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 Visual Basic for Applications to fill a list box with file names.

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

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

3. Select the ListBox control in the Toolbox to add a Listbox to the UserForm.

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 the FileSearch property, click the Index tab in Visual Basic Help, type the following text

   FileSearch