Shell Object Not Working Right In XL2000, But No Errors
 

I'm adding code to a workbook that will be used by Excel 2000 (on Win2K) and
Excel 2003 (on WinXP). The following code works fine in XL2003, but not in
XL2000.



Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objNS = objShell.Namespace(strFolderPath)

' Step through all the files in the current folder
For Each objF In objNS.Items

' GetDetailsOf exposes the summary information about the file. #12 is
the Category
If objNS.GetDetailsOf(objF, 12) = "myfile" Then

' Do stuff

End If

Next



When I step through the code in XL2000, I see that the objF objects are
recognized - I can hover the cursor over them and see the file/folder name as
the loop progresses. However, the statement "objNS.GetDetailsOf(objF, 12)"
returns a zero-length string in XL2000. In XL2003, it returns the "Category"
in the file's summary information. It does NOT, however, generate any error
messages in XL2000.

Is there something different I need to do for this code to work in XL2000?



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Shell Object Not Working Right In XL2000, But No Errors
 

Not sure what the problem is, but as these are not Excel's objects, any
difference is probably down to the OS
For my W2K, I get valid responses for indices 0-8, all higher values
returning Empty.
It would appear that info such as "Category" cannot be returned from a
folder like this.
Have you looked in "Streams" ?

NickHK

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I'm adding code to a workbook that will be used by Excel 2000 (on Win2K)
and
Excel 2003 (on WinXP). The following code works fine in XL2003, but not in
XL2000.



Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objNS = objShell.Namespace(strFolderPath)

' Step through all the files in the current folder
For Each objF In objNS.Items

' GetDetailsOf exposes the summary information about the file. #12 is
the Category
If objNS.GetDetailsOf(objF, 12) = "myfile" Then

' Do stuff

End If

Next



When I step through the code in XL2000, I see that the objF objects are
recognized - I can hover the cursor over them and see the file/folder name
as
the loop progresses. However, the statement "objNS.GetDetailsOf(objF,
12)"
returns a zero-length string in XL2000. In XL2003, it returns the
"Category"
in the file's summary information. It does NOT, however, generate any
error
messages in XL2000.

Is there something different I need to do for this code to work in XL2000?



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Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!