Sample Macro to Open a Text File Without Displaying TextWizard

Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q125401
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

When you create a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro or procedure that contains the following line of code:

   Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show

the Text Import Wizard is displayed automatically if you open a text file. If you want to suppress the Text Import Wizard, you must use the OpenText method.

The code in the following sample macro uses the GetOpenFilename method to obtain the name of the file the user wants to open. It then uses the OpenText method to specify all the parameters for the Text Import Wizard without having the Text Import Wizard display on the screen.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub OpenWOTextImportWiz()
       Dim MyFile As Variant

       ' Ask the user for the file name to open.
       MyFile = Application.GetOpenFilename

       ' Check for the Cancel button.
       If MyFile = False Then Exit Sub

       ' Open the Text file with the OpenText method.
       Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=MyFile, Origin:=xlWindows, _
           StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlDelimited, _
           TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, _
           Tab:=True, Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, Space:=False, _
           Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(1, 1)
   End Sub

Note that the OpenText method may require different parameters for your specific macro.

For more information about the OpenText method, query on OpenText method in Visual Basic Reference Help, or use the Macro Recorder and open a text file to determine the correct parameters for your situation.


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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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