how to read certain files in a directory in excel VBA

Question

I want to read certain excel files from a directory and then open them in excel-2007 with VBA.

Here is an example:
directory: c:\\temp
file pattern: is xxxxx0123.xls (xxxxx represents the file names).

I try to use Application.FileSearch , but it won't work in Excel 2007. Does any one have good suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can use DIR to find files matching your pattern, ie this code opens these files, grabs their path, and closes the files again

The code can be made recursive if you need to look in sub-folders

Sub GetFiles()
    Dim strFolder As String
    Dim strFileName As String
    Dim wb As Workbook
    strFolder = "C:\temp"
    strFileName = Dir(strFolder & "\*123.xls")
    Do While Len(strFileName) > 0
        Set wb = Workbooks.Open(strFileName)
        Debug.Print wb.FullName
        wb.Close False
        strFileName = Dir
    Loop
End Sub