ACC: How to Automate Importing All Files in a Specific Folder

MORE INFORMATION

The following example runs a procedure from a command button on a form. The procedure uses an input box to prompt for the folder containing the files you want to import. Then the code loops through all the files in the folder you specify and imports them all.

NOTE: The following example imports Microsoft FoxPro version 3.0 files. You select the file type you want to import by changing the second argument of the TransferDatabase method. If you want to see a list of file types that you can import using TransferDatabase, create a new macro and insert the TransferDatabase action. Then view the list of file types under the Database Type argument. When you are finished, close the macro without saving it.

1. Create a new form not based on any table or query in Design view.
2. Add a command button to the form and set its OnClick property to the following event procedure:

        Private Sub Command0_Click()
         Dim InputDir, ImportFile As String, tblName As String
         Dim InputMsg as String
   
         InputMsg = "Type the pathname of the folder that contains "
         InputMsg = InputMsg & "the files you want to import."
         InputDir = InputBox(InputMsg)
         ' Change the file extension on the next line for the
         ' type of file you want to import.
         ImportFile = Dir(InputDir & "\*.dbf")
   
         Do While Len(ImportFile) > 0
            ' Use the import file name without its extension as the table
            ' name.
            tblName = Left(ImportFile, (InStr(1, ImportFile, ".") - 1))
            ' Change FoxPro 3.0 on the next line to the type of file you
            ' want to import.
            DoCmd.TransferDatabase acImport, "FoxPro 3.0", InputDir, _
                  acTable, ImportFile, tblName
            ImportFile = Dir
         Loop
         End Sub
   						

3. Open the form in Form view and click the button to begin importing tables.