Excel VBA - Read and Write Text Files

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Excel VBA Read And Write Text Files

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Theintegrationbetweenexcelandtextfilesisstillanimportantissue.Theinputandoutputofmanydatedprogramsis
usually a text file (for example various calculation algorithms written in FORTRAN language). So, if you have a
spreadsheetandyouneedsomehowtowritedatatoatextfileorread/importdatafromatextfilethefollowingVBAcode
willhelpyouautomatingtheprocedure.
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Write:Therearetwowaysofwritingdatatoatextfile:youcaneitheruseWriteorPrintstatement.TheoutputofWrite
statement is a line in which the data values are separated by commas, while hash marks (#) are around dates and
quotes()aroundstrings.TheoutputofPrintstatementisalinethatismoresuitableforprinting,withdatavaluesbeing
arrangedincolumnsseparatedwithtaboranyotherdelimitedcharacter.
Read:Aswiththewriteproceduretherearealsotwowaysofreadingdatafromatextfile:youcaneitheruseInputor
LineInputstatement.WiththeInputstatementdatavaluesarereadaslistofvariables.Inputstatementisusedfordata
thatwereproducedwithWritestatement.Ontheotherhand,withtheLineInputstatementallthedataarereadasa
singlestring,soLineInputissuitableforreadingdatavaluesproducedbyPrintstatement.
VBAcode
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VBAcodeforwritingtotextfileusingWritestatement:
Sub WriteTextFile()
'Write data to a text file

'By Christos Samaras
'Declaring variables
Dim sDrawing As String
Dim sWeld As String
Dim sWelder As String
Dim intSize As Integer
Dim dDate As Date
Dim sMaterial As String
Dim sFName As String

Dim intFNumber As Integer
Dim lCounter As Long
Dim lLastRow As Long
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'Just showing where the input data are

Sheet2.Activate
ExcelVBAReadAndWriteTextFiles
Range("A1").Select
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Theintegrationbetweenexcelandtext
'Find the last row that contains data
filesisstillanimportantissue.Theinp...
With Sheet2
lLastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
VBAMacroToOpenAPDFFile
End With
Thepreviousweek,whileIwas
preparingapresentation,Iencountered
'Setting the name and the path of text file based on workbook path
thefollowingproblem:howcouldIopen
sFName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Excel Data (Write).txt"
aPDFfilefromapower...
VBAMacroToConvertPDFFilesInto
'Get an unused file number
DifferentFormat
intFNumber = FreeFile
Acoupleofdaysago,Peteraskedme
'Create a new file (or overwrite an existing one)
onthispostifitispossibletosaveaPDF
fileasanExceltablebyusingVBA.I
Open sFName For Output As #intFNumber
For lCounter = 2 To lLastRow

'Read specific data from the worksheet
With Sheet2
sDrawing = .Cells(lCounter, 2)
sWeld = .Cells(lCounter, 3)
sWelder = .Cells(lCounter, 4)
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intSize = .Cells(lCounter, 5)
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dDate = .Cells(lCounter, 7)
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sMaterial = .Cells(lCounter, 10)

End With
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'Write selected data to text file
coordinatesfro...
Write #intFNumber, sDrawing, sWeld, sWelder, intSize, dDate, sMaterial
'Continue looping until the last row

Next lCounter
'Close the text file

Close #intFNumber
'Inform the user about the process

MsgBox "Values from sheet '" & Sheet2.Name & "' were written to '" & sFName & "' file
!", vbInformation
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VBAcodeforreadingatextfileusingInputstatement:
Sub ReadTextFile()
'Read data from a text file
Dim sDrawing As String
Dim sWeld As String
Dim sWelder As String
Dim intSize As Integer
Dim dDate As Date
Dim sMaterial As String
Dim lRow As Long
'The full path of the text file that will be opened
sFName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Excel Data (Write).txt"
On Error Resume Next
'Prepare text file for reading
Open sFName For Input As #intFNumber
'Check if the text file was found
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Text file not found!", vbCritical, "Error!"
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo 0
'Clearing the sheet

