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07-14-2009, 03:06 PM
I used the excellent article in the link below to help create a macro for Excel 2007 to create a list of files in a directory. I followed the directions included and it worked......almost. :(
well, cannot post a link until I have 5 posts...anyway the Article was referenced in previous posts and attributed by Lucas. It is called "List File Attributes of Directory and Subdirectores" -
This code prompts the user to browse for a folder. It then uses recursive code to dump all the file attributes of this folder ("Path", "Last Modified" , "Owner" , "Size" , "Comments" etc ), and any subfolders to a new Excel sheet. see end for code....
The only problem is that for some reason after the last file info has been written into Excel, it fills the remaining columns and rows with #N/A.
I am new to VB and cannot determine why this is happening. I tried uploading the resulting xls file but without luck. I hope I have explained this well enough to allow someone here to help me with a solution.
Thanks in advance!
Code provided by the article referenced above.
Public X()
Public i As Long
Public objShell, objFolder, objFolderItem
Public FSO, oFolder, Fil
Sub MainExtractData()
Dim NewSht As Worksheet
Dim MainFolderName As String
Dim TimeLimit As Long, StartTime As Double
ReDim X(1 To 65536, 1 To 11)
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
TimeLimit = Application.InputBox("Please enter the maximum time that you wish this code to run for in minutes" _
& vbNewLine & vbNewLine & _
"Leave this at zero for unlimited runtime", "Time Check box", 0)
StartTime = Timer
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
MainFolderName = BrowseForFolder()
Set NewSht = ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Add
X(1, 1) = "Path"
X(1, 2) = "File Name"
X(1, 3) = "Last Accessed"
X(1, 4) = "Last Modified"
X(1, 5) = "Created"
X(1, 6) = "Type"
X(1, 7) = "Size"
X(1, 8) = "Owner"
X(1, 9) = "Author"
X(1, 10) = "Title"
X(1, 11) = "Comments"
i = 1
Set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oFolder = FSO.GetFolder(MainFolderName)
'error handling to stop the obscure error that occurs at time when retrieving DateLastAccessed
On Error Resume Next
For Each Fil In oFolder.Files
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(oFolder.path)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName(Fil.Name)
i = i + 1
If i Mod 20 = 0 And TimeLimit <> 0 And Timer > (TimeLimit * 60 + StartTime) Then
Goto FastExit
End If
If i Mod 50 = 0 Then
Application.StatusBar = "Processing File " & i
DoEvents
End If
X(i, 1) = oFolder.path
X(i, 2) = Fil.Name
X(i, 3) = Fil.DateLastAccessed
X(i, 4) = Fil.DateLastModified
X(i, 5) = Fil.DateCreated
X(i, 6) = Fil.Type
X(i, 7) = Fil.Size
X(i, 8) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 8)
X(i, 9) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 9)
X(i, 10) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 10)
X(i, 11) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 14)
Next
'Get subdirectories
If TimeLimit = 0 Then
Call RecursiveFolder(oFolder, 0)
Else
If Timer < (TimeLimit * 60 + StartTime) Then Call RecursiveFolder(oFolder, TimeLimit * 60 + StartTime)
End If
FastExit:
Range("A:K") = X
If i < 65535 Then Range(Cells(i + 1, "A"), Cells(65536, "A")).EntireRow.Delete
Range("A:K").WrapText = False
Range("A:K").EntireColumn.AutoFit
Range("1:1").Font.Bold = True
Rows("2:2").Select
ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True
Range("a1").Activate
Set FSO = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Set oFolder = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objFolderItem = Nothing
Set Fil = Nothing
Application.StatusBar = ""
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub RecursiveFolder(xFolder, TimeTest As Long)
Dim SubFld
For Each SubFld In xFolder.SubFolders
Set oFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SubFld)
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(SubFld.path)
For Each Fil In SubFld.Files
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(oFolder.path)
'Problem with objFolder at times
If Not objFolder Is Nothing Then
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName(Fil.Name)
i = i + 1
If i Mod 20 = 0 And TimeTest <> 0 And Timer > TimeTest Then
Exit Sub
End If
If i Mod 50 = 0 Then
Application.StatusBar = "Processing File " & i
DoEvents
End If
X(i, 1) = SubFld.path
X(i, 2) = Fil.Name
X(i, 3) = Fil.DateLastAccessed
X(i, 4) = Fil.DateLastModified
X(i, 5) = Fil.DateCreated
X(i, 6) = Fil.Type
X(i, 7) = Fil.Size
X(i, 8) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 8)
X(i, 9) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 9)
X(i, 10) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 10)
X(i, 11) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 14)
Else
Debug.Print Fil.path & " " & Fil.Name
End If
Next
Call RecursiveFolder(SubFld, TimeTest)
Next
End Sub
Function BrowseForFolder(Optional OpenAt As Variant) As Variant
'Function purpose: To Browser for a user selected folder.
