Input past end of file VBA excel

Question

I am attempting to read text file (these files are produced by external program, that could not be tweeked) using the following macro.

    While Not EOF(int_current_file)
    Line Input #int_current_file, buf
    If Left(buf, 1) <> "#" Then
        buf1 = Split(buf, "=")
        Print #int_master_file, CInt(Left(buf, 2)) & ";" & CInt(Mid(buf, 3, 4)) & ";" & CInt(Mid(buf, 7, 3)) & ";" & CInt(Mid(buf, 10, 1)) & ";" & CDbl(buf1(1) / 100000000) & ";" & CDate(file_date) & ";" & Mid(file_name, 4, 3)
    End If
    'Line Input #int_current_file, buf
    'Debug.Print Data
Wend

However, at the second line of this file I have the following string:

=01082013=01072013=31072013=06082013=1640=380441=21=000001249=#02IFS86.G84=IFSSS5=7ҐK!Ђi—Љ42ЃЁ4№{¤Хo$]ґ•Хp Ё1‹;±~†ЁRLЌг‰®ґн нќРР^±>_‰

When macro tries to read this line the error 62 occurs Input past end of file.

How can I fix this problem?

Answer 1

May I interest you in a better way of reading text files in VBA?

This will read the entire text file in ONE GO in an array and then close the file. This way you don't need to keep the file open at all times.

Option Explicit

Sub Sample()
    Dim MyData As String, strData() As String
    Dim i As Long

    '~~> Replace your file here
    Open "C:\MyFile.Txt" For Binary As #1
    MyData = Space$(LOF(1))
    Get #1, , MyData
    Close #1
    strData() = Split(MyData, vbCrLf)

    '
    '~~> Now strData has all the data from the text file
    '

    For i = LBound(strData) To UBound(strData)
        Debug.Print strData(i)
        '
        '~~> What ever you want here
        '
    Next i
End Sub