you'll still need to know the number of columns..
but then you can shorten it to:

Dim i, va(97) 'assuming option base 0
For i = LBound(va) To UBound(va)
va(i) = Array(i, 2)
Next

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:="D:\data.txt", _
Origin:= 437, StartRow:=1, _
DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, _
ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, _
Tab:=True, Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, _
Space:=False, Other:=False, _
Fieldinfo:=va


not perfect.. but it looks better :)



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"GPO" <cre@inine wrote:

Excel 2000

I am importing a tab delimited file and every column must
be set to "text". Is there a more
efficient/economical/shorter way of representing the array
of arrays that field info requires? It just seems a but
verbose.

Below is a snippet. Apologies for the wrapping but you get
the idea.
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.
.
FieldInfo:=Array( _
Array(1, 2), Array(2, 2), Array(3, 2), Array
(4, 2), Array(5, 2), Array(6, 2), Array(7, 2), Array(8,

Array(91, 2), Array(92, 2), Array(93, 2), Array
(94, 2), Array(95, 2), Array(96, 2), Array(97, 2), Array
(98, 2))
.
.
.

Regards

GPO