VBA (Excel): Iterating through files in folder via FileSystemObject

Question

Ok, so I consider myself an Excel VBA expert (even though I\'ve not done much with it for a while) but I\'m stumped on this one - that obviously means it is something extrem

Answer 1

I think you want to list all files in all folders and all sub-folders. Check out this link.

http://www.learnexcelmacro.com/wp/2011/11/how-to-get-list-of-all-files-in-a-folder-and-sub-folders/

Download the file; that's the way to go. Once all paths and all file names are listed in your Excel worksheet, you can do all kinds of comparisons, manipulations, and the like.

 Sub GetFilesInFolder(SourceFolderName As String)  

    '--- For Example:Folder Name= "D:\Folder Name\"  

    Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject  
    Dim SourceFolder As Scripting.folder, SubFolder As Scripting.folder  
    Dim FileItem As Scripting.File  

        Set FSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject  
        Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SourceFolderName)  

        '--- This is for displaying, whereever you want can be configured  

        r = 14  
        For Each FileItem In SourceFolder.Files  
            Cells(r, 2).Formula = r - 13  
            Cells(r, 3).Formula = FileItem.Name  
            Cells(r, 4).Formula = FileItem.Path  
            Cells(r, 5).Formula = FileItem.Size  
            Cells(r, 6).Formula = FileItem.Type  
            Cells(r, 7).Formula = FileItem.DateLastModified  
            Cells(r, 8).Formula = "=HYPERLINK(""" & FileItem.Path & """,""" & "Click Here to Open" & """)"  

            r = r + 1   ' next row number  
        Next FileItem  

        Set FileItem = Nothing  
        Set SourceFolder = Nothing  
        Set FSO = Nothing  
    End Sub  


Sub GetFilesInFolder(SourceFolderName As String, Subfolders As Boolean)  

'--- For Example:Folder Name= "D:\Folder Name\" and Flag as Yes or No  

Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject  
Dim SourceFolder As Scripting.folder, SubFolder As Scripting.folder  
Dim FileItem As Scripting.File  
'Dim r As Long  
    Set FSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject  
    Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SourceFolderName)  

    '--- This is for displaying, whereever you want can be configured  

    r = 14  
    For Each FileItem In SourceFolder.Files  
        Cells(r, 2).Formula = r - 13  
        Cells(r, 3).Formula = FileItem.Name  
        Cells(r, 4).Formula = FileItem.Path  
        Cells(r, 5).Formula = FileItem.Size  
        Cells(r, 6).Formula = FileItem.Type  
        Cells(r, 7).Formula = FileItem.DateLastModified  
        Cells(r, 8).Formula = "=HYPERLINK(""" & FileItem.Path & """,""" & "Click Here to Open" & """)"  

        r = r + 1   ' next row number  
    Next FileItem  

    '--- This is the Function to go each and Every Folder and get the Files. This is a Nested-Function Calling.  

    If Subfolders = True Then  
        For Each SubFolder In SourceFolder.Subfolders  
            ListFilesInFolder SubFolder.Path, True  
        Next SubFolder  
    End If  

    Set FileItem = Nothing  
    Set SourceFolder = Nothing  
    Set FSO = Nothing  
End Sub