'If the "OpenAt" path is provided, open the browser at that directory
'NOTE: If invalid, it will open at the Desktop level
Dim ShellApp As Object
'Create a file browser window at the default folder
Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application"). _
BrowseForFolder(0, "Please choose a folder", 0, OpenAt)
'Set the folder to that selected. (On error in case cancelled)
On Error Resume Next
BrowseForFolder = ShellApp.self.path
On Error Goto 0
'Destroy the Shell Application
Set ShellApp = Nothing
'Check for invalid or non-entries and send to the Invalid error
'handler if found
'Valid selections can begin L: (where L is a letter) or
'\\ (as in \\servername\sharename. All others are invalid
Select Case Mid(BrowseForFolder, 2, 1)
Case Is = ":"
If Left(BrowseForFolder, 1) = ":" Then Goto Invalid
Case Is = "\"
If Not Left(BrowseForFolder, 1) = "\" Then Goto Invalid
Case Else
Goto Invalid
End Select
Exit Function
Invalid:
'If it was determined that the selection was invalid, set to False
BrowseForFolder = False
End Function
well, cannot post a link until I have 5 posts...anyway the Article was referenced in previous posts and attributed by Lucas. It is called "List File Attributes of Directory and Subdirectores" -
This code prompts the user to browse for a folder. It then uses recursive code to dump all the file attributes of this folder ("Path", "Last Modified" , "Owner" , "Size" , "Comments" etc ), and any subfolders to a new Excel sheet. see end for code....
The only problem is that for some reason after the last file info has been written into Excel, it fills the remaining columns and rows with #N/A.
I am new to VB and cannot determine why this is happening. I tried uploading the resulting xls file but without luck. I hope I have explained this well enough to allow someone here to help me with a solution.
Thanks in advance!
Code provided by the article referenced above.
Public X()
Public i As Long
Public objShell, objFolder, objFolderItem
Public FSO, oFolder, Fil
Sub MainExtractData()
Dim NewSht As Worksheet
Dim MainFolderName As String
Dim TimeLimit As Long, StartTime As Double
ReDim X(1 To 65536, 1 To 11)
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
TimeLimit = Application.InputBox("Please enter the maximum time that you wish this code to run for in minutes" _
& vbNewLine & vbNewLine & _
"Leave this at zero for unlimited runtime", "Time Check box", 0)
StartTime = Timer
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
MainFolderName = BrowseForFolder()
Set NewSht = ThisWorkbook.Sheets.Add
X(1, 1) = "Path"
X(1, 2) = "File Name"
X(1, 3) = "Last Accessed"
X(1, 4) = "Last Modified"
X(1, 5) = "Created"
X(1, 6) = "Type"
X(1, 7) = "Size"
X(1, 8) = "Owner"
X(1, 9) = "Author"
X(1, 10) = "Title"
X(1, 11) = "Comments"
i = 1
Set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oFolder = FSO.GetFolder(MainFolderName)
'error handling to stop the obscure error that occurs at time when retrieving DateLastAccessed
On Error Resume Next
For Each Fil In oFolder.Files
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(oFolder.path)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName(Fil.Name)
i = i + 1
If i Mod 20 = 0 And TimeLimit <> 0 And Timer > (TimeLimit * 60 + StartTime) Then
Goto FastExit
End If
If i Mod 50 = 0 Then
Application.StatusBar = "Processing File " & i
DoEvents
End If
X(i, 1) = oFolder.path
X(i, 2) = Fil.Name
