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May 3, 2011 22:36
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Powershell script to convert all xls documents to xlsx in a folder recursively
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$xlFixedFormat = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlFileFormat]::xlOpenXMLWorkbook | |
write-host $xlFixedFormat | |
$excel = New-Object -ComObject excel.application | |
$excel.visible = $true | |
$folderpath = "C:\Users\gabceb\Documents\testXLS" | |
$filetype ="*xls" | |
Get-ChildItem -Path $folderpath -Include $filetype -recurse | | |
ForEach-Object ` | |
{ | |
$path = ($_.fullname).substring(0, ($_.FullName).lastindexOf(".")) | |
"Converting $path" | |
$workbook = $excel.workbooks.open($_.fullname) | |
$path += ".xlsx" | |
$workbook.saveas($path, $xlFixedFormat) | |
$workbook.close() | |
$oldFolder = $path.substring(0, $path.lastIndexOf("\")) + "\old" | |
write-host $oldFolder | |
if(-not (test-path $oldFolder)) | |
{ | |
new-item $oldFolder -type directory | |
} | |
move-item $_.fullname $oldFolder | |
} | |
$excel.Quit() | |
$excel = $null | |
[gc]::collect() | |
[gc]::WaitForPendingFinalizers() |
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@ace080 I've fixed the link in my original message now.