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WD98: Macros to List or Print All Documents Found in a Folder

Article ID: 183867

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183867

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Routines (macros) that can be used to create a list of file names found in a specified folder or to print all specified files found in a folder.

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Listing All Files Found in a Folder in a New document

The following sample macro creates a new document with the file names of Word documents found in the specified folder.

   Sub ListDocNamesInFolder()
      Dim sMyDir As String
      Dim sDocName As String

      ' The path to obtain files.
      sMyDir = "Macintosh HD:DeskTop Folder:Documents:"
      sDocName = Dir(sMyDir, MacID("W8BN"))

      ' Add new document.
      Documents.Add

      ' Insert folder name and file names in document.
      Selection.TypeText "Documents in folder " & sMyDir & vbCr & vbCr
      While sDocName <> ""
         ' Insert file name in document.
         Selection.TypeText sDocName & vbCr
         ' Get next file name.
         sDocName = Dir()
      Wend
   End Sub

Printing All Files Found in a Folder

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 = "Macintosh HD:DeskTop Folder:Documents:"
      sDocName = Dir(sMyDir, MacID("W8BN"))

      While sDocName <> ""
         ' Print the file.
         Application.PrintOut FileName: = sDocName
         ' Get next file name.
         sDocName = Dir()
      Wend
   End Sub

For more information about the Dir Function, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Dir Function, click Search, and then click to view "Dir Function."

For more information about returning different types of files, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type MacID, click Search, and then click to view "MacID Function."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

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

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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