How do I search through folders of a subfolder? [duplicate] - excel

Question

I have macro, if I put in cell E1 name of the file, macro search trough C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\ directory, find it and put the needed values in specific cells of my original file with macro.
Is it possible to make this work without specific folder location? I need something that can search trough C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\ with many subfolders in it.
My code:
Sub Zila1()
Dim SaveDriveDir As String, MyPath As String
Dim FName As Variant
Dim YrMth As String
SaveDriveDir = CurDir
MyPath = Application.DefaultFilePath 'or use "C:\Data"
ChDrive MyPath
ChDir MyPath
FName = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("E1").Text
If FName = False Then
'do nothing
Else
GetData "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\" & FName & ".xls", "Vystupna_kontrola", _
"A16:A17", Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B2:B3"), True, False
GetData "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\" & FName & ".xls", "Vystupna_kontrola", _
"AE23:AE24", Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B3:B4"), True, False
GetData "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\" & FName & ".xls", "Vystupna_kontrola", _
"AE26:AE27", Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B4:B5"), True, False
GetData "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\" & FName & ".xls", "Vystupna_kontrola", _
"AQ59:AQ60", Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B5:B6"), True, False
GetData "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\" & FName & ".xls", "Vystupna_kontrola", _
"AR65:AR66", Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B6:B7"), True, False
End If
ChDrive SaveDriveDir
ChDir SaveDriveDir
End Sub

Answer 1

Just for fun, here's a sample with a recursive function which (I hope) should be a bit simpler to understand and to use with your code:
Function Recurse(sPath As String) As String
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim myFolder As Folder
Dim mySubFolder As Folder
Set myFolder = FSO.GetFolder(sPath)
For Each mySubFolder In myFolder.SubFolders
Call TestSub(mySubFolder.Path)
Recurse = Recurse(mySubFolder.Path)
Next
End Function
Sub TestR()
Call Recurse("D:\Projets\")
End Sub
Sub TestSub(ByVal s As String)
Debug.Print s
End Sub
Edit: Here's how you can implement this code in your workbook to achieve your objective.
Sub TestSub(ByVal s As String)
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim myFolder As Folder
Dim myFile As File
Set myFolder = FSO.GetFolder(s)
For Each myFile In myFolder.Files
If myFile.Name = Range("E1").Value Then
Debug.Print myFile.Name 'Or do whatever you want with the file
End If
Next
End Sub
Here, I just debug the name of the found file, the rest is up to you. ;)
Of course, some would say it's a bit clumsy to call twice the FileSystemObject so you could simply write your code like this (depends on wether you want to compartmentalize or not):
Function Recurse(sPath As String) As String
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim myFolder As Folder
Dim mySubFolder As Folder
Dim myFile As File
Set myFolder = FSO.GetFolder(sPath)
For Each mySubFolder In myFolder.SubFolders
For Each myFile In mySubFolder.Files
If myFile.Name = Range("E1").Value Then
Debug.Print myFile.Name & " in " & myFile.Path 'Or do whatever you want with the file
Exit For
End If
Next
Recurse = Recurse(mySubFolder.Path)
Next
End Function
Sub TestR()
Call Recurse("D:\Projets\")
End Sub

Answer 2

This sub will populate a Collection with all files matching the filename or pattern you pass in.
Sub GetFiles(StartFolder As String, Pattern As String, _
DoSubfolders As Boolean, ByRef colFiles As Collection)
Dim f As String, sf As String, subF As New Collection, s
If Right(StartFolder, 1) <> "\" Then StartFolder = StartFolder & "\"
f = Dir(StartFolder & Pattern)
Do While Len(f) > 0
colFiles.Add StartFolder & f
f = Dir()
Loop
If DoSubfolders then
sf = Dir(StartFolder, vbDirectory)
Do While Len(sf) > 0
If sf <> "." And sf <> ".." Then
If (GetAttr(StartFolder & sf) And vbDirectory) <> 0 Then
subF.Add StartFolder & sf
End If
End If
sf = Dir()
Loop
For Each s In subF
GetFiles CStr(s), Pattern, True, colFiles
Next s
End If
End Sub
Usage:
Dim colFiles As New Collection
GetFiles "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\", FName & ".xls", True, colFiles
If colFiles.Count > 0 Then
'work with found files
End If

Answer 3

If this helps, you can also use FileSystemObject to retrieve all subfolders of a folder.
You need to check the reference "Microsot Scripting Runtime" to get Intellisense and use the "new" keyword.
Sub GetSubFolders()
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim f As Folder, sf As Folder
Set f = fso.GetFolder("D:\Proj\")
For Each sf In f.SubFolders
'Code inside
Next
End Sub

Answer 4

I actually just found this today for something I'm working on. This will return file paths for all files in a folder and its subfolders.
Dim colFiles As New Collection
RecursiveDir colFiles, "C:\Users\Marek\Desktop\Makro\", "*.*", True
Dim vFile As Variant
For Each vFile In colFiles
'file operation here or store file name/path in a string array for use later in the script
filepath(n) = vFile
filename = fso.GetFileName(vFile) 'If you want the filename without full path
n=n+1
Next vFile
'These two functions are required
Public Function RecursiveDir(colFiles As Collection, strFolder As String, strFileSpec As String, bIncludeSubfolders As Boolean)
Dim strTemp As String
Dim colFolders As New Collection
Dim vFolderName As Variant
strFolder = TrailingSlash(strFolder)
strTemp = Dir(strFolder & strFileSpec)
Do While strTemp <> vbNullString
colFiles.Add strFolder & strTemp
strTemp = Dir
Loop
If bIncludeSubfolders Then
strTemp = Dir(strFolder, vbDirectory)
Do While strTemp <> vbNullString
If (strTemp <> ".") And (strTemp <> "..") Then
If (GetAttr(strFolder & strTemp) And vbDirectory) <> 0 Then
colFolders.Add strTemp
End If
End If
strTemp = Dir
Loop
'Call RecursiveDir for each subfolder in colFolders
For Each vFolderName In colFolders
Call RecursiveDir(colFiles, strFolder & vFolderName, strFileSpec, True)
Next vFolderName
End If
End Function
Public Function TrailingSlash(strFolder As String) As String
If Len(strFolder) > 0 Then
If Right(strFolder, 1) = "\" Then
TrailingSlash = strFolder
Else
TrailingSlash = strFolder & "\"
End If
End If
End Function
This is adapted from a post by Ammara Digital Image Solutions.(http://www.ammara.com/access_image_faq/recursive_folder_search.html).