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    Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    Good Day!

    I have text files that I have to save as Excel for another function to work. Is there a way to automate this, such as to create a folder that through VBA or Macro would convert all files in that folder to Excel?

    I am just trying to reduce steps in the current process.. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated..

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    Re: Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    Is it a delimited file? IF so, maybe attach a simple obfuscated file so that we can best help. Would it become an XLSX file?

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    Re: Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    If the txt files ar delimited semicolon, the following code can be usefull.


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    Re: Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    Thanks for the reply.. The file is delmited... I would like it to become an XLSX file..

    Thanks.

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    Re: Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    Thanks for the code.. please advise on where to paste it..

    Very much appreciate the assistance..

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    Re: Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    Made a few changes in the code:
    1. your file is tab-delimited, so I changed te paramater after the opentext method to tab:=true
    2. After saving the file as an xlsx-file it has to be closed obviously... my bad

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    The code can be placed in a xlsm-file. Select the sheet with the target-directory in cell A1. Right-click on the sheet tab, click on add code and paste the code.
    Run the code while the sheet with the target-directory is selected by pressing [alt]+[F8] or create an object to which you connect the macro.

    See attached file for an example.

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    Re: Automatically Convert Txt files in a folder to Excel

    Dear Tommy,

    I would appreciate a response to my last post. Did my example help you?

    Ton.

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