Hi All
Macro should copy Header and Footer with the values.
sample File:
HDR 09232013
DTLC000000062C01 Ganesh 80 Wistlestreet Ahmedabad XX12345 0101201001012010123120780004 NMAENY0101C
TLR 000000002
VB:
Option Explicit
Sub CreateFixedWidthFile(strFile As String, ws As Worksheet, s() As Integer)
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim strLine As String, strCell As String
'get a freefile
Dim fNum As Long
fNum = FreeFile
'open the textfile
Open strFile For Output As fNum
'loop from first to last row
'use 2 rather than 1 to ignore header row
For i = 1 To ws.Range("a65536").End(xlUp).Row
'new line
strLine = ""
'loop through each field
For j = 0 To UBound(s)
'make sure we only take chars up to length of field (may want to output some sort of error if it is longer than field)
strCell = Left$(ws.Cells(i, j + 1).Value, s(j))
'add on string of spaces with length equal to the difference in length between field length and value length
strLine = strLine & strCell & String$(s(j) - Len(strCell), Chr$(32))
Next j
'write the line to the file
Print #fNum, strLine
Next i
'close the file
Close #fNum
End Sub
Sub CreateFile()
Dim sPath As String
sPath = Application.GetSaveAsFilename("", "Text Files,*.txt")
If LCase$(sPath) = "false" Then Exit Sub
'specify the widths of our fields
'the number of columns is the number specified in the line below +1
Dim s(6) As Integer
'starting at 0 specify the width of each column
s(0) = 3
s(1) = 15
s(2) = 60
s(3) = 60
s(4) = 60
s(5) = 30
s(6) = 2
s(7) = 9
s(8) = 15
s(9) = 8
s(10) = 8
s(11) = 8
s(12) = 15
s(13) = 15
s(14) = 1
s(15) = 2
s(15) = 1
s(16) = 10
s(17) = 391
'for example to use 3 columns with field of length 5, 10 and 15 you would use:
'dim s(2) as Integer
's(0)=5
's(1)=10
's(2)=15
'write to file the data from the activesheet
CreateFixedWidthFile sPath, ActiveSheet, s
End Sub
Macro should copy Header and Footer with the values.
sample File:
HDR 09232013
DTLC000000062C01 Ganesh 80 Wistlestreet Ahmedabad XX12345 0101201001012010123120780004 NMAENY0101C
TLR 000000002
VB:
Option Explicit
Sub CreateFixedWidthFile(strFile As String, ws As Worksheet, s() As Integer)
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim strLine As String, strCell As String
'get a freefile
Dim fNum As Long
fNum = FreeFile
'open the textfile
Open strFile For Output As fNum
'loop from first to last row
'use 2 rather than 1 to ignore header row
For i = 1 To ws.Range("a65536").End(xlUp).Row
'new line
strLine = ""
'loop through each field
For j = 0 To UBound(s)
'make sure we only take chars up to length of field (may want to output some sort of error if it is longer than field)
strCell = Left$(ws.Cells(i, j + 1).Value, s(j))
'add on string of spaces with length equal to the difference in length between field length and value length
strLine = strLine & strCell & String$(s(j) - Len(strCell), Chr$(32))
Next j
'write the line to the file
Print #fNum, strLine
Next i
'close the file
Close #fNum
End Sub
Sub CreateFile()
Dim sPath As String
sPath = Application.GetSaveAsFilename("", "Text Files,*.txt")
If LCase$(sPath) = "false" Then Exit Sub
'specify the widths of our fields
'the number of columns is the number specified in the line below +1
Dim s(6) As Integer
'starting at 0 specify the width of each column
s(0) = 3
s(1) = 15
s(2) = 60
s(3) = 60
s(4) = 60
s(5) = 30
s(6) = 2
s(7) = 9
s(8) = 15
s(9) = 8
s(10) = 8
s(11) = 8
s(12) = 15
s(13) = 15
s(14) = 1
s(15) = 2
s(15) = 1
s(16) = 10
s(17) = 391
'for example to use 3 columns with field of length 5, 10 and 15 you would use:
'dim s(2) as Integer
's(0)=5
's(1)=10
's(2)=15
'write to file the data from the activesheet
CreateFixedWidthFile sPath, ActiveSheet, s
End Sub