Short macro to Import a text file

[zaska]

Hi all..

Is it possible to shorten this code further...to import a text file..

With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:= _
        "TEXT;E:\Macros\Input\MTO_" & Format(Workbooks("NSE Converter.xls").Sheets("Sheet1").Range("G2").Value, "ddmmyyyy") & ".DAT", Destination:=Range("A1"))
        .Name = "MTO_04012010"
        .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, 1, 1, 1)
        .TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers = True
        .Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
    End With

 

[Joe4]

Why do you feel the need to shorten it?
It is really just one command, with all the settings associated with it. Those shouldn't be slowing it down.

 

[Ruddles]

What Joe said.

Although you can hide it away in a separate procedure if you don't want to look at it, and just Call it when it's needed.