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Importing data into a MEMO field
How do you import an arranged text into a memo/field where `arranged text` means the text with the several paragraphs, i.e. the text split into several rows by the ENTER command. Assume that we have such arranged text in 2-3 columns and 100+ row table made by MS Word (2002). Why Word? Word allows simple text editing in one single cell (field) so one can write down a text like poems. Unfortunately, Access imports the data from Excel but not from the Word tables. On the other side, when one copy/paste the table from Word to Excel, Excel splits the paragraphs into separated cells which means more records than in an original table. Furthermore, if one save Word or Excel table into a web format (*.htm), importing these data into Access goes smoothly although with the different results. Access makes more records like Excel does or concatenates the paragraphs into one long sentence. Editing of these data into paragraphs is impossible. Finally, if one copy/paste a cell by a cell directly from a Word to Access it works fine and just as I need it. Is it possible to automate such data transfer? How to hide the ENTER command? Thank you all. |
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Importing data into a MEMO field
"RoMi" wrote in
: How do you import an arranged text into a memo/field where `arranged text` means the text with the several paragraphs, i.e. the text split into several rows by the ENTER command. Assume that we have such arranged text in 2-3 columns and 100+ row table made by MS Word (2002). I would probably do all this in Word VBA rather than Access, because the database stuff is the easy part and getting the text out of the table cells will be harder. I suggest you check the m.p.word.vba.general for good Word vba web sites and help. In short it would be something like this: I haven't really explored programming with Tables in Word, so make sure you check out the object model properly! ' database access: this is all that Access ' does for you Set dbEngine = CreateObject("DAO.DBEngine") Set db = dbEngine.OpenDatabase("d:\MyDatabase.mdb") ' now go through the table For each cel in ThisDocument.Tables(1).Cells ' make a command. You will have to be responsible ' for handling any problematic characters in the text: - ' the most likely one will be a double-quote strSQL = "INSERT INTO MyTable (MemoField) " & _ "VALUES (""" & cel.Range.Text & """)" ' carry out the command. You should really catch any ' errors with an On Error .... line db.Execute strSQL, dbFailOnError ' if all was okay, get the next table cell Next cel ' tidy up afterwards db.Close Hope that helps Tim F |
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