Sub Convert()
' Conversion Macro
'On Error GoTo errorhandler
'Variable Declarations
Dim NumShots As Long
Dim wbname As String, wsname As String, fullpath As String, sp As String, coords2 As String
Dim name1 As String, name2 As String, pastearea2 As String, coords As String
Dim wsnew As Worksheet
Dim a As Variant, pastearea As Variant
Dim i As Long
'Stop screen from flickering while windows change
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
' Asks you where the file you want to convert is located
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker) 'Start of picking your file
.AllowMultiSelect = False 'Allows you to only open one file
.Filters.Add "Text Files", "*.dat", 1 'Looks only for .dat files
.Show 'Opens the File Dialog Box
fullpath = .SelectedItems.Item(1) 'Assigns the location of the file to the variable "fullpath"
End With 'Exits the search function
If Right(fullpath, 3) <> "dat" Then 'Error trap in case you don't select a dat file
MsgBox ("You need to select a .dat file!") 'Message box to advise user that a dat file wasn't selected
'GoTo errorhandler 'Sends you to the error trap which will close code down
End If 'End of picking your file
'Assigning variable fullpath to full address of file and imports file data into the dat file correctly delimited
Workbooks.OpenText Filename:= _
fullpath, _
Origin:=xlMSDOS, StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:= _
xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=True, Tab:=False, Semicolon:=False, _
Comma:=False, Space:=True, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), _
Array(2, 1), Array(3, 1), Array(4, 1)), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True
wbname = ActiveWorkbook.Name 'Assigns variable wbname to the name of this workbook
wsname = ActiveSheet.Name 'Assigns variable wsname the name of this worksheet
NumShots = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("A:A")) 'Counts the number of survey points in the file
Set wsnew = Sheets.Add(After:=Sheets(wsname)) 'Adds a new worksheet
'Copies the co-ordinate converter section of the main file to this dat file
Windows("CATAN Converter.xlsm").Activate 'Activates main workbook
Sheets("Sheet2").UsedRange.Copy Destination:=Workbooks(wbname).Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") 'Copies conversion data over
Windows(wbname).Activate 'Goes back and selects our new dat workbook
pastearea = "G5:AF" & NumShots + 3 'Assigns the variable pastearea the value of the cells we need to paste to
Range("G4:AF4").Copy Destination:=ActiveSheet.Range(pastearea) 'Copies the formulas from cells G4 to AF4
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(1).Activate 'Selects the first worksheet in the workbook
pastearea2 = "A1:B" & NumShots 'Assigns the variable pastearea2 the value of all the cells we need to copy
'Sheets("Sheet1").Range("D4:E" & NumShots + 3).Value = Range(pastearea2).Value 'Copies co-ordinates to conversion sheet
Sheets(wsname).Range(pastearea2).Copy Destination:=ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("D4")
Sheets("Sheet1").Select 'Selects our co-ordinate transformation sheet1
Range("A1").Select 'Selects cell A1 to prevent any confusion
'Copy converted co-ordinates back to final sheet
coords = "AD4:AE" & NumShots + 3 'Assigns the variable coords the value of all the converted co-ordinate cells we need to copy
Sheets("Sheet1").Range(coords).Copy 'Selects converted coordinates to transfer back to main sheet
Worksheets(wsname).Range(pastearea2).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, operation:=xlNone, skipblanks:=False, Transpose:=False 'Pastes to main sheet
Application.CutCopyMode = False 'Turns off the clipboard selection
Range("A1").Select 'Selects cell A1 to prevent any confusion
Sheets("Sheet1").Select 'Selects Sheet1
Application.DisplayAlerts = False 'Turns off Display of box asking to accept sheet deletion
ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.Delete 'Deletes Sheet1
Application.DisplayAlerts = True 'Turns display alerts back on
' Converts Feature Codes to CATAN usable format
With Range("D1", Range("D" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
a = .Value
For i = 1 To UBound(a)
Select Case a(i, 1)
Case 700: a(i, 1) = vbNullString
Case 400: a(i, 1) = "%po"
Case Else: a(i, 1) = "%sp"
End Select
Next i
.Value = a
End With
'Saving of new file for CATAN
name1 = InStrRev(fullpath, ".") 'Counts the number of characters in front of the . in the file name
name2 = Left(fullpath, name1) 'Grabs the name of the file using the character count above
'Uses the filename from above and puts csv after it so that it saves to the same location as a different file type
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= _
name2 & "csv", FileFormat:=xlCSV, CreateBackup:=False
MsgBox "Created " & name2 & "csv for use in CATAN." & vbNewLine & "File location same as original file location" 'Advises user the file location
ActiveWorkbook.Close 'Closes this file
Workbooks("CATAN Converter.xlsm").Close savechanges:=False 'Closes the Master workbook
Exit Sub
'errorhandler:
'MsgBox "An Error has occurred." & vbNewLine & "Please re-run."
'Exit Sub
End Sub
