http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;185476
How To Search Directories to Find or List Files

this is a link to that article for the third method
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/185601/EN-US/
HOW TO: Recursively Search Directories by Using FileSystemObject

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"RB Smissaert" wrote in message
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Here is some nice code from Randy Birch to do a recursive filesearch with
the Windows API:
http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?cod...es_minimal.htm

RBS


"Jeff" wrote in message
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The code below is used to select files which will then be zipped up and
saved
to a location. I am trying to automate the process completly to avoid
the
users missing files in their selection process.

Since I know that the files I want are excel, I thought I could use the
Dir
command to return a list of the files just like i get inthe immediate
window.

Any ideas or direction?
FileNameXls = Dir("\\CCT75-F3-FIL03\GLOBALSHARE01\PMD PMO\F05
Files\Monthly-Project LE\02+10 Post Act Projects\Project over
$1MM\CIS\*.xls")
'Application.GetOpenFilename(filefilter:="Excel Files, *.xls", _
MultiSelect:=True)

If IsArray(FileNameXls) = False Then
'do nothing
Else
NameList = ""
For iCtr = LBound(FileNameXls) To UBound(FileNameXls)
NameList = NameList & " " & Chr(34) & FileNameXls(iCtr) & Chr(34)
vArr = Split97(FileNameXls(iCtr), "\")
sFileNameXls = vArr(UBound(vArr))

If bIsBookOpen(sFileNameXls) Then
MsgBox "You can't zip a file that is open!" & vbLf & _
"Please close: " & FileNameXls(iCtr)
Exit Sub
End If
Next iCtr