the presets are all of the arrays that end as ",1". when i open the file in
Excel, i get the Text Import Wizard. in Step 1, select Fixed width. in Setp
2, i set field widths (column breaks, or the preset width that Windows
detects). it is in this step of the macro that creates problems. some files
have different column breaks that come up automatically.

as for pasting the values from the text file, it shows up as a continous
single line in the text file.

jat



"Sheeloo" wrote:

What do you mean by preset?

Can you paste the value which is in your text file and what you get (and
want) in Excel?




"jatman" wrote:

i have recorded the following macro:

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:="C:\Users\jat\Desktop\23-32237", Origin:=
xlWindows, StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(0,
1), Array(14, 1), Array(39, 9), Array(48, 1), Array(54, 1), Array(60, 1),
Array(72, 1), Array(85, 1), Array(93, 1), Array(100, 1)),
TrailingMinusNumbers:=True

it opens the file 23-32237, and i have it inserting the width of each
column, but i have to manually delete some also. example Array(39, 9)
deletes the "preset" that windows recognizes based on some criteria, and
Array (48, 1) adds one based on what i want.

how do you delete all presets that windows puts in automatically?

thank you,
jat