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VBA Excel Importing File

The following code can be used to import a comma separated text file...

Sub vba_excel_importing_file()
    Dim strFileName As String
    
    strFileName = InputBox("Enter the full path to the comma " & _
               "separated file to import")
    With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:="TEXT;" & _
               strFileName, Destination:=Range("A1"))
        .Name = "vba excel importing file"
        .FieldNames = True
        .RowNumbers = False
        .FillAdjacentFormulas = False
        .PreserveFormatting = True
        .RefreshOnFileOpen = False
        .RefreshStyle = xlInsertDeleteCells
        .SavePassword = False
        .SaveData = True
        .AdjustColumnWidth = True
        .RefreshPeriod = 0
        .TextFilePromptOnRefresh = False
        .TextFilePlatform = 437
        .TextFileStartRow = 1
        .TextFileParseType = xlDelimited
        .TextFileTextQualifier = xlTextQualifierDoubleQuote
        .TextFileConsecutiveDelimiter = False
        .TextFileTabDelimiter = False
        .TextFileSemicolonDelimiter = False
        .TextFileCommaDelimiter = True
        .TextFileSpaceDelimiter = False
        .TextFileColumnDataTypes = Array(1, 1, 1, 1)
        .TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
    End With
End Sub

Values for the line...

.TextFileColumnDataTypes = Array(1, 1, 1, 1)

can be...

1 = xlGeneralFormat General 
2 = xlTextFormat    Text 
3 = xlMDYFormat     MDY date
4 = xlDMYFormat     DMY date 
9 = xlSkipColumn    Skip column 

You can use either the number or the constant.

For other date formats, search for "XlColumnDataType" in the Object Browser. View menu > Object Browser.

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