Microsoft KB Archive/823999

= Instructions to Create the ImpactTest383.txt File Are Not Clear in Walkthrough =

Article ID: 823999

Article Last Modified on 11/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System version 2003

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SUMMARY
A walkthrough named &quot;Writing Data from a Text File to a Worksheet&quot; is included in the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System documentation. In this walkthrough, the instructions for creating the ImpactTest383.txt file are not clear. Because of this, you may create a text file for the walkthrough that is not correctly formatted. This article discusses where you can download a correctly formatted text file to use with this walkthrough.



WORKAROUND
Instead of manually creating the ImpactTest383.txt file, you can use the text file in the completed sample &quot;Excel Worksheet Using ADO.NET.&quot;

To use the text file that is included in the &quot;Excel Worksheet Using ADO.NET&quot; sample with the &quot;Writing Data from a Text File to a Worksheet&quot; walkthrough, follow these steps:
 * 1) Follow the steps in the &quot;Creating a New Project&quot; section of the walkthrough to create the My Excel Data Reader project.
 * 2) Follow the steps in the &quot;Setting up the Worksheet&quot; section of the walkthrough.
 * 3) Download the &quot;Excel Worksheet Using ADO.NET&quot; sample, and then copy the ImpactTest383.txt file from the sample to the folder that contains the My Excel Data Reader project.
 * 4) Open the ImpactTest383.txt file in Notepad.
 * 5) Delete the following two lines, and then save your changes to ImpactTest383.txt:

BatchDate 23-07-02

Technician JRoberts
 * 1) Skip the &quot;Creating the Data File&quot; section in the walkthrough, and then complete the remaining sections in the walkthrough.

