Did you include the folder and the extension in your filename?

You may want to post the real name that you're trying to find and the code
you've tried.


Andrew wrote:

Patrick,

Thanks for your reply. I'm sorry, but somtimes I get a little excited, & I
forgot to mention that I only want to use the date to find the file. I've
given your second suggestion a try, but I can't seem to get anywhere. Any
further help would be greatly appreciated.

Andrew

From: Patrick Molloy
Date Posted: 3/7/2005 2:49:00 AM

yuo show an example file name with not just the date, but also the time. You
code only adds the date.

So EITHER add & Format$(mytime,"HHMMSS")
OR use a loop to examine files in the target folder
DIR() -- aged it may be, but it works well here...

DIM sFileName as String
sFileName = DIR(MyPath & "MyFileName20050325*.xlx")
do while sFilename <""
If SFileName = MyFile then
bFound = TRUE
Exit Do
end if

sFileNAme = DIR()

loop

if not bFound then
msgbox "Unable to find " & MyFile
end if

"Andrew" wrote:

Andrew wrote in message ...
To Whom it may concern,

I need to make a macro which will open a flat file, format it, and count
some cells in a column. I have the code necessary to complete all of the
tasks, except that the file names have something that throws a "spanner" in
the works. The file names follow the same format, which is
"MyFileNameyyyymmddhhmmss", ie. the file name & date & time. I've tried a
few methods I know of to open the file using "FileName:= "MyFileName" &
Format(Date, "yyyymmdd"), but excel obviously can't find the file. What
sort of code can I use to find a file name with the left most text similar
to that above?

TIA
Andrew

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Dave Peterson