Formatted Spreadsheet Export

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Hello,

I am looking for a simple script that I can manipulate to do the following:

- Opens a new spreadsheet
- Exports data from a query to it
- Wrap text the headings and apply formatting
- Apply 3 conditional formatting rules on the data

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

P.S - I am using this as an alternative to creating a dynamic report based on a crosstab.

 

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How to I assign the function to a button to execute it?

I assigned it to a macro but it came up with an error message.

 

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Sorry guys, this is my first time with Functions/Modules.

I have created a module and saved this code to it:

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Public Function SendTQ2XLWbSheet(strTQName As String, strSheetName As String, strFilePath 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 send it to
' strFilePath is the name and path of the file you want to send this data into.

    Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
    Dim ApXL As Object
    Dim xlWBk As Object
    Dim xlWSh As Object
    Dim fld As DAO.Field
    Dim strPath As String
    Const xlCenter As Long = -4108
    Const xlBottom As Long = -4107
    On Error GoTo err_handler

    strPath = strFilePath

    Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strTQName)

    Set ApXL = CreateObject("Excel.Application")

    Set xlWBk = ApXL.Workbooks.Open(strPath)

    ApXL.Visible = True

    Set xlWSh = xlWBk.Worksheets(strSheetName)

    xlWsh.Activate

    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

    rst.Close

    Set rst = Nothing

Exit_SendTQ2XLWbSheet:
    Exit Function

err_handler:
    DoCmd.SetWarnings True
    MsgBox Err.Description, vbExclamation, Err.Number
    Resume Exit_SendTQ2XLWbSheet   
End Function

I have created a command button and I want to pass the arguments from VBA:

Call SendTQ2Excel("QueryName", "sheet 1", "")

I don't have a path to a file, I want to generate a new file everytime the user clicks on the the export.

Am I going the right way??