Sheet3.Cells.Clear
lRow = 1
'Loop until the end of file
Do While Not EOF(intFNumber)
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'Read data from the text file
Input #intFNumber, sDrawing, sWeld, sWelder, intSize, dDate, sMaterial
'Write selected data to the worksheet
With Sheet3
.Cells(lRow, 1) = sDrawing
.Cells(lRow, 2) = sWeld
.Cells(lRow, 3) = sWelder
.Cells(lRow, 4) = intSize
.Cells(lRow, 5) = dDate
.Cells(lRow, 6) = sMaterial
End With
'Address next row of worksheet
lRow = lRow + 1
Loop
'Close the text file
Close #intFNumber
'Fitting column width
Sheet3.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
'Just showing where the output data are
Sheet3.Activate
Range("A1").Select
MsgBox "Values from file '" & sFName & "' were imported to sheet '" & Sheet3.Name & "
'!", vbInformation
End Sub
VBAcodeforwritingtotextfileusingPrintstatement:
Sub PrintAsString()
'With print command you can write text files in any format
'Here tab is used as delimited character
Dim sLine As String
Dim lCounter As Long
Dim lLastRow As Long
'Just showing where the input data are

Sheet2.Activate
Range("A1").Select
'Find the last row that contains data

With Sheet2
lLastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
End With
'Setting the name and the path of text file based on workbook path
sFName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Excel Data (Print).txt"
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'Create a new file (or overwrite an existing one)

Open sFName For Output As #intFNumber
For lCounter = 2 To lLastRow

'Read specific data from the worksheet
With Sheet2
'Using tab as delimited character
sLine = .Cells(lCounter, 2) & vbTab
sLine = sLine & .Cells(lCounter, 3) & vbTab
'Determine the date format
sLine = sLine & Format(.Cells(lCounter, 7), "dd-mm-yyyy") & vbTab
sLine = sLine & .Cells(lCounter, 10)
End With
'Write data to file

Print #intFNumber, sLine
'Continue looping until the last row

Next lCounter
'Close the file

Close #intFNumber

MsgBox "Values from sheet '" & Sheet2.Name & "' were written to '" & sFName & "' file
!", vbInformation
End Sub
VBAcodeforreadingatextfileusingLineInputstatement:
Sub ReadStringData()
'To read "string" data, the string must be split in order to locate the values
Dim sLine As String
Dim lRow As Long
Dim lColumn As Long
Dim vDataValues As Variant
Dim intCount As Integer
'The full path of the text file that will be opened

sFName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Excel Data (Print).txt"

On Error Resume Next
'Prepare text file for reading

Open sFName For Input As #intFNumber
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'Check if the text file was found

If Err.Number <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Text file not found!", vbCritical, "Error!"
Exit Sub
End If
On Error GoTo 0
'Clearing the sheet

Sheet3.Cells.Clear
'First row for data

lRow = 1
'Loop until the end of file

Do While Not EOF(intFNumber)
'Read data from file

Line Input #intFNumber, sLine
'Split values apart into an array

vDataValues = Split(sLine, vbTab)
With Sheet3
'First column for data

lColumn = 1
'Process each value in the array

For intCount = LBound(vDataValues) To UBound(vDataValues)
'Write the value to the worksheet

