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Tom Ogilvy Tom Ogilvy is offline
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Default Macro still wont run

OpenText doesn't return a reference, so you can't use
Set bk =

you can do it this way:

Dim bk As Workbook, rng As Range
ChDir "C:\Temp"
Workbooks.OpenText Filename:="C:\Temp\myfile.txt", _
Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, _
DataType:=xlFixedWidth, _
FieldInfo:=Array(Array(0, 1), _
Array(8, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(17, 1), _
Array(21, 1), Array(29, 1), Array(38, 1), _
Array(46, 1), Array(50, 1), Array(58, 1), _
Array(67, 1))
set bk = ActiveWorkbook
Set rng = ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CurrentRegion
Set rng = rng.Offset(1, 0).Resize(rng.Rows.Count - 1)
Windows("daily.xls").Activate
Sheets("table").Select
Worksheets("table").Unprotect
rng.Copy Destination:=Range("T2")



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Tom Ogilvy

"Bobby" wrote in message
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Thanks Jim Thomlinson for supplying this code for me.
However, now I get "Expected Function or Variable" on the OpenText part

Dim bk As Workbook, rng As Range
ChDir "C:\Temp"
Set bk = Workbooks.OpenText(Filename:="C:\Temp\myfile.txt", _
Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, _
DataType:=xlFixedWidth, _
FieldInfo:=Array(Array(0, 1), _
Array(8, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(17, 1), _
Array(21, 1), Array(29, 1), Array(38, 1), _
Array(46, 1), Array(50, 1), Array(58, 1), _
Array(67, 1))) 'Missing last bracket
Set rng = ActiveSheet.Range("A1").CurrentRegion
Set rng = rng.Offset(1, 0).Resize(rng.Rows.Count - 1)
Windows("daily.xls").Activate
Sheets("table").Select
Worksheets("table").Unprotect
rng.Copy Destination:=Range("T2")

What am I missing now?
Thanks!