I use the following code to let the user select a folder then list the last time each file within was modified (one column for day and another for time). The third column is for the names of the files.
Sub ListFils()
Dim f As Object, fso As Object, flder As Object
Dim folder As String
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
Set ws = ActiveSheet
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.Show
If .SelectedItems.Count = 0 Then
MsgBox "Cancel Selected"
End
End If
folder = .SelectedItems(1)
End With
Range("A2").Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Selection.ClearContents
For Each f In fso.GetFolder(folder).Files
ws.Range("A" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0) = f.DateLastModified
ws.Range("B" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0) = f.DateLastModified
ws.Range("C" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0) = f.Name
Next
Columns("A:C").Columns.AutoFit
Range("A2").Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlToRight)).Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
End Sub
The code works on Windows but does not work on Mac. Any ideas how I can get it to work?
As Tim said in his comment, the line Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"), and anything that relies on fso will not work on mac, but you can use Dir() to get file names, and FileDateTime("filename") to get the modified date.
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I want to write a VBScript that can access a config file which has the folder path. Once directed to the folder, there are documents with _DDMMYYYY. I want to remove the _ and the date stamp.
Can somebody help me please?
Option Explicit
Dim FSO: Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Declare the variables to be used from the property file
Dim Folder
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess, obNetwork
Dim strComputer, WshShell, strComputerName
strComputer = "."
Set obNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
strComputerName = obNetwork.ComputerName
Set obNetwork = Nothing
SetConfigFromFile("C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\RenameFile\ConfigPad.txt")
MsgBox "Folder = " & Folder
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run Folder
'---------- Get Variables from ConfigPad.txt ----------
Sub SetConfigFromFile(fileName)
Dim strConfigLine
Dim fConFile
Dim EqualSignPosition
Dim strLen
Dim VariableName
Dim VariableValue
Set fConFile = fso.OpenTextFile(fileName)
While Not fConFile.AtEndOfStream
strConfigLine = fConFile.ReadLine
strConfigLine = Trim(strConfigLine)
'MsgBox(strConfigLine)
If (InStr(1,strConfigLine,"#",1) <> 1 And Len(strConfigLine) <> 0) Then
EqualSignPosition = InStr(1, strConfigLine, "=", 1)
strLen = Len(strConfigLine)
VariableName = LCase(Trim(MID(strConfigLine, 1, EqualSignPosition-1))) 'line 34
VariableValue = Trim(Mid(strConfigLine, EqualSignPosition + 1, strLen - EqualSignPosition))
Select Case VariableName
'ADD EACH OCCURRENCE OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE VARIABLES(KEYS)
Case LCase("Folder")
If VariableValue <> "" Then Folder = VariableValue
End Select
End If
Wend
fConFile.Close
End Sub
'---------- Rename the documents ----------
Dim FLD
Dim fil
Dim strOldName
Dim strNewName
Dim strFileParts
'Set the folder you want to search.
Set FLD = FSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\RenameFile\RenameFile.vbs")
'Loop through each file in the folder
For Each fil in FLD.Files
'Get complete file name with path
strOldName = fil.Path
'Check the file has an underscore in the name
If InStr(strOldName, "_") > 0 Then
'Split the file on the underscore so we can get everything before it
strFileParts = Split(strOldName, "_")
'Build the new file name with everything before the
'first under score plus the extension
strNewName = strFileParts(0) & ".txt"
'Use the MoveFile method to rename the file
FSO.MoveFile strOldName, strNewName
End If
Next
'Cleanup the objects
Set FLD = Nothing
Set FSO = Nothing
My config file only has this:
Folder = "C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\RenameFile\Test - Copy"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TS = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\RenameFile\ConfigPad.txt")
SrcFolder = TS.ReadLine
Set fldr = fso.GetFolder(SrcFolder)
Set Fls = fldr.files
For Each thing in Fls
If Left(thing.name, 1) = "_" AND IsNumeric(Mid(thing.name, 2, 8)) Then
thing.name = mid(thing.name, 10)
End If
Next
This assumes the first line in the config file is a path. It renames any files starting with an underscore and followed by 8 digits.
Please Try This
configfile = "Config File Name Here" 'Example : C:\Documents\Config.txt
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set tf = objFSO.OpenTextFile(configfile, 1)
Do Until tf.AtEndOfStream
cl = tf.ReadLine
If InStr(cl, "Folder = ") > 0 Then
Folder = Replace(Replace(cl,"Folder = ",""),chr(34),"")
tf.Close
Exit Do
End If
Loop
For Each File in objFSO.GetFolder(Folder).Files
If InStr(File.Name, "_") > 0 And IsNumeric(Mid(File.Name,InStr(File.Name, "_") + 1,8)) Then
NewName = Replace(File.Name,Mid(File.Name,InStr(File.Name, "_"),9),"")
objFSO.MoveFile File.Path, objFSO.GetParentFolderName(File.Path) & "\" & NewName
End If
Next
MsgBox "Task Complete", vbOKOnly, "Remove Time Stamp"
I have a directory of files that I want to Loop through and use part of their filename to replace text in a template doc.
