VBA - Text To Columns in VBA

[ajocius]

Group,
I have a .dat file that is separated by comma's between elements. I
want to do a Text to Columns. When I do a macro record I get the
following. Unfortunately, my columns may be different as well as the
number of columns. How would I do the same in VBA for a .dat file that
will be different each time I run the macro? I want to do this
automatically as part of a larger VBA project. Any thoughts or
suggestions?

Tony

Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 5/17/2006 by LTC Jocius
'

'
Workbooks.OpenText Filename:= _
"C:\Documents and
Settings\Super_User2\Desktop\_6222CD1May06.dat", Origin _
:=437, StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlDelimited,
TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote _
, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=False, Semicolon:=False,
Comma:= _
True, Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1),
Array(2, 1), _
Array(3, 1), Array(4, 1), Array(5, 1), Array(6, 1), Array(7,
1), Array(8, 1), Array(9, 1), _
Array(10, 1), Array(11, 1), Array(12, 1), Array(13, 1),
Array(14, 1), Array(15, 1), Array( _
16, 1), Array(17, 1), Array(18, 1), Array(19, 1), Array(20, 1),
Array(21, 1), Array(22, 1), _
Array(23, 1), Array(24, 1), Array(25, 1), Array(26, 1),
Array(27, 1), Array(28, 1), Array( _
29, 1), Array(30, 1), Array(31, 1), Array(32, 1), Array(33, 1),
Array(34, 1), Array(35, 1), _
Array(36, 1), Array(37, 1), Array(38, 1), Array(39, 1),
Array(40, 1), Array(41, 1), Array( _
42, 1), Array(43, 1), Array(44, 1), Array(45, 1), Array(46, 1),
Array(47, 1), Array(48, 1), _
Array(49, 1), Array(50, 1), Array(51, 1), Array(52, 1),
Array(53, 1), Array(54, 1), Array( _
55, 1), Array(56, 1), Array(57, 1), Array(58, 1), Array(59, 1),
Array(60, 1), Array(61, 1), _
Array(62, 1), Array(63, 1), Array(64, 1), Array(65, 1),
Array(66, 1), Array(67, 1), Array( _
68, 1), Array(69, 1), Array(70, 1), Array(71, 1), Array(72, 1),
Array(73, 1), Array(74, 1), _
Array(75, 1), Array(76, 1), Array(77, 1), Array(78, 1),
Array(79, 1), Array(80, 1), Array( _
81, 1), Array(82, 1), Array(83, 1), Array(84, 1), Array(85, 1),
Array(86, 1), Array(87, 1), _
Array(88, 1), Array(89, 1), Array(90, 1), Array(91, 1),
Array(92, 1), Array(93, 1), Array( _
94, 1)), TrailingMinusNumbers:=True
End Sub

 

[mudraker]

Try


Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 5/17/2006 by LTC Jocius
'

'
Workbooks.OpenText Filename:= _
"C:\Documents and Settings\Super_User2\Desktop\_6222CD1May06.dat",
Origin _
:=437, StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlDelimited, TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote
_
, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=False, Semicolon:=False, Comma:= _
True, Space:=False, Other:=False, FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1)),
TrailingMinusNumbers:=True
End Sub

 

[JMB]

I believe you can open comma delimited files with the Open method.

Workbooks.Open Filename:= _
"C:\Documents and
Settings\Super_User2\Desktop\_6222CD1May06.dat", Format:=2

With OpenText, FieldInfo is optional. If omitted, the columns will be
formatted as General.