Have just moved up from 98 to xp and have found that the following code will
not work, any ideas why ???

at the ".FileName" line i am getting a runtime error 5 "Invalid procedure
call or argument"
It only throws this fault if it finds a file, i.e. if I used "*.hhh" the
problem does not arisre because it will not find any such files


With Application.FileSearch
.LookIn = "C:\Myfile\Preview"
.SearchSubFolders = False
.FileName = "*.jpg"
.Execute
For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count

Next i
End With

How about if you use:
..filename = ".jpg"

But application.filesearch seems to cause trouble in some versions of windows
(some of the time).

You may want to go back to using dir().

Option Explicit
Sub testme01()

Dim myNames() As String
Dim fCtr As Long
Dim myFile As String
Dim myPath As String

'change to point at the folder to check
myPath = "c:\my documents\my pictures"
If Right(myPath, 1) < "\" Then
myPath = myPath & "\"
End If

myFile = ""
On Error Resume Next
myFile = Dir(myPath & "*.jpg")
On Error GoTo 0
If myFile = "" Then
MsgBox "no files found"
Exit Sub
End If

'get the list of files
fCtr = 0
Do While myFile < ""
fCtr = fCtr + 1
ReDim Preserve myNames(1 To fCtr)
myNames(fCtr) = myFile
myFile = Dir()
Loop

If fCtr 0 Then
For fCtr = LBound(myNames) To UBound(myNames)
'code to process the files.
'say
MsgBox myPath & myNames(fCtr)
Next fCtr
End If

End Sub



Stuart wrote:

Have just moved up from 98 to xp and have found that the following code will
not work, any ideas why ???

at the ".FileName" line i am getting a runtime error 5 "Invalid procedure
call or argument"
It only throws this fault if it finds a file, i.e. if I used "*.hhh" the
problem does not arisre because it will not find any such files

With Application.FileSearch
.LookIn = "C:\Myfile\Preview"
.SearchSubFolders = False
.FileName = "*.jpg"
.Execute
For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count

Next i
End With

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Dave Peterson

Hi Stuart,

With the problematic workbook open, in the VBE:

Tools | References

and check that you have a reference set to the MS office object library.


---
Regards,
Norman


"Stuart" wrote in message
...
Have just moved up from 98 to xp and have found that the following code
will not work, any ideas why ???

at the ".FileName" line i am getting a runtime error 5 "Invalid procedure
call or argument"
It only throws this fault if it finds a file, i.e. if I used "*.hhh" the
problem does not arisre because it will not find any such files


With Application.FileSearch
.LookIn = "C:\Myfile\Preview"
.SearchSubFolders = False
.FileName = "*.jpg"
.Execute
For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count

Next i
End With