Fixed Import of Specific Rows

[Nighabi]

I have an import routine that allows the user to browse for a fixed width file and select it for import. Everything on that portion works as planned. My issue comes with the rows. The first 2 characters of each row in the import file indicate a record type, I am really only interested in the rows with a record type of "12".
I have 2 questions;
Which would be a better method of selecting only "12" records, should I try to import only rows where the type is "12" or should I import all rows and then delete any row where column 1 is not a "12"?
Second question is how would I accomplish the suggested method.

For reference, I code I am using to import the file is below.

Sub ImportFile()
   WEXImportSheet = "WEXImportSheet"
   DataArray = Array(1, 9, 2, 2, 2, 9)
   FieldArray = Array(2, 77, 8, 12, 40)
   StartRow = 2
Sheets(WEXImportSheet).Select
' Original Code to remove existing named range, variable didn't work so I did it in the case statement for variable definition
' ActiveWorkbook.Names(OpisFileName).Delete
Range("B2").Select
    With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
        "TEXT;" & WEXImportFile, _
        Destination:=Range("$B$2"))
        .Name = WEXFileName
        .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 = xlFixedWidth
        .TextFileTextQualifier = xlTextQualifierDoubleQuote
        .TextFileConsecutiveDelimiter = False
        .TextFileTabDelimiter = False
        .TextFileSemicolonDelimiter = False
        .TextFileCommaDelimiter = False
        .TextFileSpaceDelimiter = False
        .TextFileColumnDataTypes = DataArray
        .TextFileFixedColumnWidths = FieldArray
        .TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
    End With
End Sub

 

[jbeaucaire]

1) Import the data to a blank sheet (your existing code does this, I presume)
2) Insert a blank row1
3) Insert a header into A1
4) Turn on the Autofilter in row 1
5) Filter column A for "does not equal 12"
6) Delete all visible rows
7) Turn off autofilter and delete added row1

Now you have your "12" items only on the new sheet.

 

[Nighabi]

Thanks, that would be an option for a work around. I left out that later in the code I automatically save the file and that file is used as a source from reporting. I'm trying to remove as much user interaction as I can. I was hoping to remove all but the "12" programatically.

 

[jbeaucaire]

Well, the steps above can be all be accomplished programmatically, too. Use the macro recorder to get the base code, then adapt it into your macro as a whole. Post your pseudo code here if you need help adapting it.