsheet into a front end table and 
> process the records from there.
>
> However, TransferSpreadsheet doesn't seem to like xlsx format. If I 
> save the file as xls, no problem.
>
> Is there a way to use TransferSpreadsheet on an xlsx file in A2003?
>
> MTIA
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> 760-683-5777
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