(Visual FoxPro) XLSX Convert Sheet to CSV

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.3.0 or greater.

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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