How to import text files to Excel as separate sheets with original names in Excel?
Have you ever tried to import text files to Excel as separate sheets with the files’ original names in Excel? In this article, I introduce a VBA code to quickly import text files from one folder to Excel with the names.
Import text files to Excel with names
Import text files to Excel with names
1. Enable Excel, press Alt + F11 keys to enable Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, then click Insert > Module.
2. Copy and paste below code to the Module script.
VBA: Import text files with names
Sub LoadPipeDelimitedFiles()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20181010
Dim xStrPath As String
Dim xFileDialog As FileDialog
Dim xFile As String
Dim xCount As Long
Dim xWS As Worksheet
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
Set xFileDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
xFileDialog.AllowMultiSelect = False
xFileDialog.Title = "Select a folder [Kutools for Excel]"
If xFileDialog.Show = -1 Then
xStrPath = xFileDialog.SelectedItems(1)
End If
If xStrPath = "" Then Exit Sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
xFile = Dir(xStrPath & "\*.txt")
Do While xFile <> ""
xCount = xCount + 1
Set xWS = Sheets(xCount)
xWS.Select
xWS.Name = "TEXT " & Left(xFile, Len(xFile) - 4)
With ActiveSheet.QueryTables.Add(Connection:="TEXT;" _
& xStrPath & "\" & xFile, Destination:=Range("A1"))
.Name = "a" & xCount
.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 = False
.TextFileSpaceDelimiter = False
.TextFileOtherDelimiter = "|"
.TextFileColumnDataTypes = Array(1, 1, 1)
.TextFileTrailingMinusNumbers = True
.Refresh BackgroundQuery:=False
xFile = Dir
End With
Loop
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
MsgBox "no files txt", , "Kutools for Excel"
End Sub3. Press F5 to run the code, then select a folder which contains text files you want to import to Excel in the Select a folder dialog.
4. Click OK, the text files in the folder have been imported in Excel as single sheet with their own names.
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