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I have a subdirectory where I have files with a .dat extension, I need to be
able to change the first 3 lines of each file using a lookup table I have in
Excel. How can I do this without having to open each file.

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Humm, .dat hunh. This may work:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/ado.htm

Or:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/copy7.htm


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I have a subdirectory where I have files with a .dat extension, I need to be
able to change the first 3 lines of each file using a lookup table I have in
Excel. How can I do this without having to open each file.

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