Change File Names within Subfolders with VBA - vba

Question

I am trying to upload a few hundred folders each with files inside of them into SharePoint, but unfortunately SharePoint doesn't allow any special characters like "%".
I'm trying to use a VBA code that can automatically go into each subfolder and replace any special characters contained within the files such as "%", "#", etc.
So far what I have is:
Sub ChangeFileName()
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set Folder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\Documents\TEST\Subfolder")
'Currently the way I have it requires me to change my path a few hundred times
For Each File In Folder.Files
sNewFile = File.Name
sNewFile = Replace(sNewFile, "%", "_")
sNewFile = Replace(sNewFile, "#", "_")
'^and so on`
If (sNewFile <> File.Name) Then
File.Move (File.ParentFolder + "\" + sNewFile)
End If
Next
End Sub
However for the script above, you need the specific sub-folder path. Wondering if there's any way to automatically replace the special characters of files within subfolders. I can also paste all the specific subfolder paths into column A of my Excel worksheet if that helps.
Thank you!

Answer 1

I use this code
Sub GetFileFromFolder()
Dim fd As FileDialog
Dim strFolder As String
Dim colResult As Collection
Dim i As Long, k As Long
Dim vSplit
Dim strFn As String
Dim vR() As String
Dim p As String
Dim iLevel As Integer, cnt As Long
'iLevel = InputBox(" Subfolder step : ex) 2 ")
p = Application.PathSeparator
Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With fd
.Show
.InitialView = msoFileDialogViewList
.Title = "Select your Root folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .SelectedItems.Count = 0 Then
Else
strFolder = .SelectedItems(1)
Set colResult = SearchFolder(strFolder)
i = colResult.Count
For k = 1 To i
vSplit = Split(colResult(k), p)
strFn = vSplit(UBound(vSplit))
strFn = Replace(strFn, "%", "_")
strFn = Replace(strFn, "#", "_")
'If UBound(vSplit) - UBound(Split(strFolder, p)) = iLevel Then
cnt = cnt + 1
ReDim Preserve vR(1 To 3, 1 To cnt)
On Error Resume Next
Err.Clear
Name colResult(k) As strFolder & strFn
vR(1, cnt) = colResult(k)
If Err.Number = 58 Then
strFn = Split(strFn, ".")(0) & "_" & vSplit(UBound(vSplit) - 1) & "_" & Date & "." & Split(strFn, ".")(1)
Name colResult(k) As strFolder & strFn
vR(2, cnt) = strFolder & strFn
vR(3, cnt) = "Changed name " 'When filename is duplicated chage filename
Else
vR(2, cnt) = strFolder & strFn
End If
' End If
Next k
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Offset(1).Clear
Range("a3").Resize(1, 3) = Array("Old file", "New file", "Ect")
If cnt > 0 Then
Range("a4").Resize(cnt, 3) = WorksheetFunction.Transpose(vR)
End If
With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
.Borders.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.Columns.AutoFit
.Font.Size = 9
End With
End If
End With
MsgBox cnt & " files moved!! "
End Sub
Function SearchFolder(strRoot As String)
Dim FS As Object
Dim fsFD As Object
Dim f As Object
Dim colFile As Collection
Dim p As String
On Error Resume Next
p = Application.PathSeparator
If Right(strRoot, 1) = p Then
Else
strRoot = strRoot & p
End If
Set FS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fsFD = FS.GetFolder(strRoot)
Set colFile = New Collection
For Each f In fsFD.Files
colFile.Add f.Path
Next f
SearchSubfolder colFile, fsFD
Set SearchFolder = colFile
Set fsFD = Nothing
Set FS = Nothing
Set colFile = Nothing
End Function
Sub SearchSubfolder(colFile As Collection, objFolder As Object)
Dim sbFolder As Object
Dim f As Object
For Each sbFolder In objFolder.subfolders
SearchSubfolder colFile, sbFolder
For Each f In sbFolder.Files
colFile.Add f.Path
Next f
Next sbFolder
End Sub