Create A Folder Directory in Excel using Visual Basic - vba

Question

I am extremely new to Visual Basic
I am currently trying to create a calculator within excel that I can export the data within to a PDF. I have been able to export the excel document however it is only going to my "D:\".
How do I create a folder within D:\ called something like Excel_Calculator where I can have all the PDF's created be saved directly into that folder & If there already is a folder called "Excel_Calculator" to use that folder instead of overwriting the existing folder.
The code I have for saving the PDF is listed here:
Sub GetFilenameForPDF()
Dim strFileName As String, strB1 As String, strWorksheet As String
strB1 = Range("B1").Value
strWorksheet = ActiveSheet.Name
strFileName = strB1 & " " & strWorksheet & " " & Format(Date, "DD-MM-YYYY")
Sub SaveToPDF()
Dim strFileName As String, strC3 As String, strWorksheet As String
strB1 = Range("B1").Value
strWorksheet = ActiveSheet.Name
strFileName = strB1 & " " & strWorksheet & " " & Format(Date, "DD-MM-YYYY")
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= _
"D:\" & strFileName & ".pdf", _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas _
:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True
End Sub
** EDIT: Or is there a way I can create or redirect the files to a temporary location so that the folder isn't clogged up and the user can print/save the PDF when needed?**

Answer 1

I prefer using the FileSystemObject
In your VBA project, click Toos->References and add "Microsoft Scripting Runtime".
Then, in your code, do something like:
Dim fso as FileSystemObject
Dim folderName as String
Set fso = new FileSystemObject
folderName = "D:\MyFolder"
If fso.FolderExists(folderName) = false then
fso.CreateFolder folderName
End If
Dim strFileName As String, strC3 As String, strWorksheet As String
strB1 = Range("B1").Value
strWorksheet = ActiveSheet.Name
strFileName = folderName + "\" + strB1 & " " & strWorksheet & " " & Format(Date, "DD-MM-YYYY")
ActiveSheet.ExportAsFixedFormat Type:=xlTypePDF, Filename:= _
"D:\" & strFileName & ".pdf", _
Quality:=xlQualityStandard, IncludeDocProperties:=True, IgnorePrintAreas _
:=False, OpenAfterPublish:=True

Answer 2

You can use the function below to create a single folder or a tree of subfolders. The function uses the (VBA.FileSystem) MkDir function.
Public Function CreateFolderTree(ByVal mainFolder As String, ParamArray args() As Variant) As String
On Error GoTo ErrProc
Dim path As String
path = mainFolder & IIf(Right(mainFolder, 1) <> "\", "\", vbNullString)
Dim idx As Long
For idx = LBound(args) To UBound(args)
If Len(Dir(path & args(idx), vbDirectory)) = 0 Then MkDir path & args(idx)
path = path & args(idx) & "\"
Next idx
CreateFolderTree = path
Leave:
On Error GoTo 0
Exit Function
ErrProc:
MsgBox Err.Description, vbCritical
Resume Leave
End Function
To call it:
Sub T()
Dim path_ As String
path_ = CreateFolderTree("C:\My folder", "Subfolder 1", "Subfolder 2")
Debug.Print path_
'C:\My folder\Subfolder 1\Subfolder 2\
End Sub

Answer 3

I usually use this:
Private Declare Function MakeSureDirectoryPathExists Lib "imagehlp.dll" (ByVal lpPath As String) As Long
Public Sub MakeFullDir(strPath As String)
If Right(strPath, 1) <> "\" Then strPath = strPath & "\" 'Optional depending upon intent
MakeSureDirectoryPathExists strPath
End Sub
If the path doesn't already exists, it creates it, even if there are multiple layer of non-existing folders.
E.g: C:\aFolder\bFolder\cFolder\ if only aFolder exists this will make bFolder and cFolder.