VBA opening files which have a specific keyword in them - vba

Question

I have a folder which has a bunch of .xls files, of which only those which have the KEY Word " CITIES " are of interest to me. I need to open those files and collect some information and I am facing some issues.
Sub getTheExecSummary()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim myPath As String
Dim myFile As String
Dim myExtension As String
Dim FldrPicker As FileDialog
myPath = "C:\Users\Morpheus\Documents\Projects\Files"
myExtension = "*.xls" 'How to add the keyword?'
myFile = Dir(myPath & myExtension)
Do While Len(myFile) > 0
'Set variable equal to opened workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=myPath & myFile)
Debug.Print (myFile)
Debug.Print (wb.Name)
ActiveSheet.Range("A1").Value = wb.Name
'Get next file name
myFile = Dir
Loop
End Sub
I did write a few Debug.Print statements none of which seem to work. I want to for now print only those workbooks which have the keyword ' CITIES ' in their name.

Answer 1

I think that you want the Instr function.
If Instr(wb.Name, "CITIES") > 0 then .....
You might want to use "CITIES " or " CITIES " to exclude any unintentional uses of those letters, depending on how the filename is setup

Answer 2

Use the wildcard to identify the missing letters: *CITIES*.xls or *CITIES*.xls* if you're expecting xlsx, xlsm, etc.
Sub Test()
Dim colFiles As Collection
Dim vItem As Variant
Dim wrkBk As Workbook
Dim sPath As String
Set colFiles = New Collection
sPath = "C:\Users\Morpheus\Documents\Projects\Files\"
'you could use:
'sPath = Environ("UserProfile") & "\Documents\Projects\Files\"
EnumerateFiles sPath, "*CITIES*.xls", colFiles
For Each vItem In colFiles
Set wrkBk = Workbooks.Open(vItem)
wrkBk.Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") = wrkBk.Name
Next vItem
End Sub
Sub EnumerateFiles(ByVal sDirectory As String, _
ByVal sFileSpec As String, _
ByRef cCollection As Collection)
Dim sTemp As String
sTemp = Dir$(sDirectory & sFileSpec)
Do While Len(sTemp) > 0
cCollection.Add sDirectory & sTemp
sTemp = Dir$
Loop
End Sub