Public Function SendTQ2ExcelNameNewSheet(strTQName As String, strSheetName As String, Optional strFileName As String)
' strTQName is the name of the table or query you want to send to Excel
' strSheetName is the name of the sheet you want to name your sheet to
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Dim ApXL As Object
Dim xlWBk As Object
Dim xlWSh As Object
Dim fld As DAO.Field
Dim wks As Object
Dim strPath As String
Const xlCenter As Long = -4108
Const xlBottom As Long = -4107
On Error GoTo Errors
Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strTQName)
Set ApXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
If Dir(strFileName) <> vbNullString Then
Set xlWBk = ApXL.Workbooks.Open(strFileName)
Else
Set xlWBk = ApXL.Workbooks.Add
End If
ApXL.Visible = True
Set xlWSh = xlWBk.Worksheets.Add
xlWSh.Name = strSheetName
xlWSh.Range("A1").Select
For Each fld In rst.Fields
ApXL.ActiveCell = fld.Name
ApXL.ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Select
Next
rst.MoveFirst
xlWSh.Range("A2").CopyFromRecordset rst
xlWSh.Range("1:1").Select
' This is included to show some of what you can do about formatting. You can comment out or delete
' any of this that you don't want to use in your own export.
With ApXL.Selection.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 12
.Strikethrough = False
.Superscript = False
.Subscript = False
.OutlineFont = False
.Shadow = False
End With
ApXL.Selection.Font.Bold = True
With ApXL.Selection
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.VerticalAlignment = xlBottom
.WrapText = False
.Orientation = 0
.AddIndent = False
.IndentLevel = 0
.ShrinkToFit = False
.MergeCells = False
End With
' selects all of the cells
ApXL.ActiveSheet.Cells.Select
' does the "autofit" for all columns
ApXL.ActiveSheet.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
' selects the first cell to unselect all cells
xlWSh.Range("A1").Select
xlWSh.Range("A1").EntireRow.Insert
xlWSh.Range("A1").Value = strTQName
If strFileName <> vbNullString Then
If Dir(strFileName) = vbNullString Then
xlWBk.SaveAs strFileName
Else
xlWBk.Save
End If
xlWBk.Close False
End If
ApXL.Quit
Set ApXL = Nothing
rst.Close
Set rst = Nothing
ExitHere:
Exit Function
Errors:
MsgBox "Error " & Err.Number & " - Line # " & Erl & " - " & " (" & Err.Description & ") in procedure SendTQ2ExcelNameNewSheet of Module basExcel", , CurrentDb.Properties("AppTitle")
Resume ExitHere
Resume
End Function
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