KB198845 - WD2000: How to Return Only File Names Using FileSearch Property

Article ID: 198845

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q198845

SUMMARY

This article contains a Visual Basic for Applications sample macro that demonstrates how to remove the full path information and return only the file name of Word documents using the FileSearch property.

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The following Visual Basic for Applications macro searches the specified folder and subfolders for Word document files. If files are found, the procedure removes the path information and inserts the file names into a new document.

NOTE: The FileSearch property is not available on the Macintosh platform. Use the FileFind property instead to search for files on the Macintosh.

   Sub RemovePaths()
      With Application.FileSearch
         .NewSearch
         ' Set primary folder to search.
         .LookIn = "C:\My Documents"
         ' Search sub folders of primary search folder.
         .SearchSubFolders = True
         ' Search for only Word documents.
         .FileName = "*.doc"
         .MatchAllWordForms = True
         .FileType = msoFileTypeWordDocuments
         ' Execute search.
         If .Execute() > 0 Then
            MsgBox "There were " & .FoundFiles.Count & " file(s) found."
            ' Create new document to list found files.
            Documents.Add
            For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
               ' Extract filename from full path and insert into document.
               Selection.TypeText Text:=Dir(.FoundFiles(i), vbDirectory) _
               & Chr(13)
            Next i
         Else
            MsgBox "There were no files found."
         End If
      End With
   End Sub

For additional information about running sample code, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 212536
TITLE : WD2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: 163435
TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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