I’ve made a simply macro to change names of files in a directory. At first it seemed correct, but then I’ve noticed something strange. For instance there is 48 files in a directory and initially the macro numbers files properly – “1”, “2”, “3” and so forth (in Immediate window the variable “i” changes from 1 to 49), but if I run the macro several times, sometimes the variable “i” changes from 1 to 148 and a first number of files starts from 100: “100”, “101”, “102” et cetera. Then I run the macro again and it counts files properly, then – again – an error mentioned above occurs … and so on. I don’t see any rule in it. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Sub nameChange()
Dim source As FileSystemObject
Dim fold As folder
Dim fObj As File
Dim path As String, newName As String, number As String, ext As String
Dim i As Long
On Error GoTo closeSub
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.Show
path = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker).SelectedItems(1)
End With
Set source = New FileSystemObject
Set fold = source.GetFolder(path)
i = 1
newName = InputBox("New name")
For Each fObj In fold.Files
ext = Mid(fObj.Name, (InStrRev(fObj.Name, ".")))
Name fObj As path & "\" & newName & i & ext
i = i + 1
Next fObj
closeSub:
Exit Sub
End Sub
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It seems like I just cant add a copied Part two a productDoc. Its possible to paste it directly into the ProductDocument, but than I cant save it. What I need to do is:
Create ProductDoc
Create a ProductDoc in rootProductDoc
Copy Part from another Doc
Paste Part in ProductDoc from second step
Anyone an idea how to do that?
Im using CATIA V5-6 Release 2016, ServicePack 5 Build Number 26
There just dont seem any functions to select the ProductDoc from step 2.
I figured it out, thanks downvoters.
You cannot add a PartDocument itself to a Product, it needs to be a ProductDocument to which a Part is added (with AddNewComponent("Part","")).
Dim documents1 As Documents
Set documents1 = CATIA.Documents
Dim productDoc As ProductDocument
Set productDoc = documents1.Add("Product")
Dim rootProduct As Product
Set rootProduct = productDoc.Product
Dim childProduct As Product
Set childProduct = rootProduct.Products.AddNewComponent("Product", "")
Dim part1 As Product
Set part1 = childProduct.Products.AddNewComponent("Part", "")
Dim part2 As Product
Set part2 = childProduct.Products.AddNewComponent("Part", "")
MaxVR, thanks for coming back and posting the solution! It was really helpful for the product symmetry macro I'm working on. There's another way to insert parts into a CATProduct if the parts already exist.
'These three lines are variants
'products_variant_file_open represents the product that we want our part to be added to
'variant_array_file_open is where we store our file path
Dim products_variant_file_open
Set products_variant_file_open = current_rh_product.Products
Dim variant_array_file_open(0)
variant_array_file_open(0) = root_file_location & "\" & current_product.PartNumber & "_RH.CATPart"
'Below is the command that inserts the CATPart. The left thing to specify is the array that holds
'the file name and the right thing is the type of file to add
Here's some sample code that shows how I got my file path to insert parts from
'prod_doc.Path gets path of the product document and the stuff to the right becomes the folder name
root_file_location = prod_doc.Path & "\" & name_prod.Name & "_RH_Parts"
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Set fso = New FileSystemObject
'Creates a folder in specified path with the specified name
fso.CreateFolder (root_file_location)
Then I used a function to loop through the folder and search for specific names
Function rh_folder_lookup(rh_part_file_name As String,
root_file_location_func As String)
'Default rh folder lookup to be false when it's false we can't find a matching file in our folder so we make a new rh part
rh_folder_lookup = False
'Set the file name to all the files in our folder
Dim fileName As Variant
fileName = Dir(root_file_location_func & "\") 'The slash at the ends makes the directory all the files in the folder instead of just that folder
'Loop through all files in a folder
While fileName <> ""
If fileName = rh_part_file_name & ".CATPart" Or fileName = rh_part_file_name Then
'MsgBox fileName & "!!!"
rh_folder_lookup = True
Exit Function
End If
fileName = Dir 'Set the fileName to the next file
Wend 'Wend means end when the condition is true
End Function
[Hi All I am just new in VBA excel macro and trying to create my own macro. the vb mini-program i have will search for specific value(example. 15) in all the log files in certain directory or location. Once the value was found in the log file, the program will list it in list box. my program is functioning. My only problem is, if theres hundreds or thousands of log files in the location, the program will list all log data with value of 1 or 5 including the log data with the exact value 15. the other problem is that the log data with value of 15 will be listed below which is supposed to be on the top or listed at the first found item which have the correct value. Below are my questions.
