I would like to export a file I have created in UTF-8 CSV using VBA. From searching message boards, I have found the following code that converts a file to UTF-8 (from this
Update of this code. I used this one to change all .csv files in a specified folder (labeled "Bron") and save them as csv utf-8 in another folder (labeled "doel")
Sub SaveAsUTF8()
Dim fsT As Variant, tFileToOpen As String, tFileToSave As String
Dim Message As String
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim fileName As String
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = False
.DisplayAlerts = False
End With
Message = "Source folder incorrect"
SourceFolder = wb.Worksheets("Menu").Range("Bron") & "\"
If Dir(SourceFolder, vbDirectory) = "" Or IsEmpty(SourceFolder) Then GoTo errorhandler
Message = "Target folder incorrect"
TargetFolder = wb.Worksheets("Menu").Range("Doel") & "\"
If Dir(TargetFolder, vbDirectory) = "" Or IsEmpty(TargetFolder) Then GoTo errorhandler
fileName = Dir(SourceFolder & "\*.csv", vbNormal)
Message = "No files available."
If Len(fileName) = 0 Then GoTo errorhandler
Do Until fileName = ""
tFileToOpen = SourceFolder & fileName
tFileToSave = TargetFolder & fileName
tFileToOpenPath = tFileToOpen
tFileToSavePath = tFileToSave
Set fsT = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream"): 'Create Stream object
fsT.Type = 2: 'Specify stream type – we want To save text/string data.
fsT.Charset = "utf-8": 'Specify charset For the source text data.
fsT.Open: 'Open the stream
fsT.LoadFromFile tFileToOpenPath: 'And write the file to the object stream
fsT.SaveToFile tFileToSavePath, 2: 'Save the data to the named path
fileName = Dir()
Loop
Message = "Okay to remove all old files?"
If QuestionMessage(Message) = False Then
GoTo the_end
Else
On Error Resume Next
Kill SourceFolder & "*.csv"
On Error GoTo errorhandler
End If
the_end:
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = True
.DisplayAlerts = True
End With
Exit Sub
errorhandler:
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = True
.DisplayAlerts = True
End With
CriticalMessage (Message)
Exit Sub
End Sub
'----------
Function CriticalMessage(Message As String)
MsgBox Message
End Function
'----------
Function QuestionMessage(Message As String)
If MsgBox(Message, vbQuestion + vbYesNo) = vbNo Then
QuestionMessage = False
Else
QuestionMessage = True
End If
End Function