WD97: VBA Macro to Print All Documents Found in a Folder

Last reviewed: February 11, 1998
Article ID: Q180512
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that can be used to print all documents found in a folder.

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This example prints all the documents in the current folder. The Dir function is used to return all file names that have the .doc file name extension.

   Sub PrintDocsInFolder()

      Dim MyDir As String
      Dim aDoc As String

      ' Enter the path to obtain files from here.
      MyDir = "C:\My Documents\"

      ' To search for documents with a particular extension, enter
      ' it here. For example, to return text files, "*.TXT", change
      ' the following from "*.DOC" to "*.TXT".
      aDoc = Dir(MyDir & "*.DOC")

      While aDoc <> ""

         ' Print the file.
         Application.PrintOut FileName:=aDoc

         ' Get next file name.
         aDoc = Dir()

      Wend

   End sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the Dir function, click the Office Assistant, type "Dir," click Search, and then click to view "Dir Function."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q107687
   TITLE     : Macro to Print All Documents in a Directory

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications


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Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
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Last reviewed: February 11, 1998
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