VBA: How to Preserve Data Format When Exporting Filtered Data to CSV?
I'm writing unit tests and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out..... I am currently working with an scenario while exporting filtered data from an Excel sheet to a CSV file using VBA. The data in the Excel sheet contains various formats, including dates and currency, which I would like to preserve in the exported CSV file. However, when I export the data, all formatting appears to be lost, and fields like dates are converted to a numerical format that isn't useful for downstream processing. Here's the code I'm using to perform the export: ```vba Sub ExportFilteredDataToCSV() Dim ws As Worksheet Dim csvFilePath As String Dim rng As Range Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1") ' Assuming that the filter has been applied Set rng = ws.UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible) csvFilePath = "C:\Users\User\Documents\exported_data.csv" Open csvFilePath For Output As #1 Dim row As Range For Each row In rng.Rows Dim cell As Range Dim line As String line = "" For Each cell In row.Cells line = line & cell.Text & "," Next cell line = Left(line, Len(line) - 1) ' Remove the last comma Print #1, line Next row Close #1 End Sub ``` I've tried using `cell.Value` instead of `cell.Text`, but this doesn't solve the question either. I also considered using `Format` function to format individual cells based on their data type, but it quickly becomes cumbersome due to the variety of formats in my data. Ideally, I want to preserve the original formatting when exporting to CSV. Is there a more efficient way to handle this, or a best practice for exporting filtered data while keeping the intended formats? I'm working on a API that needs to handle this. What am I doing wrong? I'm using Vba 3.11 in this project. Could someone point me to the right documentation? My development environment is Ubuntu 20.04. How would you solve this? This is for a mobile app running on Windows 10. What's the best practice here?