VB Script or batch file to run Excel Macro 2010

**Fakhry** · 18-06-2012

Is it really possible and is there any way to create a batch file or a VB script that could open the .csv file and then run the macro. Actually there are certain doubts that are going around in my mind. I do have a Computer Aided Software which produces a .CSV file. What I did is recorded the Macro which use to in turn cleans up the file smoothly as those created files were too basic and simple. The macro was so simple that I am able to run it without any interruption on different .csv files.

As far as I know the batch files are never able to have a switch that is capable of running a script. No doubt that the batch file somehow opens the file and also manages to run the macro manually. But still there are certain things that are beyond my understanding so please help and let me know what I should do.

**Jacques25** · 18-06-2012

Yeah I do understand everything; I too had the same problem. May I know what exactly the macro used to do with your .CSV files? My macro used to combine the top header and the extra spaces and other things by eliminating the rows and columns. My CSV file was nothing but an actual bill.

As I was not very well with excel (scripting was already one of the weakest thing for me) even then I managed to get a suggestion. I understood that batch file would have never played a big role for me. As I already did lots of coding in my header batch file would have assumed things as a new line, opening them in an excel was fine but however the batch would have never processed it.

**Vandam** · 19-06-2012

I am not sure whether the CSV file works with Excel but however after trying I got that the files were opening and also my very own personal macros were present over there. But the problem arrived while using a Script; I managed to create a script for opening the file through Excel. In fact, the script did worked well and also it used to open up the file calling the Excel but the issue was with the macros. After the files were successfully opened no macros were available. Now I would go for this script but only if I get a reason why macros are playing such a huge difference.

Until now there have been few people who were able to run a batch file and successfully they got the macros available. I am not sure but I guess saving all the .xlsm to my current Start dir will play some trick but however the core trick is to just run the batch file and then let the macro auto run which will help you to save as according to your requirement.