.Cells(lRow, lColumn) = vDataValues(intCount)
'Increase column count

lColumn = lColumn + 1
Next intCount
End With
'Next row of the worksheet

lRow = lRow + 1
Loop
'Close the file

Close #intFNumber
'Fitting column width

Sheet3.Cells.EntireColumn.AutoFit
'Just showing where the output data are
Sheet3.Activate
Range("A1").Select
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MsgBox "Values from file '" & sFName & "' were imported to sheet '" & Sheet3.Name & "
'!", vbInformation
End Sub
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ThissamplefilecontainstheVBAcodedescribedabove.Inthefirstsheettherearefourbuttonsthatcorrespondtothe
fourprocedures(Write,Input,Print,LineInput).Inthesecondsheettherearesomedatathatareexportedtoatextfile.
Finally,thethirdsheetisusedtoimportdatafromatextfile.ThefilecanbeopenedwithOffice2007ornewer.Please,
remembertoenablemacrosbeforeusingtheworkbook.
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Abe 2yearsago
Thankyouverymuchfortheabove.Iwouldliketouseyourprintmethodforexporting
totxt.However,thecellsIwanttoexportcontaintextandhavelinebreaks.WhenI
exportthem(withvbNewLineinsteadofvbTab,becauseIwanttohavethecellsbelow
eachother),thelinebreaksfromthecellsareignored.Istheresomewaytokeepthem,
sothatonecellcanresultinmultiplelinesintxtformat?
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Abe>Abe 2yearsago
Ifoundtheproblem:).IhadusedChr(10)forthelinebreaksinthetextand
notepaddoesn'trecognizethose...IreplacedthatbyvbNewLineanditlooks
goodnow.
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2yearsago
HiAbe,
SorryformylatereplaybutIwasonshortvacations,sotodayIsaw
yourpost.Iamgladthatyousolveyourproblem.
BestRegards,
Christos
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hhap 2yearsago
Thanksfortheabovetutorial.Pleasehowdoyououtputorprintaline/dash(e.g
)inatextfileusingexcelvba.
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ChristosSamaras
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2yearsago
Hihhap,
Inthewritemacroforexampleyoucanusethisline:
'Writeselecteddatatotextfile
Write#intFNumber,sDrawing,"",sWeld,"",sWelder,intSize,dDate,sMaterial
Thelinedashisusedasstring.
KindRegards,
Christos
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hhap>ChristosSamaras 2yearsago
Christos,
Thankyoufortheeducation.Ididn'tknowthisone.Iwasgoingtouse
thisfunction:Application.WorksheetFunction.Rept("",65)
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Admin >hhap
2yearsago
Ingeneral,theReptfunctionisbettertobeusedwhenyouknow
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Ingeneral,theReptfunctionisbettertobeusedwhenyouknow
exactlyhowmanydashlinesforexampleyouwillneed.Ifinyour
caseyouneedtocreate65dashlinesthenusetheReptfunction
likethis:
'Writeselecteddatatotextfile
Write#intFNumber,sDrawing,Application.WorksheetFunction.Rept("",65),sWeld,Application.WorksheetFunction.Rept("
Ifyouneedonlyfewdashlinesthenusethepreviouslineofcode.
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hhap>ChristosSamaras 2yearsago
Itriedusingwhatyoushowedmeandexcelsaysvariablenot
defined.JusttobeclearIneedtodefinethefollowingasString?
#intFNumber,sDrawing,"",sWeld,"",sWelder,
intSize,dDate,sMaterial
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Admin >hhap
2yearsago
Thetwolinesinthecomments(fordashlines)werereferringto
the"WriteTextFile"macro.So,Ijustshowedyouhowyoucan
insertthedashlinesintheoriginalcode.
Inthe"WriteTextFileabove"therearethesevariables:
DimsDrawingAsString
DimsWeldAsString
DimsWelderAsString
DimintSizeAsInteger
DimdDateAsDate
DimsMaterialAsString
whichare"written"tothetextfile.
Inyourcaseyoumighthavedifferentvariables,soyouneedto
makechangestotheabovecode.
Tosumup,thecodeaboveisasampleforaspecificcase.
However,youcanadjustitaccordingtowhatyouwanttodo...
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J 2yearsago
Thankyou!Thisisveryhelpful.Thanksforprovidingthetextfilestodownloadgoing
throughtheexampledefinitelyhelped.IamabitconfusedastowhyIcannotreadthe
textfileintoExcelthough.IprettymuchcopiedyourReadStringDatacode(savedyour
file,too),butIkeepongettingtheerrorbox(textfilenotfound).Isitsomethingwrong
withthisline:sFName=ThisWorkbook.Path&"\ExcelData(Write).txt"sinceit'ssaved
