XL97: How to Use FileSearch to Fill a Listbox with File Names

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows, you can use the FileSearch object to locate files on a local or network drive. This article provides an example of how to use the FileSearch object in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to fill a list box with file names.

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1. On the Tools menu, click Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.



2. On the Insert menu, click UserForm to create a new user form.



3. Select the ListBox control in the Toolbox to add a list box to the user form.



4. On the Insert menu, click Module to insert a new module sheet.



5. In the new module sheet, type the following macro code:




Sub FileSearchListBox()

    ' Dimension variables.
    Dim myarray()
    Dim fs As Object
    Dim i As Integer

    ' Declare filesearch object.
    Set fs = Application.FileSearch

    ' Set folder to search.
    fs.LookIn = "c:\xldocs"

    ' Set file name to search for.
    fs.FileName = "*.xls"

    ' Execute the file search, and check to see if the file(s) are
    ' present.
    If fs.execute > 0 Then

       ' Redimension the array to the number of files found.
       ReDim myarray(fs.FoundFiles.Count)

       ' Loop through all found file names and fill the array.
       For i = 1 To fs.FoundFiles.Count
          myarray(i) = fs.FoundFiles(i)
       Next i
    Else
       ' Display message if no files were found.
       MsgBox "No files were found"
    End If

    ' Loop through the array and fill the list box on the UserForm.
    For i = 1 To fs.FoundFiles.Count
       UserForm1.ListBox1.AddItem myarray(i)
    Next i

    ' Display the UserForm.
    UserForm1.Show

End Sub 

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

Additional query words: file search directory list

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Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto