ACC97: Sample Procedure to Find the Location(s) of a File

• Microsoft Access 97

SUMMARY

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multi-user skills.

This article describes a sample user-defined function that uses the FileSearch object contained in the Application object to locate a file on a particular drive.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access 97" manual.

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The LocateFile() function takes the file you are looking for as a string argument and returns all locations of that file. To create the function, follow these steps:

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.

2. Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there:

         Option Explicit
   

3. Type the following procedure:

         Function LocateFile(strFileName as String)
            Dim vItem As Variant
            With Application.FileSearch
               .FileName = strFileName
               .LookIn = "c:\"
               .SearchSubFolders = True
               .Execute
               For Each vItem In .FoundFiles
                  Debug.Print vItem
               Next vItem
            End With
         End Function
   
   

4. To test this function, type the following line in the Debug window, and then press ENTER:

          ?LocateFile("northwind.mdb")
   

   Note that all locations of Northwind.mdb are printed in the Debug window.

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