X(i, 3) = Fil.DateLastAccessed
X(i, 4) = Fil.DateLastModified
X(i, 5) = Fil.DateCreated
X(i, 6) = Fil.Type
X(i, 7) = Fil.Size
X(i, 8) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 8)
X(i, 9) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 9)
X(i, 10) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 10)
X(i, 11) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 14)
Next
'Get subdirectories
If TimeLimit = 0 Then
Call RecursiveFolder(oFolder, 0)
Else
If Timer < (TimeLimit * 60 + StartTime) Then Call RecursiveFolder(oFolder, TimeLimit * 60 + StartTime)
End If
FastExit:
Range("A:K") = X
If i < 65535 Then Range(Cells(i + 1, "A"), Cells(65536, "A")).EntireRow.Delete
Range("A:K").WrapText = False
Range("A:K").EntireColumn.AutoFit
Range("1:1").Font.Bold = True
Rows("2:2").Select
ActiveWindow.FreezePanes = True
Range("a1").Activate
Set FSO = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Set oFolder = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objFolderItem = Nothing
Set Fil = Nothing
Application.StatusBar = ""
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub RecursiveFolder(xFolder, TimeTest As Long)
Dim SubFld
For Each SubFld In xFolder.SubFolders
Set oFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SubFld)
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(SubFld.path)
For Each Fil In SubFld.Files
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(oFolder.path)
'Problem with objFolder at times
If Not objFolder Is Nothing Then
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName(Fil.Name)
i = i + 1
If i Mod 20 = 0 And TimeTest <> 0 And Timer > TimeTest Then
Exit Sub
End If
If i Mod 50 = 0 Then
Application.StatusBar = "Processing File " & i
DoEvents
End If
X(i, 1) = SubFld.path
X(i, 2) = Fil.Name
X(i, 3) = Fil.DateLastAccessed
X(i, 4) = Fil.DateLastModified
X(i, 5) = Fil.DateCreated
X(i, 6) = Fil.Type
X(i, 7) = Fil.Size
X(i, 8) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 8)
X(i, 9) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 9)
X(i, 10) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 10)
X(i, 11) = objFolder.GetDetailsOf(objFolderItem, 14)
Else
Debug.Print Fil.path & " " & Fil.Name
End If
Next
Call RecursiveFolder(SubFld, TimeTest)
Next
End Sub
Function BrowseForFolder(Optional OpenAt As Variant) As Variant
'Function purpose: To Browser for a user selected folder.
'If the "OpenAt" path is provided, open the browser at that directory
'NOTE: If invalid, it will open at the Desktop level
Dim ShellApp As Object
'Create a file browser window at the default folder
Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application"). _
BrowseForFolder(0, "Please choose a folder", 0, OpenAt)
'Set the folder to that selected. (On error in case cancelled)
On Error Resume Next
BrowseForFolder = ShellApp.self.path
On Error Goto 0
'Destroy the Shell Application
Set ShellApp = Nothing
'Check for invalid or non-entries and send to the Invalid error
'handler if found
'Valid selections can begin L: (where L is a letter) or
'\\ (as in \\servername\sharename. All others are invalid
Select Case Mid(BrowseForFolder, 2, 1)
Case Is = ":"
If Left(BrowseForFolder, 1) = ":" Then Goto Invalid
Case Is = "\"
If Not Left(BrowseForFolder, 1) = "\" Then Goto Invalid
Case Else
Goto Invalid
End Select
Exit Function
Invalid:
'If it was determined that the selection was invalid, set to False
BrowseForFolder = False
End Function