_QueryTable.TextFileColumnDataTypes Property
Returns or sets an ordered array of constants that specify the data types applied to the corresponding columns in the text file that you’re importing into a query table. The default constant for each column is xlGeneral. Read/write Object.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property TextFileColumnDataTypes As Object
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As _QueryTable
Dim value As Object
value = instance.TextFileColumnDataTypes
instance.TextFileColumnDataTypes = value
Object TextFileColumnDataTypes { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.Object
Remarks
You can use the XlColumnDataType constants listed in the following table to specify the column data types used or the actions taken during the data import.
Constant |
Description |
|---|---|
xlGeneralFormat |
General |
xlTextFormat |
Text |
xlSkipColumn |
Skip column |
xlDMYFormat |
Day-Month-Year date format |
xlDYMFormat |
Day-Year-Month date format |
xlEMDFormat |
EMD date |
xlMDYFormat |
Month-Day-Year date format |
xlMYDFormat |
Month-Year-Day date format |
xlYDMFormat |
Year-Day-Month date format |
xlYMDFormat |
Year-Month-Day date format |
Use this property only when your query table is based on data from a text file (with the QueryType property set to xlTextImport).
If you specify more elements in the array than there are columns, those values are ignored.
You can use xlEMDFormat only if Taiwanese language support is installed and selected. The xlEMDFormat constant specifies that Taiwanese era dates are being used.