Visual Basic 6.0

XLSX Convert Sheet to CSV

Open an Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) and loads a sheet into a CSV object. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

' .xlsx files are Zip archives
Dim zip As New ChilkatZip
success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/excel/fakeCompanies.xlsx")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim csv As New ChilkatCsv
Dim sheetNames As New ChilkatStringTable
success = csv.XlsxGetSheets(zip,sheetNames)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print csv.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (sheetNames.Count = 0) Then
    Debug.Print "There are no sheets in the .xlsx"
    Exit Sub
End If

' Get the name of the 1st sheet.
Dim sheetName As String
sheetName = sheetNames.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.
success = csv.XlsxLoadSheet(zip,sheetName)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

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

Dim csvStr As String
csvStr = csv.SaveToString()
Debug.Print csvStr

' 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.
success = csv.SaveFile2("c:/temp/qa_output/fakeCompanies.csv","utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print csv.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If