I need to get a count of the number of workbooks in a
directory I specify.

I see an example someone else used (after a ChDir
command):

CountA = Application.Workbooks.Count

but this doesn't work and I can't see how the code would
look to count the number of workbooks only in a directory
I specify.

Thanks for your help. I'm new and stupid.

David

Try this

Sub test()
Dim foldername As String
foldername = "C:\Data"
With Application.FileSearch
.NewSearch
.LookIn = foldername
.SearchSubFolders = False
.FileType = msoFileTypeExcelWorkbooks
If .Execute() 0 Then
MsgBox .FoundFiles.Count & " Excel files were found"
Else
MsgBox "There were no files found."
End If
End With
End Sub



--
Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2)
www.rondebruin.nl



"David" wrote in message ...
I need to get a count of the number of workbooks in a
directory I specify.

I see an example someone else used (after a ChDir
command):

CountA = Application.Workbooks.Count

but this doesn't work and I can't see how the code would
look to count the number of workbooks only in a directory
I specify.

Thanks for your help. I'm new and stupid.

David