Microsoft KB Archive/158940

= ACC: How to Automate Importing All Files in a Specific Folder =

Article ID: 158940

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q158940



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SUMMARY
This article shows you how you can automate importing all files of a particular type from a specific folder on your hard disk.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.



MORE INFORMATION
The following example runs a procedure from a command button on a form. The procedure uses an input box to prompt for the folder containing the files you want to import. Then the code loops through all the files in the folder you specify and imports them all.

NOTE: The following example imports Microsoft FoxPro version 3.0 files. You select the file type you want to import by changing the second argument of the TransferDatabase method. If you want to see a list of file types that you can import using TransferDatabase, create a new macro and insert the TransferDatabase action. Then view the list of file types under the Database Type argument. When you are finished, close the macro without saving it.

 Create a new form not based on any table or query in Design view.  Add a command button to the form and set its OnClick property to the following event procedure: Private Sub Command0_Click Dim InputDir, ImportFile As String, tblName As String Dim InputMsg as String

InputMsg = "Type the pathname of the folder that contains " InputMsg = InputMsg & "the files you want to import." InputDir = InputBox(InputMsg) ' Change the file extension on the next line for the ' type of file you want to import. ImportFile = Dir(InputDir & "\*.dbf")

Do While Len(ImportFile) > 0 ' Use the import file name without its extension as the table ' name. tblName = Left(ImportFile, (InStr(1, ImportFile, ".") - 1)) ' Change FoxPro 3.0 on the next line to the type of file you ' want to import. DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "FoxPro 3.0", InputDir, _ acTable, ImportFile, tblName ImportFile = Dir Loop End Sub  Open the form in Form view and click the button to begin importing tables.

