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Sub MainMacro()

    ' Get large input text from the user
    Dim bulkData As String
    bulkData = GetLargeInput("Paste your bulk data below:")

    ' Example: Display the first 500 characters of the input to confirm
    MsgBox "You entered: " & Left(bulkData, 500) & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Total length: " & Len(bulkData)

End Sub

Function GetLargeInput(prompt As String) As String
    Dim tempFile As String
    Dim fileNum As Integer
    Dim userInput As String

    ' Create a temporary text file in the user's temp folder
    tempFile = Environ("TEMP") & "\LargeInput.txt"

    ' Open Notepad with the temp file
    Shell "notepad.exe " & tempFile, vbNormalFocus

    MsgBox "Please paste your large text into Notepad and save it (Ctrl+S), then close Notepad. Click OK when done.", vbInformation

    ' Wait until user closes Notepad
    Do While FileLocked(tempFile)
        DoEvents
    Loop

    ' Read the file content
    fileNum = FreeFile
    Open tempFile For Input As #fileNum
    userInput = Input$(LOF(fileNum), #fileNum)
    Close #fileNum

    ' Delete the temp file
    Kill tempFile

    ' Return the data
    GetLargeInput = userInput

End Function

Function FileLocked(filename As String) As Boolean
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim fileNum As Integer
    fileNum = FreeFile
    Open filename For Binary Access Read Write Lock Read Write As #fileNum
    Close fileNum
    If Err.Number <> 0 Then
        FileLocked = True
        Err.Clear
    Else
        FileLocked = False
    End If
    On Error GoTo 0
End Function

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