The chdrive won't work on network drives.

But you can use an API call:

Option Explicit
Private Declare Function SetCurrentDirectoryA Lib _
"kernel32" (ByVal lpPathName As String) As Long
Sub ChDirNet(szPath As String)
Dim lReturn As Long
lReturn = SetCurrentDirectoryA(szPath)
If lReturn = 0 Then Err.Raise vbObjectError + 1, "Error setting path."
End Sub
Sub testme02()

Dim mySavedPath As String

mySavedPath = CurDir

ChDirNet "\\Servername\sharepoint\ExcelTextData"

'do your stuff

ChDirNet mySavedPath

End Sub

This actually works with mapped drives, too.


Odawg wrote:

Hey JB,

I tried that but it still opens to the following default directory:
My Documents

Just to make sure I understood your response you said the following:

ChDir = "\\Servername\sharepoint\ExcelTextData\"
FName = Application.GetOpenFilename _
(FileFilter:="Text Files(*.txt),*.txt,All Files (*.*),*.*")

I also thought that this would work but it didn't.

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:52:02 -0700, JMB
wrote:

I'm sorry. You said default to a specific folder, not a specific file.

In that case, precede your GetOpenFileName method with

ChDir "C:\Excel"

or whatever directory you want.


"Odawg" wrote:

Hello All,

Thanks for all of the help, I really do appreciate it. I just have
one more question. The following macro below allows me to import a
text file into an existing excel spredsheet. Is it also possible for
it to default to a specific directory to look for the text file.

I am still fairly new to writing macros in excel and for that matter
VBA and I really do appreciate it.

'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Sub ImportTextFile(FName As String, Sep As String)

Dim RowNdx As Integer
Dim ColNdx As Integer
Dim TempVal As Variant
Dim WholeLine As String
Dim Pos As Integer
Dim NextPos As Integer
Dim SaveColNdx As Integer

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'On Error GoTo EndMacro:

SaveColNdx = ActiveCell.Column
RowNdx = ActiveCell.Row

Open FName For Input Access Read As #1

While Not EOF(1)
Line Input #1, WholeLine
If Right(WholeLine, 1) < Sep Then
WholeLine = WholeLine & Sep
End If
ColNdx = SaveColNdx
Pos = 1
NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep)
While NextPos = 1
TempVal = Mid(WholeLine, Pos, NextPos - Pos)
Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = TempVal
Pos = NextPos + 1
ColNdx = ColNdx + 1
NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep)
Wend
RowNdx = RowNdx + 1
Wend

EndMacro:
On Error GoTo 0
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Close #1

End Sub

'--------------------------------------------------------------------

Public Sub ImportProfileLst()
Dim FName As Variant
Dim Sep As String

FName = Application.GetOpenFilename _
(FileFilter:="Text Files(*.txt),*.txt,All Files (*.*),*.*")
If FName = False Then
MsgBox "You didn't select a file"
Exit Sub
End If

Sep = InputBox("Enter a single delimiter character.", _
"Import Text File")
ImportTextFile CStr(FName), Sep

End Sub


--

Dave Peterson