Microsoft KB Archive/113491

= Visual Basic Code to Use Instead of DIRECTORIES =

Article ID: 113491

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q113491



SUMMARY
This article contains sample Visual Basic for Applications code that you can use to duplicate the behavior of the DIRECTORIES function that was included in the Microsoft Excel 4.0 Filefns.xla add-in.

NOTE: The Filefns.xla add-in is not included in Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and later.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.

Sample Visual Basic Code
' The main procedure calls dir_test and passes it to the specified ' directory.

Sub main 'Always make sure the path ends with a backslash. 'Calls dir_test and passes it the directory to check dir_test "c:\" End Sub

' The dir_test procedure returns an array of all subdirectories contained ' in the specified directory. To do this, it creates the array dir_array; ' dir_array is declared as Static to hold its values after the macro has ' finished.

Sub dir_test(directory_text) 'Dimensions a variable to hold the temp Directory name Dim temp_var As String

'Dimensions a dynamic array to hold the Directory Array Static dir_array As String

'Turns off Error Checking On Error Resume Next

'Call the DIR function and returns the first item the Directory temp_var = Dir(directory_text, vbDirectory)

'Initializes the variable for building the array counter = 0

'Set a loop until the DIR function returns Do Until temp_var = "" 'Temp_var stores the individual Directory name temp_var = Dir 'Checks to see if temp_var is an empty string If temp_var <> "" Then 'The following code will create an array of the directories If GetAttr(directory_text & temp_var) And vbDirectory then 'enlarge the array to hold a new item ReDim Preserve dir_array(counter) 'add directory to the array dir_array(counter) = temp_var 'This line just shows the variable was added to the array 'You can comment this line out when using this function MsgBox dir_array(counter) 'Increase counter to make room for the next directory counter = counter + 1 End If   End If Loop End Sub

