A small VBA script that converts Excel tables to JSON format and exports the data to a .json file at the location of your choice. Use the script by importing the .bas and .frm & .frx files to your Excel VBA editor.
You can use this script by following these steps:
- Open up Microsoft Excel
- Go to the Developer tab (For more information on how to show the developer tab, go here)
- Click on Visual Basic, in the upper left corner of the window
- In the toolbar at the top of the window that appears, click on file 👉 Import file...
- Select ExcelToJSON.bas and click on Open
- Click on file 👉 Import file... for a second time
- Select ExcelToJSONForm.frm and click on Open (make sure that ExcelToJSONForm.frx is located in the same folder, or this step will not work)
- Congratulation, you have successfully installed the script 🎉🥳
To use the script, you need an Excel file with at least one table in it. Once you do, follow these instructions:
- Go to the Developer tab
- Click on Macros
- Select PERSONAL.XLSB!ExcelToJSON.ExcelToJSON
- Click on Run
- In the window that appears, select which tables that you would like to export, and then click on Submit
- Finally select the name for the JSON file that will be selected as well as the location that you would like to save the file in
Please note that the script 'escapes' all double quotes that exists in the table cells to stay compatible with the JSON format. This means that a cell that contains the text Lorem ipsum "dolor sit" amet, consectetur will be edited to look like Lorem ipsum \"dolor sit\" amet, consectetur.
The script prints out the cell values of all cell contents as strings, and will not print out the formulas used
The script does not support unicode characters yet, but this will be implemented in a future version.
You can reach me at otto[dot]wretling[at]gmail[dot]com
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