_QueryTable.TextFileDecimalSeparator Property
Returns or sets the decimal separator character that Microsoft Excel uses when you import a text file into a query table. The default is the system decimal separator character. Read/write String.
Namespace: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Assembly: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Property TextFileDecimalSeparator As String
Get
Set
'Usage
Dim instance As _QueryTable
Dim value As String
value = instance.TextFileDecimalSeparator
instance.TextFileDecimalSeparator = value
string TextFileDecimalSeparator { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.String
Remarks
Use this property only when your query table is based on data from a text file (with the QueryType property set to xlTextImport)that contains decimal and thousands separators that are different from those used on the computer, due to a different language setting being used.
The following table shows the results when you import text into Microsoft Excel using various separators. Numeric results are displayed in the rightmost column.
System decimal separator |
System thousands separator |
TextFileDecimalSeparator value |
TextFileThousandsSeparator value |
Text imported |
Cell value (data type) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Period |
Comma |
Comma |
Period |
123.123,45 |
123,123.45 (numeric) |
Period |
Comma |
Comma |
Comma |
123.123,45 |
123.123,45 (text) |
Comma |
Period |
Comma |
Period |
123,123.45 |
123,123.45 (numeric) |
Period |
Comma |
Period |
Comma |
123 123.45 |
123 123.45 (text) |
Period |
Comma |
Period |
Space |
123 123.45 |
123,123.45 (numeric) |