WD2000: Sample Macro to Print All Word Documents Found in a Folder

ID: Q201993

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

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

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The following sample macro prints all Word documents found in the specified folder.


Sub ListDocNamesInFolder()
   Dim sMyDir As String
   Dim sDocName As String
   ' The path to obtain the files.
   sMyDir = "C:\My Documents\"
   sDocName = Dir(sMyDir & "*.DOC")
   While sDocName <> ""
      ' Print the file.
      Application.PrintOut FileName: = sDocName
      ' Get next file name.
      sDocName = Dir()
   Wend
End Sub

For more information about Dir function, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type "Dir function" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.
For more information about using the sample code in this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: 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: Q226118
TITLE : OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb vbe

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto