_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.

See Also

Reference

_QueryTable Interface

_QueryTable Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Namespace