Sub ReadStringsWithDelimiters()
Dim sLine As String
Dim sFName As String 'Path and name of text file
Dim iFNumber As Integer 'File number
Dim lRow As Long 'Row number in worksheet
Dim lColumn As Long 'Column number in worksheet
Dim vValues As Variant
Dim vValue As Variant
Dim iCount As Integer
Const sVS As String = ";" 'Variable separator character
Const sTD As String = """" 'Text delimiter character
Const sDD As String = "#" 'Date delimiter character
sFName = "C:\Delimited.txt"
iFNumber = FreeFile
Open sFName For Input As #iFNumber
Do
Line Input #iFNumber, sLine
vValues = Split(sLine, sVS)
For Each vValue In vValues
Select Case Left(vValue, 1)
'String
Case sTD
Debug.Print Mid(vValue, 2, Len(vValue) - 2)
'Date
Case sDD
Debug.Print DateValue(Mid(vValue, 2, Len(vValue) - 2))
'Other
Case Else
Debug.Print vValue
End Select
Next vValue
'Loop until end of file
Loop Until EOF(iFNumber)
Close #iFNumber