VBA To Send Text File To USB Dot Matrix Printer
May 22, 2014
How do I send a text file to a usb dot matrix printer as opposed to a parallel port.
I have an Excel spreadsheet that prints labels on a dot matrix printer. Until now the printer used a parallel port. My Excel workbook generates a text file "C:PRINTLABEL.TXT". I then execute a shell command to run a batch file called
"C:PRINTLABEL.BAT". The BAT file contains the line
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copy C:PRINTLABEL.txt lpt3
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The shell command contains the lines (not all lines are shown)
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On Error GoTo ErrorHandler ' Enable error-handling routine.
RetVal = Shell("C:PRINTLABEL.BAT") ' PRINTS LABEL.
Exit Sub ' Exit to avoid handler.
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Now I have to deal with a newer dot-matrix printer (EpsonLX300+II) that is able to use a USB port.
How do I print the plain txt file to the printer using the USB port (LPT1/2/3 are all parallell ports, so the batch file does not work as it stands.
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Dec 12, 2013
My company started using preprinted forms to print out delivery receipts with a dot matrix printer. We only need to print 2 pieces of data on this form at specific places, then move onto a new form and print the next 2 pieces of info. Ive tried searching and haven't found anything remotely related to this situation.
Essentially, we will have a spreadsheet with 2 columns with cells containing stock codes eg:
StockA1 StockB1
StockA2 StockB2
etc
The number of rows will vary, one week may be 20 rows of info, the next may be 76 rows.
I need to be able to take the info in each row, and send it to the printer so that it prints in the right place of the form, and move onto the next row/page until all rows have been printed.
Currently, I have a spreadsheet with a bunch of empty rows, 2 rows where the info needs to be, then more empty rows followed by the next 2 items, empty rows etcetc...As you can imagine this could require some tedious reworking week after week as the number of forms to be printed changes each week.
There has to be a better way to do this! I havent got the experience of working with excel (or dot matrix printers)
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Apr 8, 2009
I want to automate (with the click of a macro button, or hot key sequence) is to:
· take a pre-set print area (which is always the same – 1 page wide x 1 page tall)
· send to the printer
· select the PDF printer from the list (not the default printer for the computer)
· Automatically change the save PDF file name to “(Cell A1) – Weekly Update – (Today’s Date).pdf”
· Change location to save file on Desktop
Feels like a pretty lofty goal for a macro to do all of that – please let me know if that is even possible to set up.
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I have a particular problem to solev. I am an average Excel user with no VBA experience, so. I want to construct a matrix with 72 columns and rows filled with symetrical values eg
1 2 3 4 5
1 0 5 7 8 1
2 5 0
3 7 0
4 8 0
5 1 0
etc
I have a CSV file with the values in the form of {column},{row},{value} eg 5,70,8. how to get these simply into Excel? This is not a one-off operation, the text file is an export from AutoCAD and will be run fairly frequently, so doing it manually is not an option!
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I am using Windows XP and Office 2003.
I am looking to automate a process where information is sent to someone in a text format and they in turn transfer that data to an excel file. It basically looks like this (but includes a lot more info):
Service Request #: 123456
Instrument Type: New Instrument
Lot/Serial #: 123456
SR Type: Product Complaint
Service Coverage: Maintenance Agreement
The info on the left (text preceding the colon) is always the same but the values following the colon can change. The excel file has all of the text before the colon and they just enter the information into the cells. I am looking to make it so that an Excel macro (or maybe a word/outlook macro) automatically scans the text document and sends this info to the exact same cells in excel every time.
The text file is actually a message from an Oracle database and I am not going to be able to make any changes to the way the data comes in.
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Here is how my spreadsheet is set-up. This is unfortunately not something I can change :
- I have a list of products A to Z, starting in A2
- I have email addresses in row 1, starting in B1 up to Z99
- I have a matrix with 4 possible values in B2 to Z99. The values are either "L", "C", "I" or blank.
Here is what I am trying to do :
I would like to have a macro created for each product (column A) to send emails to those indicated in the matrix.
When the email is identified with "L" in the matrix for particular product, this email should be in the To:, when "C" or "I" it should go to CC:
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I have a workbook entitled "Correlation Matrix". I download data from my data provider and then update it in excel each night. I have several worksheets in the workbook, one called "MCC". Today I made a copy of MCC, named MCC2, to experiment, then deleted it. Now, after I update my data in Excel it gives me the msg, "We can't open the source file '(Path)[Correlation Matrix.xlsx]MCC2'".
