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How to verify the existence of a file with formulas in Excel 97?
Greetings fellow VBAers,
I'm writing a workbook that requires the user(s) to input the file names of other workbooks into a range of cells so that my VBA code can open and collect data from them. I've written a bit of VBA code to return an error to the user(s) of my workbook if they have input the file name of one of these files incorrectly. It looks like this: Dim USERFILE As Variant For Each USERFILE In Range("C5:C8") If Dir("F:\NEWESTIMATE\" & USERFILE & ".xls", vbNormal) = "" Then MsgBox "' " & USERFILE & ".xls '" & " is not a valid estimate!", vbOKOnly, "Error!" End End If Next Is there an excel function that can achieve the same results? I wish to apply conditional formatting to the cells containing the file names in such a way that if the user enters a file name, and that file does not exist, the color of that cell (or some other visual aid,) will change to alert the user. Using both of these methods together would be ideal! Any help would be greatly appreciated. :) TIA Mike-hime. |
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How to verify the existence of a file with formulas in Excel 97?
Hi Mike-hime,
You can do this with Conditional Formatting and a custom VBA function (User-Defined Function or UDF). Paste this function into a standard module in the VBE: Public Function FileExists(rsPath As String) As Boolean On Error Resume Next FileExists = Len(Dir$(rsPath, vbNormal)) On Error GoTo 0 End Function Now, select the cell (let's say A1) with the filename to check. Select Format | Conditional Formatting..., select "Formula Is" from the dropdown, and enter the following formula: =Not(FileExists(A1)) Now just click the Format... button and select the desired format for invalid filenames. -- Regards, Jake Marx MS MVP - Excel www.longhead.com [please keep replies in the newsgroup - email address unmonitored] Mike-hime wrote: Greetings fellow VBAers, I'm writing a workbook that requires the user(s) to input the file names of other workbooks into a range of cells so that my VBA code can open and collect data from them. I've written a bit of VBA code to return an error to the user(s) of my workbook if they have input the file name of one of these files incorrectly. It looks like this: Dim USERFILE As Variant For Each USERFILE In Range("C5:C8") If Dir("F:\NEWESTIMATE\" & USERFILE & ".xls", vbNormal) = "" Then MsgBox "' " & USERFILE & ".xls '" & " is not a valid estimate!", vbOKOnly, "Error!" End End If Next Is there an excel function that can achieve the same results? I wish to apply conditional formatting to the cells containing the file names in such a way that if the user enters a file name, and that file does not exist, the color of that cell (or some other visual aid,) will change to alert the user. Using both of these methods together would be ideal! Any help would be greatly appreciated. :) TIA Mike-hime. |
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How to verify the existence of a file with formulas in Excel 97?
Thanks for the help. Your suggestion was excellent :)
Now maybe you can help me something else. While I am editing formulas in Excel if I use any navigation keys on the keyboard, Excel inserts relative cell references automatically. (For instance, pressing left adds a relative cell reference to the cell just left of the active cell.) If I can't find where to turn this feature off in Excel's options, I *WILL* kill myself. I prefer to type cell references (Relative or Absolute,) manually and use the arrow keys to navigate while I edit. I'm sure I'm just over looking the check box somewhere, so I figured one of the experienced users could probably tell me right off the top of their head. Thx again, -Mike-hime |
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How to verify the existence of a file with formulas in Excel 97?
Hi Mike-hime,
F2 will toggle this behavior on and off (notice that the status bar switches between "Edit" to "Enter" when you hit F2 while editing a cell). So if you're editing a formula and want to use the arrow keys to move in the formula bar, you should hit F2 first. I don't think there is a global option to turn that feature off. -- Regards, Jake Marx MS MVP - Excel www.longhead.com [please keep replies in the newsgroup - email address unmonitored] Mike-hime wrote: Thanks for the help. Your suggestion was excellent :) Now maybe you can help me something else. While I am editing formulas in Excel if I use any navigation keys on the keyboard, Excel inserts relative cell references automatically. (For instance, pressing left adds a relative cell reference to the cell just left of the active cell.) If I can't find where to turn this feature off in Excel's options, I *WILL* kill myself. I prefer to type cell references (Relative or Absolute,) manually and use the arrow keys to navigate while I edit. I'm sure I'm just over looking the check box somewhere, so I figured one of the experienced users could probably tell me right off the top of their head. Thx again, -Mike-hime |
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