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Microsoft scripting runtime\n    - Microsoft Visual Basic For Applications Extensibility 5.3\n-  Run the GenerateSpreadsheet sub\n\n- Code can be tested by running and selecting the ExampleSpreadsheetMetadata folder included in this repository.\n\n\n## About this code\n\n- Creates an Excel spreadsheet from metadata saved in text files\n\n- Below code can be copied and pasted into the Excel VBA editor in a  temporary spreadsheet and then run to create the target spreadsheet\n\n- Target spreadsheet can contain one or more below\n    - Multiple worksheets\n    - Single list object per sheet\n    - Each sheet can contain sheet header\n    - Each sheet can contain sheet category\n    - Front index sheet with hyperlink (if target workbook consists of more than one  sheet)\n    - VBA code modules\n    - Power Queries\n\n\n## Metadata folder structure\n\nThe metadata is saved in pipe delimited text files stored in below Folders:\n\n    SpreadsheetMetadata\n        |\n        |--- PowerQueries (one file per query with .m file extension)\n        |\n        |--- VBA_Code (one file per VBA module with .bas file extension)\n        |\n        |--- WorksheetStructure\n                |\n                |--- ListObjectFields.txt\n                |\n                |--- ListObjectFieldValues.txt\n                |\n                |--- ListObjectFormat.txt\n                |\n                |--- MetadataWorksheets.txt\n\n\n## File structure\n\nThe files under WorksheetStructure folder above are pipe delimited text files\n\n#### ListObjectFields.txt Fields:\n - 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