Question

i need to open a txt file and read it into a string in VBA, but i would like to only get the first 1000 characters.

the file itself is 20mb and i only need the first 1000 characters. is there a way to make this efficient?

Answer 1

Not sure if there is a more efficient way, but this method is pretty simple:

   Dim sText As String

   Open "C:\myfile.txt" For Input As #1

   sText = Input$(1000, 1)

   Close #1