Not a valid file name error message in Script Task SSIS Package

My objective is to convert TXT file into EXCEL file using Script Task in SSIS Package.

My customer has received the TXT file from External vendor and has requested my department to automatically converted this TXT file to EXCEL file for them.

My approach is to use script task in SSIS package to convert this TXT file into EXCEL file.

I have created the following variable names:

  • DestinationFolderPath =
    \Fileserv02\Shared Folders\Loan Sales & Servicing\BI Reports - Weekly & Monthly\LSS DestinationFolder

  • FileDelimiter
    ,

  • FileExtension
    .TXT

  • SourceFolderPath
    \Fileserv02\Shared Folders\Loan Sales & Servicing\BI Reports - Weekly & Monthly\LSS SourceFolder\

I would like to share my script task code below:

#region Help:  Introduction to the script task
/* The Script Task allows you to perform virtually any operation that can be accomplished in
 * a .Net application within the context of an Integration Services control flow. 
 * 
 * Expand the other regions which have "Help" prefixes for examples of specific ways to use
 * Integration Services features within this script task. */
#endregion


#region Namespaces
using System;
using System.Data;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Data.OleDb;
#endregion

namespace ST_7876e7c7b5de4d99af3c1e58e194a61e
{
    /// <summary>
    /// ScriptMain is the entry point class of the script.  Do not change the name, attributes,
    /// or parent of this class.
    /// </summary>
	[Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.SSISScriptTaskEntryPointAttribute]
	public partial class ScriptMain : Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTARTScriptObjectModelBase
	{
        #region Help:  Using Integration Services variables and parameters in a script
        /* To use a variable in this script, first ensure that the variable has been added to 
         * either the list contained in the ReadOnlyVariables property or the list contained in 
         * the ReadWriteVariables property of this script task, according to whether or not your
         * code needs to write to the variable.  To add the variable, save this script, close this instance of
         * Visual Studio, and update the ReadOnlyVariables and 
         * ReadWriteVariables properties in the Script Transformation Editor window.
         * To use a parameter in this script, follow the same steps. Parameters are always read-only.
         * 
         * Example of reading from a variable:
         *  DateTime startTime = (DateTime) Dts.Variables["System::StartTime"].Value;
         * 
         * Example of writing to a variable:
         *  Dts.Variables["User::myStringVariable"].Value = "new value";
         * 
         * Example of reading from a package parameter:
         *  int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Package::batchId"].Value;
         *  
         * Example of reading from a project parameter:
         *  int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Project::batchId"].Value;
         * 
         * Example of reading from a sensitive project parameter:
         *  int batchId = (int) Dts.Variables["$Project::batchId"].GetSensitiveValue();
         * */

        #endregion

        #region Help:  Firing Integration Services events from a script
        /* This script task can fire events for logging purposes.
         * 
         * Example of firing an error event:
         *  Dts.Events.FireError(18, "Process Values", "Bad value", "", 0);
         * 
         * Example of firing an information event:
         *  Dts.Events.FireInformation(3, "Process Values", "Processing has started", "", 0, ref fireAgain)
         * 
         * Example of firing a warning event:
         *  Dts.Events.FireWarning(14, "Process Values", "No values received for input", "", 0);
         * */
        #endregion

        #region Help:  Using Integration Services connection managers in a script
        /* Some types of connection managers can be used in this script task.  See the topic 
         * "Working with Connection Managers Programatically" for details.
         * 
         * Example of using an ADO.Net connection manager:
         *  object rawConnection = Dts.Connections["Sales DB"].AcquireConnection(Dts.Transaction);
         *  SqlConnection myADONETConnection = (SqlConnection)rawConnection;
         *  //Use the connection in some code here, then release the connection
         *  Dts.Connections["Sales DB"].ReleaseConnection(rawConnection);
         *
         * Example of using a File connection manager
         *  object rawConnection = Dts.Connections["Prices.zip"].AcquireConnection(Dts.Transaction);
         *  string filePath = (string)rawConnection;
         *  //Use the connection in some code here, then release the connection
         *  Dts.Connections["Prices.zip"].ReleaseConnection(rawConnection);
         * */
        #endregion


