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    Macro to loop through all files in a folder

    Hi,

    I have a macro that I use to copy and paste data from a number of reports and I am trying to create a loop that will run the macro on all the files in a certain folder. I have had a go at it but the code I have just opens the first file in the folder that I have selected over and over again. So I'm looking for the code to only open each file once and then move on. Any help would be much appreciated!

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    Re: Macro to loop through all files in a folder

    I'd do something like this:

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    Re: Macro to loop through all files in a folder

    Thanks so much for the quick response!! That seems to work great.

    I should have mentioned in the original post that the 'Reports' folder will often have sub-folders within it. So is there a way to change the code so that the Directory in the first line can be selected through an open file dialogue box or something? Or is there another way to do this without having to change the actual code every time?

    Thanks again

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    Re: Macro to loop through all files in a folder

    Just have the path in a string variable (populated however you like) and then have the code say something like:

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    Re: Macro to loop through all files in a folder

    Thanks again for your help Andrew.

    I didn't really understand what you meant before but after playing around with the macro a bit more it works exactly the way I want it to with the following code:

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    So I can now select more than one file to open at a time in whatever folder I want and loop through the selected files to open them.

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