Is it possible that if the program found out the log data with exact value, the program will list it on top or can be listed first?
It is more easy also if the output will be limit . Because if there are thousands or hundreds of file with 1 and 5 , everything will be listed in the list box. is it possible to list only the right log data with value of 15? Kindly see below snapshot and code. I am planning to use this macro also in my work the reason why I am trying to figure it out.
Program:
Private Sub Comfind_Click()
Dim theString As String
Dim path As String
Dim StrFile As String
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim file As TextStream
Dim line As String
Dim blnFound As Boolean
ListLog.Clear
theString = TextPlate.Text
path = TextPath.Text
StrFile = Dir(path & "*.pdms")
Do While StrFile <> ""
'Find TheString in the file
'If found, list log and exit loop
Set file = fso.OpenTextFile(path & StrFile)
Do While Not file.AtEndOfLine
line = file.ReadLine
If InStr(1, line, theString, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
ListLog.AddItem StrFile
Exit Do
End If
Loop
file.Close
Set file = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
StrFile = Dir()
Loop
MsgBox "successfully search log data!!!"
End Sub
Log file:
You can narrow it down a bit:
Dim arr
Do While Not file.AtEndOfLine
line = file.ReadLine
If InStr(1, line, "PLATEKEY", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
arr = Split(line, "PLATEKEY")
If Trim(arr(1)) = theString Then
ListLog.AddItem StrFile
Exit Do
End If
End If
Loop
I am working on a project in VBA where I'm searching a directory for files of a certain date that also meet other criteria, and all of that is working fine. What I am stuck on, which should be a trivial issue, is that when I try to use FileCopy to copy the file to another folder, I keep getting a path/file access error. This confuses me because I am pulling the path directly from the FileItem I'm using to search for the criteria, I'm the person who created both the source and destination folders, and put the files in the source folder. Any thoughts?
Sub ListFilesInFolder()
Dim counter As Integer
Dim theString1 As String, theString2 As String
theString1 = "ISA*00*"
theString2 = "ISA|00|"
Dim line As String, fileName As String
Dim datestring As String
'datestring = Format(FileItem.DateLastModified, "mm/dd/yyyy")
Dim today As String
today = Format(DateAdd("d", -2, Date), "mm/dd/yyyy")
Dim destinationFolder As String
destinationFolder = "C:\Users\kragan\Desktop\test\folder2"
Dim file As TextStream
Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Set FSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim SourceFolder As Scripting.Folder
Set SourceFolder = FSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\kragan\Desktop\test\folder1")
Dim FileItem As Scripting.file
For Each FileItem In SourceFolder.Files
datestring = "10/18/2015"
If (datestring = today) Then
Do While (SourceFolder <> "")
Set file = FSO.OpenTextFile(FileItem)
counter = 0
Do While Not file.AtEndOfLine And counter < 1
line = file.ReadLine
If InStr(1, line, theString1, vbTextCompare) > 0 Or InStr(1, line, theString2, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
fileName = "C:\Users\kragan\Desktop\test\folder1\" + FSO.GetBaseName(FileItem) + ".AETCLS"
'The line where I get the error:
FileCopy fileName, destinationFolder
file.Close
counter = counter + 1
Exit Do
End If
Loop
Loop
End If
Next FileItem
MsgBox ("done")
End Sub
You need to specify destination folder + destination file name (and not only destination folder).
So this will work:
FileCopy fileName, destinationFolder & "\" & FSO.GetBaseName(FileItem) & ".AETCLS"
You were probably assuming this will work like a file manager application, where giving destination folder is enough... :) But when programming, you need to specify destination path exactly as it is, i.e. including the file name.
One of my friends was getting similar error on creating directory newdir1\newdir2\newdir3. It was not working despite his best effort. But the solution was to create newdir1, then it became possible to specify newdir1\newdir2, then finally newdir1\newdir2\newdir3. Programming file operations does not do the job often seen in file managers, but everything must be specified in detail and performed in elementary steps.
Thanks for your help. What I discovered is that you have to have the full destination path, including the file name, even though it isn't changing. Solved!
I need to read all the item titles for all the documents in a SharePoint document library directly into an Array using Excel VBA. I can't seem to successfully use FileSystemObject and I do not want to map the document library to a drive letter as the macro will be distributed and widely used.
The SharePoint site has an https address
I have looked at this thread about referencing scrrun.dll but it does not work because I cannot change the trust settings on my local domain
This thread looked promising, but again it seems to use FileSystemObject which might be my hang up.
This thread on the SharePoint stackexchange site works well for reading in a list of files as a worksheet object, but I don't know how it could be adapted to be pushed directly into an array.
I tend to receive Error 76 "Bad Path", but I am easily able to execute on local (C:) files.
I have tried using a WebDAV address - like the answer I gave to this thread - but it too encounters a "Bad Path" error.
There must be a way to read in the contents of a SharePoint document library directly into an array that does not violate my local security policies and doesn't depend upon an excel worksheet.
Ok I am going to self answer. I'm not 100% thrilled with my solution, but it does suffice within my constraints. Here are the high level points:
Use VBA to create BAT files that have the "Net Use" command within them.
Reference the WebDAV address of the document library and find an available drive letter
I doubt that any of my users already have 26 mapped drives...).
Once the document library is mapped it can be iterated through using FileSystemObject commands and the item titles can be loaded into a two dimensional array.
The code will have to be modified to allow for 3 the listing of subfolders
The location of the file count in the ListMyFiles sub would have to be changed or another dimension would have to be added to the array.
Here is the code - I will try to credit all Stack solutions that were integrated into this answer:
Private Sub List_Files()
Const MY_FILENAME = "C:\BAT.BAT"
Const MY_FILENAME2 = "C:\DELETE.BAT"
Dim i As Integer
Dim FileNumber As Integer
Dim FileNumber2 As Integer
Dim retVal As Variant
Dim DriveLetter As String
Dim TitleArray()
FileNumber = FreeFile
'create batch file
For i = Asc("Z") To Asc("A") Step -1
DriveLetter = Chr(i)
If Not oFSO.DriveExists(DriveLetter) Then
Open MY_FILENAME For Output As #FileNumber
'Use CHR(34) to add escape quotes to the command prompt line
Print #FileNumber, "net use " & DriveLetter & ": " & Chr(34) & "\\sharepoint.site.com#SSL\DavWWWRoot\cybertron\HR\test\the_lab\Shared Documents" & Chr(34) & " > H:\Log.txt"
Close #FileNumber
Exit For
End If
Next i
'run batch file
retVal = Shell(MY_FILENAME, vbNormalFocus)
' NOTE THE BATCH FILE WILL RUN, BUT THE CODE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN.
'This area can be used to evaluate return values from the bat file
If retVal = 0 Then
MsgBox "An Error Occured"
Close #FileNumber
End
End If
'This calls a function that will return the array of item titles and other metadata
ListMyFiles DriveLetter & ":\", False, TitleArray()
'Create code here to work with the data contained in TitleArray()
'Now remove the network drive and delete the bat files
FileNumber2 = FreeFile
Open MY_FILENAME2 For Output As #FileNumber2
Print #FileNumber2, "net use " & DriveLetter & ": /delete > H:\Log2.txt"
Close #FileNumber2
retVal = Shell(MY_FILENAME2, vbNormalFocus)
'Delete batch file
Kill MY_FILENAME
Kill MY_FILENAME2
End Sub
Here is the function that will read through the directory and return the array of file information:
Sub ListMyFiles(mySourcePath As String, IncludeSubFolders As Boolean, TitleArray())
Dim MyObject As Object
Dim mySource As Object
Dim myFile As File
Dim mySubFolder As folder
Dim FileCount As Integer
Dim CurrentFile As Integer
'Dim TitleArray()
Dim PropertyCount As Integer
CurrentFile = 0
Set MyObject = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Set mySource = MyObject.GetFolder(mySourcePath)
FileCount = mySource.Files.Count
ReDim TitleArray(0 To FileCount - 1, 4)
'On Error Resume Next
For Each myFile In mySource.Files
PropertyCount = 1
TitleArray(CurrentFile, PropertyCount) = myFile.Path
PropertyCount = PropertyCount + 1
TitleArray(CurrentFile, PropertyCount) = myFile.Name
PropertyCount = PropertyCount + 1
TitleArray(CurrentFile, PropertyCount) = myFile.Size
PropertyCount = PropertyCount + 1
TitleArray(CurrentFile, PropertyCount) = myFile.DateLastModified
CurrentFile = CurrentFile + 1
Next
'The current status of this code does not support subfolders.
