Large .txt file Import Macro for Excel 2003 not working...Runtime Error '53'

[mjp155]

Hello,

I have excel 2003 and I am trying to import a HUGE text file into a spreadsheet. I found a macro that will import the data and carry over to a new worksheet once the row limit on the current tab is reached. However, when I try to run the macro I get an error that says "Run-time error '53' : File not Found "

Below is the macro and the text highlighted in red is what the debugger goes to when the error occurs...anyone know why this is happening?

Sub LargeFileImport()

      'Dimension Variables
      Dim ResultStr As String
      Dim FileName As String
      Dim FileNum As Integer
      Dim Counter As Double
      'Ask User for File's Name
      FileName = InputBox("Please enter the Text File's name, e.g. test.txt")
      'Check for no entry
      If FileName = "" Then End
      'Get Next Available File Handle Number
      FileNum = FreeFile()
      'Open Text File For Input
      [COLOR=#ff0000]Open FileName For Input As #FileNum[/COLOR]
      'Turn Screen Updating Off
      Application.ScreenUpdating = False
      'Create A New WorkBook With One Worksheet In It
      Workbooks.Add template:=xlWorksheet
      'Set The Counter to 1
      Counter = 1
      'Loop Until the End Of File Is Reached
      Do While Seek(FileNum) <= LOF(FileNum)
         'Display Importing Row Number On Status Bar
          Application.StatusBar = "Importing Row " & _
             Counter & " of text file " & FileName
          'Store One Line Of Text From File To Variable
          Line Input #FileNum, ResultStr
          'Store Variable Data Into Active Cell
          If Left(ResultStr, 1) = "=" Then
             ActiveCell.Value = "'" & ResultStr
          Else
             ActiveCell.Value = ResultStr
          End If
          
          'For Excel versions before Excel 97, change 65536 to 16384
          If ActiveCell.Row = 65536 Then
             'If On The Last Row Then Add A New Sheet
             ActiveWorkbook.Sheets.Add
          Else
             'If Not The Last Row Then Go One Cell Down
             ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
          End If
          'Increment the Counter By 1
          Counter = Counter + 1
      'Start Again At Top Of 'Do While' Statement
      Loop
      'Close The Open Text File
      Close
      'Remove Message From Status Bar
      Application.StatusBar = False

   End Sub

 

[Rajan_Verma]

Hi,
Check the file path or name type correctly or not

Rajan verma

 

[mjp155]

Thanks for responding Rajan... the file name is "Text File.txt"...when I type that exact file name into the input box, the error comes up. When I first tested it, it worked fine, but now it no longer works!

 

[Rajan_Verma]

Thanks for responding Rajan... the file name is "Text File.txt"...when I type that exact file name into the input box, the error comes up. When I first tested it, it worked fine, but now it no longer works!

is data in text file delimeted by any delemeter e.g space , Comma??

 

[mjp155]

is data in text file delimeted by any delemeter e.g space , Comma??

It is not...when it first worked for me, all the data went into one column.

 

[hypnotoad]

How are you setting the path of the file? Is your excel sheet in the same directory? You might have to set it anyway.

 

[tigeravatar]

When using the Open "File" For Input As #, the "File" string has to be the complete path. So if your text file is stored in C:\Temp, then it should be:

Open "C:\Temp\Test File.txt" For Input As #FileNum

So using an Inputbox isn't going to work so well. Instead, try using the Application.GetOpenFileName method:

    Dim FileName As String
    FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files, *.txt")
    If FileName = "False" Then Exit Sub 'Pressed cancel
    
    MsgBox FileName

 

[mjp155]

tigeravatar, I think you may have corrected my issue...thanks!