Re: Is it possible to Change String Delimiter without using an interface Spec?

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Hi Andi,

If you want to use TransferText the only way to specify a non-standard
delimiter is by using an import specification or a schema.ini file.

Probably the best thing to do is to include code in your routine to handle
it, e.g.
- create the appropriate schema.ini, then use TransferText, then delete the
schema.ini
or
- read the file a line at a time, parsing each line into fields and
appending the resulting record to the table


"Andibevan" <Andibevan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u$CNGAF5FHA.3136@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All,
>
> I have build the following simple function to import data into a table but
> the data has a ' as the string delimiter. Is there any way I can specify
> the string delimiter without using an interface spec?
>
> I want to be able to distribute just the code on its own to keep it as
> simple as possible for the users.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andi
>
> Function fncBatchImport(strSRCpath As String, strTableName As String) As
> Boolean
> Dim strSRCdir As String, strSRCfile As String
> 'Reference the library Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.1 (or higher).
> On Local Error GoTo ImportError
> 'DoCmd.Hourglass True
>
> DoCmd.TransferText acImportDelim, , strTableName, strSRCpath, True
> ImportEnd:
> 'DoCmd.Hourglass False
> fncBatchImport = tableExists(strTableName)
> Exit Function
>
> ImportError:
> MsgBox Err.Description
> ' DoCmd.Hourglass False
> End Function
>
>


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