Open catalogs, manage them then re-Export Revit Catalogs from Excel

Attribute VB_Name = "REVIT_EXPORT_CATALOG" ''2023 Ron E. Allen - Share with WM under general use license ''Required reference "Microsoft scripting runtime" for FSO and text streams Option Explicit Const VBQT = """" ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Function CheckFilepath(ByRef filepath) ''subs out sharepoint filepath for 'local' If LCase(filepath) Like "http*sharepoint*" Then ''Sharepoint hack to try to rewrite to local drive path... If filepath Like "http*/Documents/*" Then ''we can take a guess to the local location filepath = Environ$("USERPROFILE") & "\OneDrive - Ware Malcomb\Documents" & Right(filepath, Len(filepath) - 18 - InStr(1, filepath, "documents/", vbTextCompare)) filepath = Replace(filepath, "/", "\", 1, -1, vbTextCompare) Else MsgBox "Cannot save to OneDrive, malformed path. OK to cancel", vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Malformed path - Onedrive" End If ''Stop ''redirect to local ... End If CheckFilepath = filepath End Function '======================================================================== Sub REVIT_EXPORT_CATALOG_1st_row_params() Dim ws As Worksheet Dim objTxtFile As TextStream ''As Integer Dim strN As String Dim nRow As Integer Dim ncol As Integer Dim RowMax As Integer Dim ColMax As Integer Dim strLine As String Dim strFmt As String Dim strOut As String ''output + Check for "," in values to wrap in "" Dim dateOrigin As Date ''original date modified - if this doesn't' change then it didn't update Dim strWBname As String strWBname = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Name '''''"ANNO-__-Code-Fixt-Calc" Dim fso As FileSystemObject Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dim fnTargetWriteTXT As String ''csv output name fnTargetWriteTXT = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Parent.Path & "\" & strWBname & ".txt"

If MsgBox("Export entire catalog from '" & strWBname & "'tab?" & vbCr & "(This will overwrite the txt file.)", vbInformation + vbYesNo) <> vbYes Then MsgBox "Exititng", vbExclamation Exit Sub End If Set ws = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1) ''Set 1st worksheet as active. ws.Activate RowMax = Cells.Find("*", [a1], xlFormulas, , xlByRows, xlPrevious).Row ColMax = Cells.Find("*", [a1], xlFormulas, , xlByColumns, xlPrevious).Column strN = ThisWorkbook.Name strN = Left(strN, InStr(Len(strN) - 5, strN, ".", vbTextCompare) - 1) Application.DisplayAlerts = False ''filepath = UCase(ws.Parent.Path & "\" & strN) & ".csv" If VBA.Dir(fnTargetWriteTXT) <> "" Then dateOrigin = fso.GetFile(fnTargetWriteTXT).DateLastModified fso.DeleteFile (fnTargetWriteTXT) Else dateOrigin = -1 ''file doesn't exist End If '''https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/language/reference/user-interface-help/openobjTxtFile-method Set objTxtFile = fso.CreateTextFile(fnTargetWriteTXT, True, False) RowMax = ws.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row ColMax = ws.Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column For nRow = 1 To RowMax strLine = "" For ncol = 1 To ColMax If nRow = 1 And ncol = 1 Then ''null for upper left cell always! strLine = strLine & "," Else strFmt = ws.Cells(nRow, ncol).NumberFormat If strFmt Like "General" Then strFmt = "" strOut = "" strOut = ws.Cells(nRow, ncol).Value ''If Left(strOut, Len("A-3 Amusement")) = "A-3 Amusement" Then Stop ''DEBUG Long string issue ''If ncol = 31 Then Stop If InStr(1, strOut, ",", vbTextCompare) _ Or InStr(1, strOut, Chr(10), vbTextCompare) _ Or InStr(1, strOut, Chr(13), vbTextCompare) _ Then ''Escapeable caharcters wrap in quotes strOut = VBQT & strOut & VBQT ''wrap in quotes strLine = strLine & strOut & "," ''Write out as quoted entire line Else strLine = strLine & Format(strOut, strFmt) & "," End If End If Next ncol strLine = Left(strLine, Len(strLine) - 1) '''Print #objTxtFile, strLine & vbCrLf objTxtFile.Write (strLine & vbLf) Next nRow ''Close objTxtFile objTxtFile.Close Set fso = Nothing VerifyWrite fnTargetWriteTXT, dateOrigin ''check against output and exist and date origin Application.DisplayAlerts = True End Sub Sub VerifyWrite(fn As String, Optional dateOrigin As Date = -1) Dim fso As New FileSystemObject If fso.FileExists(fn) Then If fso.GetFile(fn).DateLastModified > dateOrigin Then VBA.Shell "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /select, """ & fn & "", vbNormalFocus MsgBox "See explorer window for updated file.", vbInformation + vbOKOnly, "Success!" Else MsgBox "File appears to have failed to update." & vbCr & "Please vheck file path/location is writeable, the file is closed, and try again." & vbCr & vbCr & fn, vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "Output error" End If Exit Sub Else MsgBox "Please check folder is writeable. " & vbCr & vbCr & fn, vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "File does not exist" End If End Sub