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SUMMARYIn versions of Microsoft Excel that are earlier than Microsoft Excel 97, text files that contain more than 16,384 rows cannot be opened in their entirety. You cannot open these files because earlier versions of Microsoft Excel are limited to 16,384 rows. If you open a file that contains more data than this, the following error message appears and the text file is truncated at the row 16,384. However, you can use a macro to open the file and automatically break the text into multiple worksheets. NOTE: Microsoft Excel 97 has a limit of 65,536 rows. MORE INFORMATIONMicrosoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty
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http://www.microsoft.com/mcsp/For more information about the support options available from Microsoft, please see the following page on the World Wide Web: http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.aspThe following sample macro prompts you for a text file name, and then opens the file into memory. If the number of rows is larger than the Microsoft Excel worksheet limit of 16,384, the macro breaks the file into multiple worksheets. This macro applies only to files you saved as text files and does not apply to any other file formats. The macro does not work with database file formats. Note that because this is a macro, using it may be significantly slower than clicking Open on the File menu.
NOTE: The macro does not parse the data into columns. After using the
macro, you may also need to use the Text To Columns command on the
Data menu to parse the data as needed.
When you run this macro on a Macintosh, and you are attempting to open a
file that is on the desktop, you must precede the file name with the
following
Hard disk:Desktop Folder:where Hard disk is the name of your hard disk. Note that there is a space between the words Desktop and Folder. Additional query words: 97 8.00 5.00a 5.00c import ascii xl97 xl7 xl5
Keywords : kbcode xlvbahowto |
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