In VBA, you cannot directly delete data from a specific location within a text file. However, you can overwrite the contents of the text file to remove the desired data. Here’s an example of VBA code that demonstrates how to overwrite the contents of a text file to delete data:
Sub DeleteDataInTXT() Dim filePath As String filePath = "C:\Path\to\your\File.txt" ' Replace with the path to your text file ' Specify the data to be deleted Dim deleteText As String deleteText = "Data to be deleted" ' Replace with the data you want to delete ' Read the contents of the text file Dim fileContent As String Open filePath For Input As #1 fileContent = Input$(LOF(1), #1) Close #1 ' Delete the data from the file content fileContent = Replace(fileContent, deleteText, "") ' Write the updated content back to the text file Open filePath For Output As #1 Print #1, fileContent Close #1 End Sub
In this code, you need to modify the filePath variable to specify the path and filename of your text file. Replace "C:\Path\to\your\File.txt" with the actual path and filename.
Additionally, modify the deleteText variable to specify the data you want to delete from the text file.
When you run this code, it reads the contents of the text file into the fileContent variable, replaces the specified data (deleteText) with an empty string to effectively delete it, and then writes the updated content back to the text file, overwriting the previous contents.
Note: This code will replace all occurrences of the deleteText within the text file. If you need to perform more specific deletion logic, you may need to use advanced techniques such as regular expressions or parsing the file line by line.