i have used this and then modified it to only bring in the line i needed,
but this brings in every line of every .eml file in the folder
it will put it in consecutive lines in column A

Dim ColNdx As Integer
Dim WholeLine As String
Dim FileDir As Variant
Dim FilesInPath As String
Dim MyFiles() As String
Dim NumberOfFiles As Long
Sub import()
Sheets("sheet1").Range("A1").Select
ColNdx = ActiveCell.Column
RowNdx = ActiveCell.Row
sRow = RowNdx
FileDir = Environ("USERPROFILE") + "\Desktop\Cats\" ' change this
' determine # of files
FilesInPath = Dir(FileDir & "\*.eml") ' change this location
NumberOfFiles = 0
If FilesInPath = "" Then
MsgBox "No files found"
Exit Sub
End If

' perform import of email files
Do While FilesInPath < ""
Open FileDir & FilesInPath For Input Access Read As #1
While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, WholeLine
Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = WholeLine
RowNdx = RowNdx + 1
Wend
Close #1
' after import, delete unwanted rows
' Range(Rows(sRow), Rows(sRow + 23)).Delete
' Range("A" & sRow).Offset(1, 0).Select
' sRow = sRow + 1
' RowNdx = RowNdx +1
NumberOfFiles = NumberOfFiles + 1

ReDim Preserve MyFiles(1 To NumberOfFiles)
MyFiles(NumberOfFiles) = FilesInPath
FilesInPath = Dir()
Loop
End Sub
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Gary


"stressman" wrote
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I am looking to bring data into a excel file as a string one line at a
time so I can evaluate the type of data on the line. When I have found
the right data I can brake the string up into the right cells. The line
might have the load case, data type or loads. How do I open the text
file with VBA in Excel and read the file line by line into a string?


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