Excel macro to export all VBA source code in this project to text files for proper source control versioning

ExportVisualBasicCode.bas.vb

' Excel macro to export all VBA source code in this project to text files for proper source control versioning
' Requires enabling the Excel setting in Options/Trust Center/Trust Center Settings/Macro Settings/Trust access to the VBA project object model
Public Sub ExportVisualBasicCode()
    Const Module = 1
    Const ClassModule = 2
    Const Form = 3
    Const Document = 100
    Const Padding = 24
    
    Dim VBComponent As Object
    Dim count As Integer
    Dim path As String
    Dim directory As String
    Dim extension As String
    Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
    
    directory = ActiveWorkbook.path & "\VisualBasic"
    count = 0
    
    If Not fso.FolderExists(directory) Then
        Call fso.CreateFolder(directory)
    End If
    Set fso = Nothing
    
    For Each VBComponent In ActiveWorkbook.VBProject.VBComponents
        Select Case VBComponent.Type
            Case ClassModule, Document
                extension = ".cls"
            Case Form
                extension = ".frm"
            Case Module
                extension = ".bas"
            Case Else
                extension = ".txt"
        End Select
            
                
        On Error Resume Next
        Err.Clear
        
        path = directory & "\" & VBComponent.name & extension
        Call VBComponent.Export(path)
        
        If Err.Number <> 0 Then
            Call MsgBox("Failed to export " & VBComponent.name & " to " & path, vbCritical)
        Else
            count = count + 1
            Debug.Print "Exported " & Left$(VBComponent.name & ":" & Space(Padding), Padding) & path
        End If

        On Error GoTo 0
    Next
    
    Application.StatusBar = "Successfully exported " & CStr(count) & " VBA files to " & directory
    Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10), "ClearStatusBar"
End Sub

Occasionally when i am importing and exporting modules. The name will come in with a suffix of 1. Does any one know of a fix? This is annoying as eventually the name will look like this "modulename1111111111"

This might happen because you're importing a module with the same name as an already existing module. You should delete it before importing.

Thank you for this!

This routine saved me a ton of time converting a Excel 2007 set of VBA code to Excel 2019 VB.NET. This routine helped me get past the first step in the process (using Visual Studio).

Great code, thanks!

@ArthurAttout yes I do delete all the modules before importing but sometimes it still happens. But rarely.

This is super helpful. For anyone who is working with macros in word documents, not excel, simply replace all instances of ActiveWorkbook with ActiveDocument

One other note. Every time you run this the FRX files will show up as having changed in GIT. This is a known issue and some cursory reading suggests fixing this wouldn't be simple. hilkoc/vbaDeveloper#5

This is amazing. Thank you.
I changed the directory definition to meet my needs and had to remove the line to "ClearStatusBar". Instead of using the status bar at all, I created a MsgBox line to notify that the data was exported and where.

I then saved this as an add-in so that it's available for any file I open now.

It works great and I'm able to keep this in version control with GitHub now.

directory = "C:\Users\<REDACTED>\OneDrive\VisualBasic\" & ActiveWorkbook.Name

MsgBox ("Successfully exported " & CStr(count) & " VBA files to " & directory)
'REMOVED: Application.StatusBar = "Successfully exported " & CStr(count) & " VBA files to " & directory
'REMOVED: Application.OnTime Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 10), "ClearStatusBar"

Thank you so much for posting this! Super time saver.

Also, Thanks Joe Gearhart for:

MsgBox ("Successfully exported " & CStr(count) & " VBA files to " & directory)

Wonderful!