differentlyonmycomputer?
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2yearsago
HiJandthankyourforyourkindcommentregardingthecode.
Thisline:
sFName=ThisWorkbook.Path&"\ExcelData(Write).txt"
impliesthatthetextfileshouldbeatthesamefolderwithexcelfile.So,ifthe
excelfileisinthefolderC:\Users\Christos\Desktop,thenthesFNamestringwill
be:C:\Users\Christos\Desktop\ExcelData(Write).txt
Apartformthepath,ifyouhaverenamedthetextfileforexamplefrom"Excel
Data(Write)"to"WriteTextFile"thenchangethesFNametothis:
sFName=ThisWorkbook.Path&"\WriteTextFile.txt"
Ihopethattheabovesuggestionwillhelpyoutosolvetheproblem.
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KindRegards,
Christos
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m_andrade 2yearsago
Thankyousomuch!!!
Itworkedperfectly!!
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Admin >m_andrade
2yearsago
You'rewelcome!
Iamgladthatitworkedforyou.)
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shriK 3yearsago
Christosdude..yourprimarylinkisdown.
Pleasefixit.
Thanksinadvance.
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ChristosSamaras
Admin >shriK
3yearsago
Whichlinkisdown?
Icheckedtheworkbookdownloadlinkandisfine.
Ifsomethingiswrongpleasetellmeinordertofixit.
Thankyouinadvanced!
Christos
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ChristosSamaras 3yearsago
HiSamT,
Thankyouverymuchforthefunctions.
Itisalwaysnicetoseehowan"old"codecanbeusedtocreatesomethingnew.Thank
youalsoforthereferenceinyourfunctions.
Keepcoding...
KindRegards,
Christos
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Anonymous 3yearsago
FunctionWriteLinesToTextFile(FileFullNameAsString,LinesToWriteAsCollection)As
Boolean
'BySamT:"samtyler"&X&"mail"&Y&"com"_
whereX="@"andY="."
'WiththankstoChristosSamaras:http://www.myengineeringworld....
'FileFullNamemustincludethefullPathandnameoftheFile.
'Ifthefileexists,itwillbeoverwritten.
'IftheFunctionsucceeds,itwillreturn"True"_
ElseIfitfailsforanyreason,itwillreturn"False.
''''SetErrorCondition
OnErrorGoToReportError
''''DeclareVariables
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Anonymous 3yearsago
SamT,again.
ItutorVBAononeofthemanyVBAforums,andwehaveaguestwhoneedstoperform
acomplicatedparseandreplaceorinsertlines.
Irewrotetwoofyourproceduresasuniversalfunctionsusingcollectionstopassthe
lineStringsbackandforth.
Ithoughtyoumightbeinterestedinseeingadifferentwayofdoingthings.
Ihavetobreakthefunctionsacrosstwocomments.
FunctionLinesFromTextFile(FileFullNameAsString)AsCollection
'BySamT:"samtyler"&X&"mail"&Y&"com"_
whereX="@"andY="."
'WiththankstoChristosSamaras:http://www.myengineeringworld....
'FileFullNamemustincludethefullPathandnameoftheFile.
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ThankyouverymuchSamT!
Iamjusttryingtoincludeasmuchcommentsaspossibleinordertobeeasily
understood...
WarmRegards,
Christos
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Anonymous 3yearsago
IloveyourcodingstyleVeryeasytounderstand.
Thankyou,
SamT
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HiJames,
Sinceyourproblemwassolved,noproblematall.
KindRegards,
Christos
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James 3yearsago
ThanksChristos,thatworksnicely.IthinkImisreadyourearlierstatement,whichis
whyIwasn'tsurewhichonetouse.
Thanksagain!
James
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HiJames,
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YoushouldusethePrintmacro.
AsIwroteinthebeginningofthispost,TheoutputofWritestatementisalineinwhich
thedatavaluesareseparatedbycommas,whilehashmarks(#)arearounddatesand
quotes()aroundstrings.
So,sincethequotesareautomaticallyinsertedduetoWritestatement,itwouldbe
easiertousethePrintstatement.
WarmRegards,
Christos
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James 3yearsago
HiChristos,
I'musingthewriteTextFilecodebutit'sincludingthequotationmarksforeachcell.DoI
havetousethePrintasstringcodeinsteadtoexcludethequotationsoristhereanother
modificationIcanuse?Itworksreallywellapartfromthis.
Thanks,
James
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HiRudi,
Iamgladthatyoufoundasolution.IjustchangedonelinebecauseIthoughtthatyou
