# how i can send a text file to access

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**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Code-Samples\
**Created:** [December 30, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-i-can-send-a-text-file-to-access/206759 "2019-12-30T08:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bahare\_hosseinzade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@bahare\_hosseinzade](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/bahare_hosseinzade)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-i-can-send-a-text-file-to-access/206759/1 "2019-12-30T08:26:51Z")

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i want export a text file in natural version 5.1.1 and i can do that but i cant send it to access please help

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**Author:** ![George\_Cooper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/george_cooper/32/7831_2.png) [@George\_Cooper](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/George_Cooper)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-i-can-send-a-text-file-to-access/206759/2 "2019-12-31T06:26:59Z")

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What version of MS Access are you using? Have you tried importing your text file into Access using the External Data option/function? The Import function should walk you through it. Assuming your file lays out the fields in fixed length format, it should show you the records in your file and let you mark the fields.

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**Author:** ![Aniket\_Singh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/aniket_singh/32/1476_2.png) [@Aniket\_Singh](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Aniket_Singh)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-i-can-send-a-text-file-to-access/206759/3 "2020-03-30T14:26:58Z")

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In Access, go to File \> Get External Data \> Import. This will launch a wizard with a number of steps. Browse to the folder that you want to use for the import, select a file, and click Import

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-i-can-send-a-text-file-to-access/206759/4 "2021-04-02T15:44:02Z")

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