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' Procedure : OverwriteTxt
' Author    : Daniel Pineault, CARDA Consultants Inc.
' Website   : http://www.cardaconsultants.com
' Purpose   : Output Data to an external file (*.txt or other format)
'             ***Do not forget about access' DoCmd.OutputTo Method for
'             exporting objects (queries, report,...)***
'             Will overwirte any data if the file already exists
' Copyright : The following may be altered and reused as you wish so long as the
'             copyright notice is left unchanged (including Author, Website and
'             Copyright).  It may not be sold/resold or reposted on other sites (links
'             back to this site are allowed).
'
' Input Variables:
' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
' sFile - name of the file that the text is to be output to including the full path
' sText - text to be output to the file
'
' Usage:
' ~~~~~~
' Call OverwriteTxt("C:\Users\Vance\Documents\EmailExp2.txt", "Text2Export")
'
' Revision History:
' Rev       Date(yyyy/mm/dd)        Description
' **************************************************************************************
' 1         2012-Jul-06                 Initial Release
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Function OverwriteTxt(sFile As String, sText As String)
On Error GoTo Err_Handler
    Dim FileNumber As Integer
 
    FileNumber = FreeFile                   ' Get unused file number
    Open sFile For Output As #FileNumber    ' Connect to the file
    Print #FileNumber, sText                ' Append our string
    Close #FileNumber                       ' Close the file

Exit_Err_Handler:
    Exit Function
 
Err_Handler:
    MsgBox "The following error has occured" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
           "Error Number: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & _
           "Error Source: OverwriteTxt" & vbCrLf & _
           "Error Description: " & Err.Description, vbCritical, "An Error has Occured!"
    GoTo Exit_Err_Handler
End Function