Syntax

expression.TextFileTabDelimiter

expression A variable that represents a QueryTable object.

Remarks

Use this property only when your query table is based on data from a text file (with the property set to xlTextImport), and only if the value of the property is xlDelimited.

Example

This example sets the tab character to be the delimiter in the query table on the first worksheet in the first workbook, and then it refreshes the query table.

Visual Basic for Applications
Set shFirstQtr = Workbooks(1).Worksheets(1) Set qtQtrResults = shFirstQtr.QueryTables _ .Add(Connection := "TEXT;C:\My Documents\19980331.txt", _ Destination := shFirstQtr.Cells(1,1)) With qtQtrResults .TextFileParseType = xlDelimited .TextFileTabDelimiter = True .Refresh End With
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