OFF97: Macro That Retrieves the Number of Files in a Directory

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SUMMARY

This article includes a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications function that retrieves the total number of files that exist in a specified directory. The article also includes a procedure that demonstrates how to use the function.

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' Procedure       CountAllFiles()
'
' Arguments       strDirName: A string that represents the path
'                 to the directory you want to check.
'
' Returns         The number of files in a specified directory.
'                 If the directory is not valid, the function
'                 returns 0.
'
' Description     This function retrieves the total number
'                 of all files in a specified directory.
'--------------------------------------------------------------

   Dim oSearch As FileSearch

   ' Get a reference to the FileSearch object.
   Set oSearch = Application.FileSearch

   With oSearch

      ' Resets the search.
      .NewSearch

      ' Specify the directory that contains the files you want to
      ' count. The variable strDirName is the parameter of the
      ' CountAllFiles() function.
      .LookIn = strDirName

      ' Exclude subfolders.
      .SearchSubFolders = False

      ' Specify what types of files you want to find.
      ' For example, to search for text files change this line to:
      '   .FileName "*.txt"
      .FileName = "*.*"

      'The Execute command begins the search.
      .Execute

      ' Count the number of files in the specified directory.
      CountAllFiles = .FoundFiles.Count

   End With

' The following example calls the CountAllFiles() ' function.

Sub TestCountFiles()

   ' Change this to the directory you want to check.
   Const strMyDirectory As String = "c:\temp"

   ' This holds the total number of files found.
   Dim lFileTotal As Long

   ' Call the function. Pass the directory to check.
   lFileTotal = CountAllFiles(strMyDirectory)

   ' Display the total files found in a message box.
   MsgBox lFileTotal

End Sub