The data updates fine and all values are correct in the worksheets. I've tried closing and reopening the file, closing and reopening excel, but I'm still getting this msg when updating the data.
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I have a project I need to get done, and I've done most of it. But, there are a few things in VBA I'm unfamiliar with, and I was wondering if I could send you the file so you could take a look at it, and see if you're able to do it. This involves VBA. Honestly shouldn't be too too difficult, but something beyond what I can do. I have the specifications listed already, and I am ready to send it to you. Anyone feel comfortable taking a look at it?
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I have attached a file that I need to update every hour and send to an email address every hour from 9am to 4pm on certain days of the week. To update this file, I need to hit "update" and "enable links" and it needs to send to a certain email every hour. Is there a way to automate this process?
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I have Excel 2002 installed on Desktop & my Laptop. The Send To option is available on my Laptop but not on the Desktop.
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Below is a VBA that sends an email with a range from Excel in the body of the email, and the entire book as an attachment from a temporary file. It works great, except that I need the entire file to close, and it will not because a message pops up that says "Do you want to save file before switching file status". This will not let Excel close. I need to bypass that pop up message. Display Alerts = False did not work. In the bottom of the code below, there is a spot that tries to kill the temporary file, but it does not work until "No" in the pop up message is pressed. Again, I need to bypass that pop up message.
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with the table give below, i need a formula to get the sustainability. Eg. cell D1 =VG and D2=G, then D3 value should be G (as per the table below).
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Current Yr
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EX
EX
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i have a text file with the following data
12345
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A |xxxxx
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I need to get an output better on text (excell is limited with rows and the matrix can have up to 5000 rows and lines)
i tried to open the file with excel but every line is a string and i can't separet it
the output will be
A 1,2,3,4,5
A1 ,2,
A2 ,3, ,5
it will save me a lot of time
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Case "TD"
strfilename = "\TomsblackibmTomsProposals" & strfilename
I would like to send this file by email if possible instead of to his computer. The user recently went from a desktop "in the office" to a laptop "all over the place".
Sub Save_and_SaveSalesman()
Dim strPath As String, strPath2 As String, CurrPath As String
Dim WB1 As Workbook
Dim WB2 As Workbook
Set WB1 = ActiveWorkbook
'First thing, save my work
WB1.Save
CurrPath = WB1.Path
'ASSUMING THAT C6 and O3 are BOTH in WB1
'move this line HERE: only do this once, and concatenate in the Select..Case later
'doing thsi inside the Select..Case pulls values from WB2, which might cause errors.............................
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I have a large number of text strings representing chemical formulas. They include letters for the element names and numbers for the number of atoms of each type.
For example:
C18H35NO3
C4H7S
C11H16O2Na
etc.
The element name has either one or 2 letters (one capital, one small), if there is no number and no small letter after the capital letter that means that there is only one atom of this sort(like in C18H35NO3 - there is one N atom). If the element is not listed in the text string it means that it is not found in that particular formula (i.e. the numerical value is 0). Is there any function that could help converting such a vector (say A1:A3) into a matrix that will have the following form:
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2) Find the appropriate text file in one of the three folders
3) Put the folder name into I2
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The following works great for sending a range of cells in a email message: ....
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I used Scheduled Task to set up my spreadsheet to open daily. I have the code with assistance to pull out the due date items and place them into an email.
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Then once the macro runs, the email with the due dates, how can this auto send without user interaction?
(currently I would have to hit send)
I am trying to make the process totally automated to open the spreadsheet at a certain time, send the email with due dates and close the spreadsheet.
Following code in ThisWorkbook--
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Check_Date_Send_Mail
End Sub
Code in Module1--
Option Explicit
Sub Check_Date_Send_Mail()
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Dim wsSheet As Worksheet
Dim rnDate As Range, rnValue As Range
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Dim stRecipient As String, stSubject As String
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Got a slight problem; I am making a "worker-plan", where you should be able to write a name on one file and have it updated (removed) from the equivalent columns on another file automatically. Here's an example with two separate projects:
Project 1 before and after changes:
Attachment 257366
Attachment 257367
Project 2 before and after changes:
Attachment 257368
Attachment 257369
You can see here how I intended it to work. When one worker is moved from Project 1 to Project 2, that worker should also be removed from those weeks in Project 1. The previous worker from Project 2 should also be removed from those weeks (in Project 2).
Are there any formulas that can make this work automatically? All week numbers will belong to the same columns in all files.
Edit: There are 30 files that should be syncronized, not just two.. I could also gather all files into one file with sheets, instead of having seperate files.
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Code:
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Dim MyRequest As Object
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