Search for an excel workbook beginning with... in a folder and subfolders
Hi
I am at a loss for a code that will search for an excel workbook beginning with (whatever), in a folder and the folders sub folders, and open the file.
I know the starting directory eg (C:\Users\)
I am using excel 2010 and have previously used application.filesearch which no longer works.
Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Hi..
Try the attached..
You just need to change the file path in this line.. this is the File Path that it starts looking into (and then goes into all sub folders in that)..
It works well.. but i found it had permissions issues when trying to loop through C:\Users..
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I am looking now for a fix for that..
@APO - that's the way to do it. I'd suggest adding an END call after the Workbook.Open call to stop the search routine.
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Hi Jerry..
Good idea..
Any thoughts on the Permissions issue the OP will face when he tries to make it search through C:\Users|.... folders?
I've used that technique many times to the very thing you're doing, never seen a permissions error.
Hi APO
Thanks for the code. I only got round to trying it out today. It works a treat. However, I was looking to add a wildcard to the file name I am searching for, as the file I search for gets updated weekly and gets a date added to the file name. Any thoughts on how to make a wildcard work whilst searching?
Hi Redmarko;
For clarification, is that wildcard something that you want in Cell A1 on the worksheet, or hardcoded so that whatever string is in A1 in the worksheet needs to be in the file name?
You can change Line 30 in Module 1 of Apo's example to:
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Hi Miraun
Thanks for the reply. I was looking to hardcode the wildcard. I am using an input box for a user to enter a string. The vba should then use this string with addition of wildcard to open file.
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