For example one filename may be 'NV_AD32_city.dxf'. All files in the directory follow the same filename pattern of XX_XXXX_string.dxf, using two underscores.
I need to capture the string to the right of the first "_" and to the left of the "."so for this example that would be 'AD32_city'
How do I script to use capture that text of the active file to replace text in the template? I guess I need to create an object? But what is the object to use for the current file from a directory?
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Thx for the replies, guys. After several days of trying your code I am just not "getting it". I understand it is set up to take the part of the filename's string that I want but how do I tell the script to use the current file I am looping through? Here is my script so far. I have your code on line 20 under the Sub 'GetNewInputs'
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Option Explicit
Dim WritePath : WritePath = "S:\TempFolder\"
Dim OutFile : OutFile = "VEG_DXF-2-SHP_script-"
Dim WorkingFile : WorkingFile = GetFileContent(SelectFile())
Dim NewState, NewSection, NewArea
Dim OldState, OldSection, OldArea
Call GetNewInputs()
Call GetOldInputs()
Sub GetNewInputs()
NewState = UCase(InputBox("INPUT STATE:", _
"INPUT STATE", "SOCAL"))
NewSection = ("Section_" & InputBox("INPUT SECTION NUMBER:", _
"INPUT SECTION", "14"))
NewArea = "^[^_]+_(.*)\.dxf$"
End Sub
Private Sub GetOldInputs()
OldState = "XX"
OldSection = "_X"
OldArea = "ZZZZ"
End Sub
Function SelectFile()
SelectFile = vbNullString
Dim objShell : Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim strMSHTA : strMSHTA = "mshta.exe ""about:" & "<" & "input type=file id=FILE>" _
&"<" & "script>FILE.click();new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')" _
&".GetStandardStream(1).WriteLine(FILE.value);close();resizeTo(0,0);" & "<" & "/script>"""
SelectFile = objShell.Exec(strMSHTA).StdOut.ReadLine()
If SelectFile = vbNullString Then
WScript.Echo "No file selected or not a text file."
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
Private Function GetFileContent(filePath)
Dim objFS, objFile, objTS
Set objFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFS.GetFile(filePath)
Set objTS = objFile.OpenAsTextStream(1, 0)
GetFileContent = objTS.Read(objFile.Size)
Set objTS = Nothing
End Function
For Each FileRefIn fso.GetFolder("S:\SOCAL\Section_14\Veg DXFs\").Files
NewFile = WorkingFile
NewFile = Replace(NewFile, OldState, NewState)
NewFile = Replace(NewFile, OldSection, NewSection)
NewFile = Replace(NewFile, OldArea, NewArea)
WriteFile NewFile, WritePath & OutFile & ".gms"
WScript.Echo NewArea
Next
Private Sub WriteFile(strLine,fileName)
On Error Resume Next
Dim objFSO, objFile
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Do Until IsObject(objFile)
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(fileName, 8, True)
Loop
objFile.WriteLine strLine
objFile.Close
End Sub
Well, that’s actually two questions.
To enumerate files in a directory, you can use FileSystemObject, like this (untested)
const strFolderPath = "C:\Temp\Whatever"
set objFSO = CreateObject( "Scripting.FileSystemObject" )
set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder( strFolderPath )
set colFiles = objFolder.Files
for each objFile in colFiles
' Do whatever you want with objFile
next
Here's the reference of those objects properties/methods.
And to extract portion of file names, you could use a regular expression.
Here’s some guide how to use'em in VBScript.
The following expression should work for you, it will capture the portion of that file names you asked for:
"^[^_]+_(.*)\.dxf$"
If you need to edit the content of the .dxf files, you will need to work within the AutoCAD VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) environment.
If that is the case, you will need to start with something like below:
GetObject("AutoCAD.Application.20")
CreateObject("AutoCAD.Application.20")
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/AutoCAD-ActiveX/files/GUID-0225808C-8C91-407B-990C-15AB966FFFA8-htm.html
** Please take note that "VBA is no longer distributed with the AutoCAD installation; it must be downloaded and installed separately. The VBA Enabler for Autodesk AutoCAD can be downloaded here."
