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what is the way to select ASCII file and import it into excel sheet?
Hi all,
I had requests: 1. open file dialog to select ASCII file 2. import this file into excel sheet, not open another workbook, is inserted into one worksheet 3. pop-up a message windows to show what file is selected. So what I code: Sub GetImportFile() Dim Filt As String Dim FilterIndex As Integer Dim Title As String Dim FileName As Variant 'Set up list of file filters Filt = "Product Data File (*.pd*),*.pd" 'Display *.* by default FilterIndex = 2 'Set the dialog box caption Title = "Select a Product Data File to Import" 'Get the file name FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename _ (FileFilter:=Filt, _ FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, _ Title:=Title) Workbooks.OpenText FileName:=Application.GetOpenFilename _ (FileFilter:=Filt, FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, Title:=Title), Origin:=-535, StartRow:=1 _ , DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, _ ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=True, Semicolon:=True, Comma:=False, _ Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), Array (2, 1), Array( _ 3, 1), Array(4, 1), Array(5, 1), Array(6, 1), Array(7, 1), Array(8, 1), Array(9, 1), Array(10 _ , 1), Array(11, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(13, 1)), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True 'Exit if dialog box canceled If FileName = False Then MsgBox "No file was selected." ' Exit Sub 'End If Display full path and name of the file MsgBox "You selected " & FileName End Sub The above code, I got 2 times file dialog, and one time import file, but this importing is to new workbook, which is not my target. Could anybody help? BTW: what is the difference between GetOpenFilename and workbooks.opentext? TIA z |
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what is the way to select ASCII file and import it into excel sheet?
I won't muck with your code, but I'll suggest an alternative to this:
2. import this file into excel sheet, not open another workbook, is inserted into one worksheet Open it as a new workbook, then either move the sheet into place in the target workbook, or if you are adding the data to an existing sheet, copy the data, paste it wherever, and delete the new workbook. If you use Application.ScreenUpdating wisely. nobody will notice that the data didn't just magically appear. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services, Inc. http://PeltierTech.com/WordPress/ _______ "skycloud" wrote in message ... Hi all, I had requests: 1. open file dialog to select ASCII file 2. import this file into excel sheet, not open another workbook, is inserted into one worksheet 3. pop-up a message windows to show what file is selected. So what I code: Sub GetImportFile() Dim Filt As String Dim FilterIndex As Integer Dim Title As String Dim FileName As Variant 'Set up list of file filters Filt = "Product Data File (*.pd*),*.pd" 'Display *.* by default FilterIndex = 2 'Set the dialog box caption Title = "Select a Product Data File to Import" 'Get the file name FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename _ (FileFilter:=Filt, _ FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, _ Title:=Title) Workbooks.OpenText FileName:=Application.GetOpenFilename _ (FileFilter:=Filt, FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, Title:=Title), Origin:=-535, StartRow:=1 _ , DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, _ ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=True, Semicolon:=True, Comma:=False, _ Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), Array (2, 1), Array( _ 3, 1), Array(4, 1), Array(5, 1), Array(6, 1), Array(7, 1), Array(8, 1), Array(9, 1), Array(10 _ , 1), Array(11, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(13, 1)), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True 'Exit if dialog box canceled If FileName = False Then MsgBox "No file was selected." ' Exit Sub 'End If Display full path and name of the file MsgBox "You selected " & FileName End Sub The above code, I got 2 times file dialog, and one time import file, but this importing is to new workbook, which is not my target. Could anybody help? BTW: what is the difference between GetOpenFilename and workbooks.opentext? TIA z |
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what is the way to select ASCII file and import it into excel shee
2 times file dialog:
Application.GetOpenFilename is called twice: first at FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename then at Workbooks.OpenText FileName:=Application.GetOpenFilename. i recommend prefixing your variables with their type to help distinguish that they are variables and not something else: dim strFileName as string strFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename (FileFilter:=Filt, FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, Title:=Title) Workbooks.OpenText FileName:= strFileName, Origin:=-535, StartRow:=1, ... "skycloud" wrote: Hi all, I had requests: 1. open file dialog to select ASCII file 2. import this file into excel sheet, not open another workbook, is inserted into one worksheet 3. pop-up a message windows to show what file is selected. So what I code: Sub GetImportFile() Dim Filt As String Dim FilterIndex As Integer Dim Title As String Dim FileName As Variant 'Set up list of file filters Filt = "Product Data File (*.pd*),*.pd" 'Display *.* by default FilterIndex = 2 'Set the dialog box caption Title = "Select a Product Data File to Import" 'Get the file name FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename _ (FileFilter:=Filt, _ FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, _ Title:=Title) Workbooks.OpenText FileName:=Application.GetOpenFilename _ (FileFilter:=Filt, FilterIndex:=FilterIndex, Title:=Title), Origin:=-535, StartRow:=1 _ , DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, _ ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=True, Semicolon:=True, |
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