Reading A Fixed Format Text File

Question

Its been years since I have had to attempt to read a file using either Microsoft Text ODBC Driver or Microsoft Jet OLE DB 4.0 Provider.

So I have the following code

Answer 1

Remove ' (just prior to 'text;) from the connection string.

In order to resolve the "Could not find installable ISAM", run the following command: Regsvr32 c:\winnt\system32\mstext40.dll * Make sure that file is in that folder first. And change WINNT to whatever your windows directory is.

Answer 2

I know this is not a real answer to your question, but i would really rethink about using this architecture to read in a file.

I would really prefer something like CSV Reader, cause it gives you much more power about how the data will be interpreted. Alternative you could also take a look into the FileHelpers.