Developers I need an applescript that opens documents in excel from a specified folder and saves them as .xlsx from their current .xlsb

mule13470
Apr 3, 2014 11:12 AM
I tried simply renaming them however it just corrupts the files when I do it like that so I need the applescript to open the files in excel and the save them as .xlsx to test I only need it one folder but if it works I'd like to be able to do it for all documents with .xlsb extentions that are in a huge folder with subfolders that contain a mix of .pdf, .docx, .xlsx and .xlsb. Please Help.
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Re: I need an applescript that opens documents in excel from a specified folder and saves them as .xlsx from their current .xlsbApr 3, 2014 11:19 AM (in response to mule13470)
In that huge folder I only need the .xlsb files opened and saved to .xlsx not the others, in case that wasn't clear above.

In that huge folder I only need the .xlsb files opened and saved to .xlsx not the others, in case that wasn't clear above.

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I tried simply renaming them however it just corrupts the files when I do it like that so I need the applescript to open the files in excel and the save them as .xlsx to test I only need it one folder but if it works I'd like to be able to do it for all documents with .xlsb extentions that are in a huge folder with subfolders that contain a mix of .pdf, .docx, .xlsx and .xlsb. Please Help.

In that huge folder I only need the .xlsb files opened and saved to .xlsx not the others, in case that wasn't clear above.

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