Hi Jacob, this works well,
I've put this sub into the workbook_open area.

how can i get a vlookup function to search the array and return the file
name ie =VLOOKUP(B4726,arrfiles(),1,true) where arrfiles is the dim array
and B4726 is one of the files names?

regards
Wayne

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

Try

Sub FilesWithinFolder()

Dim strFile As String, strFolder As String
Dim intFileCount As Integer, arrFiles As Variant

ReDim arrFiles(0)

strFolder = "d:\"

strFile = Dir(strFolder & "*.*", vbNormal)
Do While strFile < ""
ReDim Preserve arrFiles(intFileCount)
arrFiles(intFileCount) = strFile
intFileCount = intFileCount + 1
strFile = Dir
Loop

MsgBox intFileCount & " file(s) stored to array"
End Sub

--
Jacob


"Wayne" wrote:

Sorry, new to programming... Please be gentle

I need to populate an array with file names and their extension from a
specific directory.

ie

\\sim7\drawings\200\M - as the directory
then populate with:
001.dwg
002.tif
003.dgn
004.dwg
Etc, for how ever long the directory is.


Any advice? regards Wayne