Very well could be putting this in the wrong forum but it's the only
place I could think of that I could possibly get help.

I need to rename a large selection of files in a directory. In
particular I need to remove the first 3-4 characters of the current
file name. For instance is the file name is 3410-Lime Light.cdg I need
it to be Lime Light.cdg. Can I do this with VB or am I needing to
really needing to look else where for a solution.

Thank you,
Michael


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Hi

one question.
the number of removing characters is constant or vary with file names.
in later case, what is the rule to define the number of removing
characters?

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Very well could be putting this in the wrong forum but it's the only
place I could think of that I could possibly get help.

I need to rename a large selection of files in a directory. In
particular I need to remove the first 3-4 characters of the current
file name. For instance is the file name is 3410-Lime Light.cdg I need
it to be Lime Light.cdg. Can I do this with VB or am I needing to
really needing to look else where for a solution.

Thank you,
Michael


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The characters are a constant. 5 characters at the begining of each file
name.


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Then check if this one will work or not in your case.
run the macro, then select all files you want to rename.

Sub renametest()
Dim filename, flname
Dim fs, f
Const cutlen = 6 'number of removing char + 1

On Error GoTo ErrorCheck
filename = Application.GetOpenFilename _
(FileFilter:="all file(*.*),*.*", MultiSelect:=True)
If VarType(filename) = vbBoolean Then
Exit Sub
End If

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

For Each flname In filename
Set f = fs.GetFile(flname)
flname = Mid(flname, _
InStrRev(flname, Application.PathSeparator) + 1)
If InStr(flname, ".") cutlen Or _
(InStr(flname, ".") = 0 _
And Len(flname) cutlen - 1) Then
f.Name = Mid(flname, cutlen)
End If
Next
Application.StatusBar = False
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub
ErrorCheck:
Application.StatusBar = False
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
If Err.Number = 58 Then
MsgBox "already same file name exist."
Else
MsgBox "error occured in the code."
End If
Resume Next
End Sub

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The characters are a constant. 5 characters at the begining of each
file
name.


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