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Save Each Row of Spreadsheet as Seperate Text File?

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parkins - 18 Dec 2006 16:50 GMT
All,

I have a 200-row text file laid out as follows:

| Column 1    | Column 2  |
| target1.txt  | my string 1|
| target2.txt  | my string 2|
| target3.txt  | my string 3|
| target4.txt  | my string 4|
etc...
| target200.txt  | my string 200|

Anyone know a way to set up a macro in Excel that will save each | my
string n| as a text file named according to the value in Column 1?

And for bonus points, In an ideal world, the text file created will
also have one other line in it before the |string|, which will remain
constant across all 200 files.  If I have to insert that constant text
into the Excel file and write two rows from Excel, I'm prepared to do
that if someone can suggest a way to write one!.

Thanks.

Patrick
Dave Peterson - 18 Dec 2006 17:24 GMT
Make sure that the folder you want to put the files in already exists:

Option Explicit
Sub CreateFiles()

   Dim wks As Worksheet
   Dim iRow As Long
   Dim myHeader As String
   Dim myFolderName As String
   Dim FileNum As Long
   
   myFolderName = "C:\temp\"
       
   Set wks = Worksheets("sheet1")
   
   myHeader = "Some Header Information here"
   
   FileNum = FreeFile
   With wks
       For iRow = 1 To .Cells(.Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row
           Close #FileNum
           Open myFolderName & .Cells(iRow, "A").Value For Output As FileNum
           Print #FileNum, myHeader
           Print #FileNum, .Cells(iRow, "B").Value
       Next iRow
   End With
   
   Close #FileNum
   
   MsgBox "Done."
   
End Sub

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parkins - 19 Dec 2006 14:52 GMT
Dave -

Works like a charm - my eyes and fingers thank you.

OK if I post your code on one of the Adobe forums - it's part of an
issue I was struggling with to update PDFs.

Patrick
Dave Peterson - 19 Dec 2006 15:15 GMT
Glad it worked for you.

When I want to refer to an older post, I'll find it on google and then post a
link.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.excel/browse_frm/thread/9b1257
bf55455c0b/84288c512c3ea113?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1#84288c512c3ea113


or

http://snipurl.com/15bh9

But you can post it directly if you want.

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