The procedure below can be used to get an ADO recordset from a text file and fill in the result in a worksheet.
Sub GetTextFileData(strSQL As String, strFolder As String, rngTargetCell As Range)
' example: GetTextFileData "SELECT * FROM filename.txt", _
"C:\FolderName", Range("A3")
' example: GetTextFileData "SELECT * FROM filename.txt WHERE fieldname = 'criteria'", _
"C:\FolderName", Range("A3")
Dim cn As ADODB.Connection, rs As ADODB.Recordset, f As Integer
If rngTargetCell Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Set cn = New ADODB.Connection
On Error Resume Next
cn.Open "Driver={Microsoft Text Driver (*.txt; *.csv)};" & _
"Dbq=" & strFolder & ";" & _
"Extensions=asc,csv,tab,txt;"
On Error GoTo 0
If cn.State <> adStateOpen Then Exit Sub
Set rs = New ADODB.Recordset
On Error Resume Next
rs.Open strSQL, cn, adOpenForwardOnly, adLockReadOnly, adCmdText
On Error GoTo 0
If rs.State <> adStateOpen Then
cn.Close
Set cn = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If
' the field headings
For f = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
rngTargetCell.Offset(0, f).Formula = rs.Fields(f).Name
Next f
rngTargetCell.Offset(1, 0).CopyFromRecordset rs ' works in Excel 2000 or later
'RS2WS rs, rngTargetCell ' works in Excel 97 or earlier
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
cn.Close
Set cn = Nothing
End Sub
The procedure can be used like this:
Sub TestGetTextFileData()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Workbooks.Add
GetTextFileData "SELECT * FROM filename.txt", "C:\FolderName", Range("A3")
' GetTextFileData "SELECT * FROM filename.txt WHERE fieldname = 'criteria'", _
"C:\FolderName", Range("A3")
Columns("A:IV").AutoFit
ActiveWorkbook.Saved = True
End Sub
Replace filename.txt with the name of the text file you want to get data from.
Replace C:\FolderName with the name of the folder where the text file is saved.
The first row in the text file will be used as column headings/field names.
Each column with datwa must be separated with the list separator character that is used in the regional
settings in the Control Panel. I Norway this usually is semicolon (;), in other countries this can be a comma (,).
You'll find the procedure RS2WS by clicking on this link.
The macro example assumes that your VBA project has added a reference to the ADO object library.
You can do this from within the VBE by selecting the menu Tools, References and selecting Microsoft
ActiveX Data Objects x.x Object Library.
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Error importing values
Martin Los wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST |
I have sales values in a CSV file with 4 columns.
First row contains the 4 headers:
Account,Element,Year/period,Value
"6211","""CC8500""",2007/2,"1,063.54"
Importing the first three columns is ok (although I later have to remove "")
The last column gets imported as number "1,06354" (without "") in Excel.
What goes wrong?
tia
Martin |
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