Question on Importing text data to Access

[D Mat]

Hi,
I'm trying to get MS Access 2000 to automatically import a series of
(~200) flat text, tab delimited, data files into a single Access table,
with consistent fields and rows.
The files have different, but somewhat logical naming structures
(ex.Jun01.txt, Jun02.txt, Jul01.txt, etc...).

Is there a relatively simple way to accomplish this, considering i'm new
to Access. I was especially hoping to do this without having to
manually create new import specs or type in file names for each new data
file i need to import. With 200-300 files, that can get tedious.

I tried the following code i found on the internet (listed below) which
i created as a module and then run it under a Macro with the OpenModule
action. But i keep getting error message which says that i'm invoking an
invalid outside procedure.

Thanks for any help !

Code:

Dim objAccess
Dim strPathToMDB
Dim sTable
Dim sFilePath

Const acImportDelim = 0

' // NOTE: User must edit variables in this section //
'
' The following 3 lines of code are the only variables
' that need be edited
' Provide paths to the Access MDB, Text file for import
' and the new table name.
'
strPathToMDB = "C:\DbTest.mdb"
sFilePath = "C:\Attachments.txt"
sTable = "Attach"
'
' /////////////////////////////////////////////////////

' Create Access 97 Application Object
Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application.8")

' For Access 2000, use Application.9
'Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application.9")

' Open the desired database
objAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase(strPathToMDB)

' Use the TransferText command to import the file
' (with Column Heads)
objAccess.DoCmd.TransferText acImportDelim,,sTable,sFilePath,True

' Clean up
Set objAccess = Nothing
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[Allen Browne]

If the files all have the same structure, you would not need a different
import spec for each one: just use the same spec. (If they are all
different, you don't have to use an import spec.)

Use Dir() in a loop to read the names of all the files in a loop.
Use DoCmd.TransferText to import each file.

You don't need CreateObject if you are running the code in Access, and
importing into the existing database. The basic idea will be:

Function ImportFiles()
Dim strPath As String
Dim strFile As String

strPath = "C:\MyFolder\"
strFile = Dir$(strPath & "*.txt")
Do While Len(strFile) > 0
DoCmd.TransferText acImportDelim, "MySpec", "MyTable", strPath &
strFile
strFile = Dir$
Loop
End Function

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Hi,
I'm trying to get MS Access 2000 to automatically import a series of
(~200) flat text, tab delimited, data files into a single Access table,
with consistent fields and rows.
The files have different, but somewhat logical naming structures
(ex.Jun01.txt, Jun02.txt, Jul01.txt, etc...).

Is there a relatively simple way to accomplish this, considering i'm new
to Access. I was especially hoping to do this without having to
manually create new import specs or type in file names for each new data
file i need to import. With 200-300 files, that can get tedious.

I tried the following code i found on the internet (listed below) which
i created as a module and then run it under a Macro with the OpenModule
action. But i keep getting error message which says that i'm invoking an
invalid outside procedure.

Thanks for any help !

Code:

Dim objAccess
Dim strPathToMDB
Dim sTable
Dim sFilePath

Const acImportDelim = 0

' // NOTE: User must edit variables in this section //
'
' The following 3 lines of code are the only variables
' that need be edited
' Provide paths to the Access MDB, Text file for import
' and the new table name.
'
strPathToMDB = "C:\DbTest.mdb"
sFilePath = "C:\Attachments.txt"
sTable = "Attach"
'
' /////////////////////////////////////////////////////

' Create Access 97 Application Object
Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application.8")

' For Access 2000, use Application.9
'Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application.9")

' Open the desired database
objAccess.OpenCurrentDatabase(strPathToMDB)

' Use the TransferText command to import the file
' (with Column Heads)
objAccess.DoCmd.TransferText acImportDelim,,sTable,sFilePath,True

' Clean up
Set objAccess = Nothing