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    Renaming text file to docx after free file

    Hello I have code that creates a text file from free file object. Is possible to rename text file after it get created to a word file extension? I tried to use function called "name" from Microsoft knowledge base but word file got corrupted and I couldn't read it when opening it. Is there any other way?

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    Re: Renaming text file to docx after free file

    I forgot to give my code sample. Here it is that causes the problem.

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    Re: Renaming text file to docx after free file

    You can't just change the file extension of a .txt file to .docx to make it into a Word file. A .docx has a much more complex file structure, hence the reason that Word thinks the file is corrupt.

    You'd need to open the .txt file in MS Word and save it as a .docx file.
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    Re: Renaming text file to docx after free file

    So does that mean that I create the text file first the way I'm doing it and then run the shell to open it in word and save as using the word method?

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    Re: Renaming text file to docx after free file

    You're running VBA code in Excel ... I don't know why you're doing that.

    By put anyway, you could use the VBA code to open Word, open the .txt file in Word and then save the file as .docx.

    Not really my area of expertise ... but that's the theory.

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    I know that is theory but I was searching for a way without using word object and instance because that's too much code and too much hassle for me. But if that only way then okay

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