Importing text to excell without especifying path

[cecilia12345]

i do this to import a file, but i have to specify the path:
With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _

"TEXT;C:\DATA.txt", _
Destination:=Range("A1"))
.Name = "DATA"
.FieldNames = True
.RowNumbers = False
.FillAdjacentFormulas = False
.PreserveFormatting = True
.RefreshOnFileOpen = False
.RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
.SavePassword = False
.SaveData = True
.AdjustColumnWidth = True
.RefreshPeriod = 0
.TextFilePromptOnRefresh = False
.TextFilePlatform = 850
.TextFileStartRow = 1
.TextFileParseType = xlFixedWidth
.TextFileTextQualifier = xlTextQualifierDoubleQuote
.TextFileConsecutiveDelimiter = False
.TextFileTabDelimiter = True
.TextFileSemicolonDelimiter = False
.TextFileCommaDelimiter = False
.TextFileSpaceDelimiter = False
.TextFileOtherDelimiter = "="
.TextFileColumnDataTypes = Array(2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)
.TextFileFixedColumnWidths = Array(8, 13, 7, 11, 16)
.TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers = True
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
End Sub

how do i do this so the user can choose the document, a different pat
and name every time?

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Sub GetFile()
Dim fName as String
fName = Application.GetOpenFilename(FileFilter:="Text Files (*.txt),*.txt")
if fName <> "False" then

With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
fname, _
Destination:=Range("A1"))
..Name = "DATA"
..FieldNames = True
..RowNumbers = False
..FillAdjacentFormulas = False
..PreserveFormatting = True
..RefreshOnFileOpen = False
..RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
..SavePassword = False
..SaveData = True
..AdjustColumnWidth = True
..RefreshPeriod = 0
..TextFilePromptOnRefresh = False
..TextFilePlatform = 850
..TextFileStartRow = 1
..TextFileParseType = xlFixedWidth
..TextFileTextQualifier = xlTextQualifierDoubleQuote
..TextFileConsecutiveDelimiter = False
..TextFileTabDelimiter = True
..TextFileSemicolonDelimiter = False
..TextFileCommaDelimiter = False
..TextFileSpaceDelimiter = False
..TextFileOtherDelimiter = "="
..TextFileColumnDataTypes = Array(2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)
..TextFileFixedColumnWidths = Array(8, 13, 7, 11, 16)
..TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers = True
..Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
End With
End If
End Sub

 

[cecilia12345]

are you sure that fName should be string? because every time i get t
the
-->
" With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
NombreArchivo, _
Destination:=Range("A1")) " - part

it stops!!!!
the alert it gives me says : "error defined by application or object

 

[cecilia12345]

oh now i realized what the problem was.. i just had to add
NombreArchivo = "TEXT;" & NombreArchivo
after the condition...!!!
well, just in case somebody wanted to know...

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Yes, that was my oversight. Sorry about that.

 

[cecilia12345]

ok, thanks for your help!!!!!!

 

[ian123]

Can someone please explain what the outcome of the "nombre...."
modification was here. I've been playing around with it but cant seem
to get this macro working!

Many thanks

 

[Tom Ogilvy]

Turn on you macro recorder and do
Data=>Get External Data and select import text file . . .