Using the following code that I pulled from the web, I'm able to do a search in a single directory for excel files containing a string in a certain row. How would I allow this to be recursive in all the subfolders as well? I've found a few answers but I just don't understand how I would implement them in my code. I only started messing with VBScript yesterday and I'm pretty confused about how to make this work.
strComputer = "CAA-W74109188"
Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application", strComputer)
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set FileList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_Directory.Name='c:\TDRS'} Where " _
& "ResultClass = CIM_DataFile")
For Each objFile In FileList
If (objFile.Extension = "xlsm" or objFile.Extension = "xls") Then
Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(objFile.Name)
Set objWorksheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
If objExcel.Cells(3,10) = "Complete" or objExcel.Cells(3,9) = "Released" Then
Wscript.Echo objFile.FileName
End If
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
objworkbook.Saved = False
objWorkbook.Close False
End If
Next
objExcel.Quit
Here is an script that I used to delete files with, which I have modified for your needs. A recursive function is what you need to get the job done and I have always found them to be interesting and kind of hard to wrap my head around.
Dim Shell : Set Shell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
Dim oFSO : Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objExcel : Set objExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Dim Paths(0)
Paths(0) = "c:\temp"
For Each Path in Paths
FolderScan(Path)
Next
Sub FolderScan(Folder)
Set base = oFSO.GetFolder(Folder)
If base.SubFolders.Count Then
For Each folder in Base.SubFolders
FolderScan(folder.Path)
Next
End If
Set files = base.Files
If files.Count Then
For Each File in files
If LCase(oFSO.GetExtensionName(File.Path) = "xlsm") or _
LCase(oFSO.GetExtensionName(File.Path) = "xls") Then
Dim objWorkbook : Set objWorkbook = objExcel.Workbooks.Open(File.Path)
Dim objWorkSheet : Set objWorkSheet = objWorkbook.Worksheets(1)
If (objExcel.Cells(3,10) = "Complete" or _
objExcel.Cells(3,9) = "Released") Then
Wscript.echo File.Path
End if
objExcel.DisplayAlerts = False
objExcel.Quit
End If
Next
End If
End Sub
Here's a generic, recursive function that iterates all files and subfolders of a given folder object.
Dim FileSystem
Set FileSystem = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
DoFolder FileSystem.GetFolder("c:\somefolder")
Sub DoFolder(Folder)
Dim SubFolder
For Each SubFolder In Folder.SubFolders
DoFolder SubFolder
Next
Dim File
For Each File In Folder.Files
' Operate on each file
Next
End Sub
I have a problem - instances of Excel and Word behave differently in the same procedure. Have a look at the code. The idea there is to have a procedure that handles resaving files in excel and word in various format combinations.
The problem is that I notice that word and excel behave differently - the appWord and appExcel have different type names. At some point appWord is changed from Application to Object, which then makes it impossible to close it. I don't understand the differences in the behaviour, since the code applied to them is identical.
Option Explicit
Dim fso
Dim appWord
Dim appExcel
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
startWord
ResaveFiles appWord.Documents, "docx", 12, 0
appWord.quit
startExcel
ResaveFiles appExcel.Workbooks, "xlsx", 51, 56
appExcel.quit
MsgBox "All done."
Sub ResaveFiles(appType, srcExtName, srcExtNum, tmpExtNum)
Dim objFile
Dim objOpenFile
Dim strDirectory
For Each objFile in fso.GetFolder(".").Files
If lcase(fso.GetExtensionName(objFile)) = srcExtName Then
If typeName(appType) = "Documents" Then StartWord
If typeName(appType) = "Workbooks" Then StartExcel
Set objOpenFile = appType.Open(objFile.path)
strDirectory = fso.BuildPath(objOpenFile.path, fso.GetBaseName(objOpenFile.name) & "._temp")
objOpenFile.SaveAs strDirectory, tmpExtNum
objOpenFile.Close
msgBox typename(appType) & objFile
msgBox typename(appWord) 'First typename test
msgBox Typename(appExcel)
If typeName(appType) = "Documents" Then appWord.Quit
If typeName(appType) = "Workbooks" Then appExcel.Quit
set objOpenFile = appType.Open(strDirectory)
objOpenFile.SaveAs objFile.path, srcExtNum
objOpenFile.Close
fso.DeleteFile(strDirectory)
msgBox typename(appWord) 'Second typename test
msgBox Typename(appExcel)
End If
Next
End Sub
'Start Word
Sub StartWord
Set appWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")
appWord.visible = false
appWord.DisplayAlerts = false
End Sub
'Start Excel
Sub StartExcel
Set appExcel = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
appExcel.visible = false
appExcel.DisplayAlerts = false
End Sub
I have tested it in the following way (with two typename tests) - when there are word files available, first appWord is Application and appExcel is empty, then it changes to Object and appExcel stays Empty (in this case we get an error when the subprocedure ends at AppWord.Quit). When there are no word files, and the script is processing Excels, first appWord is Object and appExcel is Application, then appWord is still Object and appExcel is still Application - in this case there are no errors when the subprocedure ends, on the appExcel.Quit.
