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Dir() Function

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  7 months ago

  by lfpinnj

  Leon F. Pietrusiak

  , United States

  Joined 9 months ago

  Sub PrintFolderList()
  
      Dim strPath As String
      Dim strFile As String
      Dim strFileSpec As String
      Dim strFilesFound As String
             
      strPath = "Z:\Projects\" ' or wherever you want to look for files
      strFile = Dir(strPath, vbDirectory)
     
      While strFile <> ""
          strFilesFound = strFilesFound & strFile & vbCrLf
          ' get the next file and loop
          strFile = Dir
      Wend
        
      ActiveDocument.Content.InsertAfter Text:=strFilesFound
  
  End Sub

   

  Happy with above - prints out sub folders within a folder. However would like to change dir if a sub folder called "Sites" is found, print out its subfolders (next level only) then return to listing the folders as usual. Anyone any ideas? ie

  Folder 1

  Folder 2

  Folder 3 (has sites so...)

  Folder 3\Sites\Site 1

  Folder 3\Sites\Site 2

  Folder 4 

   

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  7 months ago

  by Jugatsu

  Jugatsu

  , United Kingdom

  Joined 2 years ago

  The best way to do this is to create a collection

  Fill it with the directories

  Loop through that collection and only get the sub directories for the ones beggining with "Site"

  Then outoput the collection.

  there are many different folder structure so your best bet is to tailor the sample code below.

   

  
      Dim Dirs As New Collection
      Dim strPath As String
      Dim strFile As String
      Dim x As Integer
     
      strPath = "Z:\Projects\"
      strFile = Dir(strPath, vbDirectory)
     
      Do While Len(strFile)
          If strFile <> "." And strFile <> ".." Then
              Dirs.Add strFile
          End If
          strFile = Dir
      Loop

  
      For x = 1 To Dirs.Count
          strFile = Dir(strPath & Dirs.Item(x) & "\", vbDirectory)
          Debug.Print Dirs.Item(x) & " : " & strFile
          Do While Len(strFile)
              If strFile <> "." And strFile <> ".." And InStr(1, strFile, "Site") > 0 Then
                  Dirs.Add strFile
              End If
            strFile = Dir
          Loop
      Next
     
     
     
          For x = 1 To Dirs.Count
                Debug.Print Dirs.Item(x)
          Next
     

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  7 months ago

  by lfpinnj

  Leon F. Pietrusiak

  , United States

  Joined 9 months ago

   I had problems using Dir() on more than one level, so ended up using:

   

  Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  
  strPath = "Z:\Projects\" ' or wherever you want to look for files
  strFile = Dir(strPath, vbDirectory)
  
  While strFile <> ""
      strFilesFound = strFilesFound & strFile & vbCrLf
      ActiveDocument.Content.InsertAfter Text:=strFilesFound
             
      If fs.FolderExists(strPath & strFile & "\Sites") Then
          Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
          Set f = fs.GetFolder(strPath & strFile & "\Sites\")
          Set fc = f.subfolders
             
          For Each f1 In fc
              ActiveDocument.Content.InsertAfter Text:=Left(strFile, 4) & " - Site: " & f1.Name & vbCrLf
          Next
          ActiveDocument.Content.InsertAfter Text:=vbCrLf
      End If
          strFilesFound = ""
          strFile = Dir
      Wend
  

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