		/// <summary>
        /// This method is called when this script task executes in the control flow.
        /// Before returning from this method, set the value of Dts.TaskResult to indicate success or failure.
        /// To open Help, press F1.
        /// </summary>
		public void Main()
		{
            // TODO: Add your code here

            try
            {

                //Declare Variables
                string SourceFolderPath = Dts.Variables["User::SourceFolderPath"].Value.ToString();
                string DestinationFolderPath = Dts.Variables["User::DestinationFolderPath"].Value.ToString();
                string FileExtension = Dts.Variables["User::FileExtension"].Value.ToString();
                string FileDelimiter = Dts.Variables["User::FileDelimiter"].Value.ToString();
                string CreateTableStatement = "";
                string ColumnList = "";

                //Reading file names one by one
                string SourceDirectory = SourceFolderPath;
                string[] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(SourceDirectory, "*" + FileExtension);
                foreach (string fileName in fileEntries)
                {
                    // do something with fileName
                    MessageBox.Show(fileName);

                    //Read first line(Header) and prepare Create Statement for Excel Sheet
                    System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(fileName);
                    string filenameonly = (((fileName.Replace(SourceDirectory, "")).Replace(FileExtension, "")).Replace("\\", ""));
                    CreateTableStatement = (" Create Table [" + filenameonly + "] ([" + file.ReadLine().Replace(FileDelimiter, "] Text,[")) + "] Text)";
                    file.Close();
                    MessageBox.Show(CreateTableStatement.ToString());


                    //Construct ConnectionString for Excel
                    string connstring = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;" + "Data Source=" + DestinationFolderPath + "\\" + filenameonly
                        + ";" + "Extended Properties=\"Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;\"";
                    OleDbConnection Excel_OLE_Con = new OleDbConnection();
                    OleDbCommand Excel_OLE_Cmd = new OleDbCommand();
                    MessageBox.Show("Connection String" + connstring.ToString());


                    //drop Excel file if exists
                    File.Delete(DestinationFolderPath + "\\" + filenameonly + ".xlsx");
                    Excel_OLE_Con.ConnectionString = connstring;
                    Excel_OLE_Con.Open();
                    Excel_OLE_Cmd.Connection = Excel_OLE_Con;

                    //Use OLE DB Connection and Create Excel Sheet
                    Excel_OLE_Cmd.CommandText = CreateTableStatement;
                    Excel_OLE_Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    //Writing Data of File to Excel Sheet in Excel File
                    int counter = 0;
                    string line;

                    System.IO.StreamReader SourceFile =
                    new System.IO.StreamReader(fileName);
                    while ((line = SourceFile.ReadLine()) != null)
                    {
                        
                        if (counter == 0)
                        {
                            MessageBox.Show("Did it come here");
                            ColumnList = "[" + line.Replace(FileDelimiter, "],[") + "]";

                        }
                        else
                        {
                            string query = "Insert into [" + filenameonly + "] (" + ColumnList + ") VALUES('" + line.Replace(FileDelimiter, "','") + "')";
                            // MessageBox.Show(query.ToString());
                            var command = query;
                            Excel_OLE_Cmd.CommandText = command;
                            Excel_OLE_Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                        }
                        counter++;
                    }
                    Excel_OLE_Con.Close();
                    SourceFile.Close();
                    Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception exception)
            {


                // Create Log File for Errors
                using (StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(Dts.Variables["User::DestinationFolderPath"].Value.ToString()
                    + "\\" + "ErrorLog_" + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss") + ".log"))

                {
                    sw.WriteLine(exception.ToString());
                    Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Failure;

                }

            }


        }

        #region ScriptResults declaration
        /// <summary>
        /// This enum provides a convenient shorthand within the scope of this class for setting the
        /// result of the script.
        /// 
        /// This code was generated automatically.
        /// </summary>
        enum ScriptResults
        {
            Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success,
            Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
        };
        #endregion

	}
}

I am getting an error message "Not a valid file name" and I am not sure why.
Any advice and/or help will certainly be appreciated.

Thank you,

I have found the solution to my issue.

The issue I had was my connection string was incorrect.

Old connection string:
string connstring = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0;" + "Data Source=" + DestinationFolderPath + "\" + filenameonly + "Extended Properties="Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;"";

New connection string:
string connstring = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.16.0;" + "Data Source=" + DestinationFolderPath + "\" + filenameonly + ".xlsx;" + "Extended Properties="Excel 12.0 Xml;HDR=YES;"";

I left out the destination file type ".xlsx" as part of the connection string.