Excel VBA

How can we open a text file for writing in Excel VBA?

To open a text file for writing in Excel VBA, you can use the ‘Open’ statement. Here’s an example:

Dim FileNum As Integer

FileNum = FreeFile

Open “C:\Path\To\Your\File.txt” for output As #FileNum

How do I write data to a text file in Excel VBA?

You can use the ‘Print’ statement to write data to a text file. Below is an example:

Print #FileNum, “This is a line of Text.”

How to write multiple lines of data to a text file?

You can use multiple ‘Print’ statements to write multiple lines of data, For Example:

Print #FileNum, “Line 1”

Print #FileNum, “Line 2”

Print #FileNum, “Line 3”

How to handle errors when writing to a text file?

You can use error handling technique like ‘On Error Resume Next’ Or ‘On Error Goto’ to handle errors that might occur while writing to a text file. Be sure to handle error gratefully to prevent unexpected behavior.

This VBA Program reads an Excel Range (Sales Data) and writes to a Text file (Sales.txt). This helps in faster copying of data to a text file as VBA coding enables automated copying. Let us learn how to do it in a few easy steps: