VBA to copy a file from one directory to another
So I have an access file that I regularly need copied to another directory, replacing the last version. I would like to use an Excel macro to achieve this, and would also like to rename the file in the process.
E.g.
fileName = "X:\Database\oldName.accdb"
copyDestination = "Y:\dbstore\"
newName = "newName.accdb"
Is there an easy way of doing this?
This method is even easier if you're ok with fewer options:
FileCopy source, destination
Use the appropriate methods in Scripting.FileSystemObject. Then your code will be more portable to VBScript and VB.net. To get you started, you'll need to include:
Dim fso As Object
Set fso = VBA.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Then you could use
Call fso.CopyFile(source, destination[, overwrite] )
where source and destination are the full names (including paths) of the file.
See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/Language/Reference/user-interface-help/copyfile-method