Microsoft KB Archive/242307

= FP2000: How to Remove Spaces from File Names and Folder Names by Using VBA =

Article ID: 242307

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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 * Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q242307



SUMMARY
The sample code in the "More Information" section of this article replaces spaces in file names and folder names of the current Web with underscore characters. To run this sample code, paste the code into a module in the Visual Basic Editor and run the myProcedure macro.



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.

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

This method is not suitable for use with discussion Webs. Renaming files or folders in a discussion Web generates a run-time error.

Sub myProcedure 'Set up a variable to hold the result of a message box Dim myMsgResults As VbMsgBoxResult

'Check to see if a web is open. If Application.ActiveWeb Is Nothing Then

'If no web is open, display a message box. MsgBox "Please open a web before running this macro.", _ vbOKOnly + vbExclamation

'. . . and end the macro. Exit Sub

End If  '////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 'In order for us to update the HTML in our files, there must be no  'pages open. To check for this, we check the Count property of  'the PageWindows collection. The PageWindows collection's Count 'property is equal to the number of files that are currently open. '//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

'Get the count of the PageWindows collection If ActiveWeb.ActiveWebWindow.PageWindows.Count <> 0 Then

'Assign the result of a message box to the variable myMsgResults = _ MsgBox("Please close all files before running this macro.", _          vbOKOnly + vbExclamation)

'If the user clicks OK in our message box, exit the macro. 'This variable will equal vbOK as soon as the user clicks 'the OK button in the message box. If myMsgResults = vbOK Then Exit Sub

End If

'Set up a variable for the WebFolder we're passing to the 'RemoveSpace procedure Dim myTempFolder As WebFolder 'Set the myWebFolder variable to equal the rootfolder of  'the active web Set myTempFolder = ActiveWeb.RootFolder 'Now call the RemoveSpace procedure and pass myTempFolder to it. RemoveSpace myTempFolder 'Display a dialog saying we're done. myMsgResults = MsgBox _ ("Removal of spaces completed.", vbOKOnly + vbInformation) End Sub

Sub RemoveSpace(myWebFolder As WebFolder) 'Set up all variables Dim myFiles As WebFiles Dim myFile As WebFile Dim myFolders As WebFolders Dim myFileName As String 'Set myFiles equal to the current folder's Files collection Set myFiles = myWebFolder.Files

'Set myFolders equal to the current folder's Folders collection Set myFolders = myWebFolder.Folders 'This For loop loops through each file in the root folder For Each myFile In myFiles

'Assign the name of the current file to myFileName myFileName = myFile.Name

If InStr(1, myFileName, " ") Then 'Rename the file to tempname so we can recalculate hyperlinks Call myFile.Move("tempname", True, True) 'Now rename the name in memory myFileName = Replace(myFileName, " ", "_") '...and rename to the original name with spaces replaced 'with underscores Call myFile.Move(myFileName, True, True) End If

Next myFile '//////////////////////////////////////////////   '//  Loop through the subfolders '//////////////////////////////////////////////   'Set up a variable for the folder Dim myLoopFolder As WebFolder 'This For loop loops through each folder that is a subfolder 'off of the root folder. For Each myLoopFolder In myFolders

'Check to make sure that the folder is not a subweb. If it's not, 'go ahead and remove the spaces. 'We use MakeRel so that the folder retains its current 'relative URL. If myLoopFolder.IsWeb = False Then Call myLoopFolder.Move(Replace(MakeRel _ (ActiveWeb, myLoopFolder.Url), " ", "_"), True, True) End If

Next myLoopFolder 'Since folder names may have changed, we need to refresh the 'web so we see everything ActiveWeb.Refresh 'Now we have to recursively call the RemoveSpace procedure so  'that we can loop through all folders in the web. Dim mySubFolder As WebFolder For Each mySubFolder In myWebFolder.Folders 'Only call RemoveSpace if the current subfolder is not a subweb If mySubFolder.IsWeb = False Then RemoveSpace mySubFolder Next mySubFolder End Sub

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