haveonlydates.
Anyway,wheneveryouwantsendmeyoursolutions.
BestRegards,
Christos
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FranseFietsersClub 3yearsago
HiChristos,
Thanksforyourquickresponse.Yoursolutionsworks!Justhadtoexcludetheother
numericalfieldswithanifconstructionbecausetheywerealsochangedtodateformats.
InthemeantimeIalsofoundanotherworkaround.Iwillsendyouanemailwithboth
solutions,youmightwanttospentablogonitonwhichoneisfavourable,better,faster,
....
Thanksalotankindregards,Rudi
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HiRudi,
Hereisaquickidea:
Changethisline
oTSStream.WriteCStr(rngeRangeToWrite.Cells(lngRow,lngCol))&strDelimiter
withthis:
oTSStream.WriteFormat(CStr(rngeRangeToWrite.Cells(lngRow,lngCol)),
"dd/mm/yyyy")&strDelimiter
Ihaven'ttestit,buttheideaistoformatthedateinadd/mm/yyyyformat.
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Ihaven'ttestit,buttheideaistoformatthedateinadd/mm/yyyyformat.
Ifyouarestillhavingtroublessendmeanemailwiththesamplefile.
Regards,
Christos
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FranseFietsersClub 3yearsago
HiChristos,imstrugglingwithanexportofadateformat.
Whenenteringthe7thofmarchinmyspreadsheetandusingvbacodetoincludethis
dateinancsvfile,thedateisalwaystruncatedto7/03/2013,andireallyneeditas
07/03/2013,sowiththeleading0.inmyspreadsheetitiscorrectlyvisualised,butupon
exportusing:
'Thisloopisforloopingfromthetopofthesheettothebottom
ForlngRow=1TorngeRangeToWrite.Rows.Count
Application.StatusBar="Record"&lngRow&"of"&myNrOfRec&"isbeing
exported"
'Thisloopwillwriteonecellatatimeforthecurrentrow
ForlngCol=1TorngeRangeToWrite.Columns.Count
oTSStream.WriteCStr(rngeRangeToWrite.Cells(lngRow,lngCol))&strDelimiter
NextlngCol
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HiRobby,
IfyouwanttoimportonlyrowsthatcontainW4thenyoushouldusethecodethat
follows.Ifyouwanttoimportspecificcolumnsfromthetextfileyoushouldtrythistool
thatIdevelopedsomemonthsago.
Regards,
Christos
SubReadTextFile2()
'Readdatafromatextfile
'ByChristosSamaras
'Declaringvariables
DimsDrawingAsString
DimsWeldAsString
DimsWelderAsString
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RobbySuhendra 3yearsago
DearSir,
Yourcodeisveryusefulinmyofficeproject.ifyoudon'tmind,iwouldliketoknowhow
toimportdatafromtextfileintoexcelbutonlyspecificdata/filterdatathatmeetthe
specificcriteriatobeimported.asexamplefromyourtextfile,letsayweonlywantto
importthe"w4"datafromthetextfile.
couldyoupleasetellmehowtodothat?
Thanks
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Regards
Robby
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fetsch,Isawyouremail...IwillsendyouareplyassoonasIfindasolution...
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mfetsch 3yearsago
Christos,Isentyouanemailearlier.Letmeknowifyoudon'tgetitforsomereason.
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mfetsch,myemailisxristos.samaras@gmail.com
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mfetsch 3yearsago
Ireallyappreciatethat,Christos.Whatisyouremailaddress?
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mfetsch,
Ifyoulikesendmeasamplefile(excelandtextfile)tomyemailandIwilltrytosolve
yourproblem...
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mfetsch 3yearsago
Iappreciatethat,Christos,butthexlTextfileformatsavesatabdelimitedfile.Idon't
wanttabsoranyotherdelimiterbetweenthecolumns.WhenIusedthexlTextPrinterfile
format,itgavemewhatIwant,butit'snotworkingsincetheOfficeupdate.
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mfetsch,IwrotethefollowingVBAcodeonthefly,butIthinkthatwilldowhatyou
need...
OptionExplicit
SubSheetsToTexts()
DimshtAsWorksheet
WithApplication
.ScreenUpdating=False
.DisplayAlerts=False
EndWith
ForEachshtInThisWorkbook.Worksheets
Sheets(sht.Name).Select
Sheets(sht.Name).Copy
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mfetsch 3yearsago
Thanks,Christos.Iwashopingtoprinteachrowwithoutconcatenatingallthecolumns
first.Actually,I'vebeenhopingtofindawaytosaveawholesheettoatextfile.Iwas
doingthat,butthecodeisnolongerworkingafteranOfficeupdate.Here'sthecode:
ActiveSheet.SaveAsFilename:="C:\SAMHfiles\ASAMinput.txt",
FileFormat:=xlTextPrinter,CreateBackup:=False
