Suppress by Component Reference and Text File?

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Is there a method that anyone knows of, that would allow me to have a text file with a list of references, and then be able to suppress components in a SW assembly based on this Text File and the Component References in SW? e.g. I would have a text file with a list of;

U129
U133
U135

Which I would then apply in SW and the components with these Component References would be suppressed;

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Not without a macro.

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ouch! This looks a lot harder than using the design table.
unless you find a way to show the reference in the table and then be able to change the state in the table.