'An additional dimension or a different counting method would have to be used
If IncludeSubFolders = True Then
For Each mySubFolder In mySource.SubFolders
Call ListMyFiles(mySubFolder.Path, True, TitleArray())
Next
End If
End Sub
Thank you to Chris Hayes for his answer to find empty network drives; thank you to Kenneth Hobson on ozgrid for his expanded answer on listing files in a directory. The rest of the code is ancient and I dredged it out of a folder I last touched in 2010.
I have an application that exports daily reports in txt format.
I have a macro that extracts certain lines of data from those reports and puts them in an output xls file. my macro's input directory is curently a separate folder that i manually move today's reports into.
I'd like for my macro to be able to just read from the default report folder and only read files created with today's date.
the naming convention of the report files is as follows:
1101_16_16_AppServiceUser_YYYYMMDDhhmmssXXX.txt
not sure what the last 3 digits on the file name represents, but they're always numbers.
Help?
WOW that was fast! thanks... fist time using stackoverflow.
I guess i should include the code that pulls data and dumps it to excel... here it is:
Sub PullLinesFromEPremisReport()
Dim FileName, PathN, InputLn As String
Dim SearchFor1, SearchFor2, OutpFile As String
Dim StringLen1, StringLen2 As Integer
Dim colFiles As New Collection
Dim bridgekey As String
PathO = "C:\Documents and Settings\GROMERO\Desktop\CM reconciliation\output\"
PathN = "C:\Documents and Settings\GROMERO\Desktop\CM reconciliation\input\"
FileName = Dir(PathN)
While FileName <> ""
colFiles.Add (FileName)
FileName = Dir
Wend
SearchFor1 = "BRIDGE KEY"
StringLen1 = Len(SearchFor1)
OutpFile = "RESULTS.xls"
Open PathO & OutpFile For Output As #2
For Each Item In colFiles
Open PathN & Item For Input As #1
Do Until EOF(1) = True
Line Input #1, InputLn
If (Left(LTrim$(InputLn), StringLen1) = SearchFor1) Then
bridgekey = InputLn
End If
Loop
Close #1
Next Item
Close #2
End Sub
Daniel's answer is correct, but using the FileSystemObject requires a couple of steps:
Make sure you have a reference to "Microsoft Scripting Runtime":
Then, to iterate through the files in the directory:
Sub WorkOnTodaysReports()
'the vars you'll need
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fldr As Folder
Dim fls As Files
Dim fl As File
Set fldr = fso.GetFolder("C:\Reports")
Set fls = fldr.Files
For Each fl In fls
'InStr returns the position of the substring, or 0 if not found
' EDIT: you can explicitly use the reliable parts of your file name
' to avoid false positives
If InStr(1, fl.Name, "AppServiceUser_" & Format(Now, "YYYYMMDD")) > 0 Then
'Do your processing
End If
Next fl
End Sub
EDIT: So I think, from the code you posted, you could send PathN to the main Reports folder like you desire, then just modify your While statement like so:
While FileName <> ""
If InStr(1, FileName, "AppServiceUser_" & Format(Now, "YYYYMMDD")) > 0 Then
colFiles.Add (FileName)
End If
FileName = Dir
Wend
Two ways you can do this off the top of my head. Assuming you are using a File via the FileSystemObject.
Do an Instr on the file.Name looking for Format(Date, "YYYYMMDD") within the string.
Or use a far simpler approach loop through the files and within your loop do this:
If File.DateCreate >= Date Then
'Do something
end if
Where File is the actual variable used to for looping through the files.
If fileName like "*AppServiceUser_" & Format(Now, "YYYYMMDD") & _
"#########.txt" Then
'good to go
End If