Maybe i'm wrong, just my opinion:
If typeName(appType) = "Documents" Then appWord.Quit
If typeName(appType) = "Workbooks" Then appExcel.Quit
set objOpenFile = appType.Open(strDirectory)
appType is a reference to what appWord.Documents or appExcel.Workbooks are referencing before entering your ResaveFiles Sub, where you instantiate a new copy of 'Excel.Application' or 'Word.Application', and in each of the cases, you instruct the application TO QUIT. The question is not why in the case of word you got an error. From my point of view YOU SHOULD got an error. The question is why, if instructed to quit, excel keeps open and maintaining references to handle your code.
EDIT - And not tried. Just adapted from OP code. Adapt as needed
Option Explicit
ResaveFiles "Word.Application", "docx", 12, 0
ResaveFiles "Excel.Application", "xlsx", 51, 56
MsgBox "All done."
Sub ResaveFiles(progID, srcExtName, srcExtNum, tmpExtNum )
Dim app, doc
Dim fso, objFile, objOpenFile, strDirectory
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
For Each objFile in fso.GetFolder( "." ).Files
If LCase(fso.GetExtensionName( objFile.Name )) = srcExtName Then
' Get references
Set app = GetNewAppInstance( progID )
Set doc = GetDocumentHandler( app )
' Save temp
Set objOpenFile = doc.Open( objFile.Path )
strDirectory = fso.BuildPath( objOpenFile.path, fso.GetBaseName(objOpenFile.name) & "._temp" )
objOpenFile.SaveAs strDirectory, tmpExtNum
objOpenFile.Close
' Release objects
Set objOpenFile = nothing
Set doc = nothing
app.Quit
Set app = nothing
' Get references again
Set app = GetNewAppInstance( progID )
Set doc = GetDocumentHandler( app )
' Resave file
Set objOpenFile = doc.Open( strDirectory )
objOpenFile.SaveAs objFile.path, srcExtNum
objOpenFile.Close
' Release objects
Set objOpenFile = nothing
Set doc = nothing
app.Quit
Set app = nothing
' Clean
fso.DeleteFile(strDirectory)
End If
Next
End Sub
Function GetNewAppInstance( ByVal progID )
Set GetNewAppInstance = CreateObject( progID )
With GetNewAppInstance
.Visible = False
.DisplayAlerts = False
End With
End Function
Function GetDocumentHandler( app )
Dim name
name = app.Name
If InStr(name,"Excel") > 0 Then
Set GetDocumentHandler = app.Workbooks
ElseIf InStr(name,"Word") > 0 Then
Set GetDocumentHandler = app.Documents
Else
Set GetDocumentHandler = app
End If
End Function
What is the simplest way in VB6 to loop through all the files in a specified folder directory and get their names?
sFilename = Dir(sFoldername)
Do While sFilename > ""
debug.print sFilename
sFilename = Dir()
Loop
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fld As Folder
Dim fil As File
Set fld = fso.GetFolder("C:\My Folder")
For Each fil In fld.Files
Debug.Print fil.Name
Next
Set fil = Nothing
Set fld = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
DJ's solution is simple and effective, just throwing out another one in case you need a little more functionality that the FileSystemObject can provide (requires a reference to the Microsoft Scripting Runtime).
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fil As File
For Each fil In fso.GetFolder("C:\").Files
Debug.Print fil.Name
Next
'For VB6 very Tricky:
'Simply get the location of all project .frm files saved in your disk/project directory
Dim CountVal As Integer
CountVal = 0
cbo.Clear
sFilename = Dir(App.Path & "\Forms\")
Do While sFilename > ""
If (Right(sFilename, 4) = ".frm") Then
cbo.List(CountVal) = Left(sFilename, (Len(sFilename) - 4))
CountVal = CountVal + 1
End If
sFilename = Dir()
Loop
create button with name = browseButton
create filelistbox with name = List1
double click on button in design
and code should look like this
Private Sub browseButton_Click()
Dim path As String
path = "C:\My Folder"
List1.path() = path
List1.Pattern = "*.txt"
End Sub
done now run it
You can use the following demo code,
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fld As Folder
Dim file As File
Set fld = fso.GetFolder("C:\vishnu")
For Each file In fld.Files
msgbox file.Name
Next