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Hi,

I have to import larger text and cvs files into Excel regulary. Curently I
have to cut and paste the txt file when greater than 65k lines long. Ideally
I would like it so that the txt file is automatically cut in the first 65
lines in tab 1, next 65k lines tab 2 etc...

Is this possible as a default in the import routine of excel?
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Bernie Deitrick
 
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Strippier,

Try the macro below.

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP

Sub LargeFileImport()
'Dimension Variables
Dim ResultStr As String
Dim FileName As String
Dim FileNum As Integer
Dim Counter As Double
'Ask User for File's Name
FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename
'Check for no entry
If FileName = "" Then End
'Get Next Available File Handle Number
FileNum = FreeFile()
'Open Text File For Input
Open FileName For Input As #FileNum
'Turn Screen Updating Off
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Create A New WorkBook With One Worksheet In It
Workbooks.Add Template:=xlWorksheet
'Set The Counter to 1
Counter = 1
'Loop Until the End Of File Is Reached
Do While Seek(FileNum) <= LOF(FileNum)
'Display Importing Row Number On Status Bar
Application.StatusBar = "Importing Row " & _
Counter & " of text file " & FileName
'Store One Line Of Text From File To Variable
Line Input #FileNum, ResultStr
'Store Variable Data Into Active Cell
If Left(ResultStr, 1) = "=" Then
ActiveCell.Value = "'" & ResultStr
Else
ActiveCell.Value = ResultStr
End If

If ActiveCell.Row = 65536 Then
'If On The Last Row Then Add A New Sheet
ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Add
Else
'If Not The Last Row Then Go One Cell Down
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
End If
'Increment the Counter By 1
Counter = Counter + 1
'Start Again At Top Of 'Do While' Statement
Loop
'Close The Open Text File
Close
'Remove Message From Status Bar
Application.StatusBar = False
End Sub



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Hi,

I have to import larger text and cvs files into Excel regulary. Curently

I
have to cut and paste the txt file when greater than 65k lines long.

Ideally
I would like it so that the txt file is automatically cut in the first 65
lines in tab 1, next 65k lines tab 2 etc...

Is this possible as a default in the import routine of excel?



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