ItseemsthexlTextPrinterfileformatishavingissues.Columnsaremissingdataor
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ItseemsthexlTextPrinterfileformatishavingissues.Columnsaremissingdataor
startinginthewrongplace.Ihaven'tbeenabletofindanotherformatthatwillputthe
dataoutwithoutanydelimiters.SoIdecidedtocheckintootherwaysofwritingatext
file.Thanksforyourhelp!
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IfyouwanttoprinttoatextfileALLcolumnsofasheet,thenusethecodebelow(which
isamodifiedversionofprintstatement):
OptionExplicit
SubPrintAllColumns()
'Withprintcommandyoucanwritetextfilesinanyformat
'Heretabisusedasdelimitedcharacter
'ByChristosSamaras
'Declaringvariables
DimsLineAsString
DimsFNameAsString
DimintFNumberAsInteger
DimlCounterAsLong
DimlLastRowAsLong
DimlLastColumnAsLong
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mfetsch 3yearsago
IwanttoprintmyExcelsheettoatextfile.IsthereawaytoPrint
awholerowofExceldataatonceratherthanconcatenating
allthecolumnstogether?Ihaveanawfullotofcolumns!Thanks!
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Ijustsentyouthenewversionoftheworkbook...Problemsolved!
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robertshanePascual 3yearsago
Gooddaysir,sorryIwasn'tabletoreplytoyouasap,butiemailedyoualready.please
seeyourmailbox.Thankyousomuchforthehelp!andimsorrytodisturbyoualso
hehehe:).pleasereply.thankyouagain.
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Robert,Ijustsentyouanemail.Don'tworry,Icheckmyemailseveryday...
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GoodDayagainsir,
Pleaseseemyemail.Ihavesentthedetailsandtheattachedfiles.ThankYou!:)
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GoodmorningRobertandthankyoufrothekindcomment.
Ihavealreadysentyouanemail.)
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Gooddaysir,
Thankyouforthefile,itworksgreat!:)butineedsomecustomizationingeneratingtext
file.Ihopeyoucanhelpme.
Thanksinadvance!:)
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Thanksinadvance!:)
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Ijustsendyouareply.Don'tworry,Icheckmyemailseveryday..)
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gert 3yearsago
heymenisendyouamail
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Noproblematall!
IfyoucannotchangethecodeIwilldoitforyou...)
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gert 3yearsago
iwilltrythisandiwillbotheryouwithamailifi'mhavingtroublehahahaThanksmen
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'Write data to a text file

Dim sFName As String

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'Just showing where the input data are

'Find the last row that contains data

sFName = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\Excel Data (Write).txt"

'Get an unused file number

'Create a new file (or overwrite an existing one)

Open sFName For Output As #intFNumber

For lCounter = 2 To lLastRow

sMaterial = .Cells(lCounter, 10)

'Write selected data to text file

Write #intFNumber, sDrawing, sWeld, sWelder, intSize, dDate, sMaterial

'Continue looping until the last row

'Close the text file

'Inform the user about the process

Hidden treasures ...from 2011

'Clearing the sheet

'Just showing where the input data are

'Find the last row that contains data

'Get an unused file number

'Create a new file (or overwrite an existing one)

For lCounter = 2 To lLastRow

'Write data to file

'Continue looping until the last row

'Close the file

'Inform the user about the process

'The full path of the text file that will be opened

'Get an unused file number

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'Prepare text file for reading

'Check if the text file was found

'Clearing the sheet

'First row for data

'Loop until the end of file

'Read data from file

'Split values apart into an array

'First column for data

'Process each value in the array

'Write the value to the worksheet

'Increase column count

'Next row of the worksheet

'Close the file

'Fitting column width

'Inform the user about the process

Excel VBA -- Read And Write Text Files

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