Visual FoxPro Requires Chilkat v11.3.0+

XLSX Convert Sheet to CSV

Open an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) and loads a sheet into a CSV object. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loZip
LOCAL loCsv
LOCAL loSheetNames
LOCAL lcSheetName
LOCAL lcCsvStr

lnSuccess = 0

*  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
*  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

*  .xlsx files are Zip archives
loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')
lnSuccess = loZip.OpenZip("qa_data/excel/fakeCompanies.xlsx")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loCsv = CreateObject('Chilkat.Csv')
loSheetNames = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringTable')
lnSuccess = loCsv.XlsxGetSheets(loZip,loSheetNames)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCsv.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    RELEASE loCsv
    RELEASE loSheetNames
    CANCEL
ENDIF

IF (loSheetNames.Count = 0) THEN
    ? "There are no sheets in the .xlsx"
    RELEASE loZip
    RELEASE loCsv
    RELEASE loSheetNames
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Get the name of the 1st sheet.
lcSheetName = loSheetNames.StringAt(0)

*  Load the 1st sheet into the CSV.
*  We could've also loaded the 1st sheet by passing an empty string for the sheet name.
lnSuccess = loCsv.XlsxLoadSheet(loZip,lcSheetName)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    RELEASE loCsv
    RELEASE loSheetNames
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  The Chilkat CSV API can now be used to read, modify, or insert cells.
*  ...
*  ...

lcCsvStr = loCsv.SaveToString()
? lcCsvStr

*  Sample output:
*  CompanyName,Address,City,State,Zip,Phone
*  Acme Innovations LLC,7428 Westbrook Blvd,Oak Bend,IL,60514,630-555-2398
*  BlueHorizon Data Systems,1850 Crestline Park Suite 210,Rivergate,CA,92814,714-555-8821
*  Pinnacle Manufacturing Corp,3912 Industrial Loop,Maple Ridge,TX,77301,281-555-4477
*  Evergreen Analytics Inc,1250 Highland Terrace,Stonefield,WA,98290,425-555-9914
*  NovaTech Solutions Group,578 Marketview Drive,Clearwater,FL,33760,727-555-6032

*  Save to a .csv file.
lnSuccess = loCsv.SaveFile2("c:/temp/qa_output/fakeCompanies.csv","utf-8")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loCsv.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    RELEASE loCsv
    RELEASE loSheetNames
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loZip
RELEASE loCsv
RELEASE loSheetNames