Microsoft KB Archive/213816

= XL2000: Macro to Import a Text File into an Existing Worksheet =

Article ID: 213816

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213816





SUMMARY
Microsoft Excel 2000 does not provide a direct means for importing a text file into an existing worksheet. Generally, this is done by opening the text file into its own workbook and then copying the data from the new workbook to the existing worksheet. This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that can automate this process for you.



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The following sample macro prompts you for a file by displaying the Open dialog box, opens the file into its own workbook, and then copies the data to the cell that was active when the macro was run. Sub ImportTextFile

Dim DestBook As Workbook, SourceBook As Workbook Dim DestCell As Range Dim RetVal As Boolean

' Turn off screen updating. Application.ScreenUpdating = False

' Set object variables for the active book and active cell. Set DestBook = ActiveWorkbook Set DestCell = ActiveCell

' Show the Open dialog box. RetVal = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show ("*.txt")

' If Retval is false (Open dialog canceled), exit the procedure. If RetVal = False Then Exit Sub

' Set an object variable for the workbook containing the text file. Set SourceBook = ActiveWorkbook

' Copy the contents of the entire sheet containing the text file. Range(Range("A1"), Range("A1").SpecialCells(xlLastCell)).Copy

' Activate the destination workbook and paste special the values ' from the text file. DestBook.Activate DestCell.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlValues

' Close the book containing the text file. SourceBook.Close False

End Sub

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