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Hi;
I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they
are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Look at the file Search object. It supports the functionality of the file
=open dialog when you select tools at the top and then select Search -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Sam Hodo" wrote: Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Hi NickHK;
I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Sam,
Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Hi NickHK;
Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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ADO= Microsoft Active Data Objects 2.x
Basically, it enables you to query (using SQL syntax) an Excel (and other formats) file, without having to "open" the file. But the files need to be in a database structure, otherwise the results are unpredictable.. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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without having to "open" the file
should probably be without having to "open" the file in Excel <g -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "NickHK" wrote: ADO= Microsoft Active Data Objects 2.x Basically, it enables you to query (using SQL syntax) an Excel (and other formats) file, without having to "open" the file. But the files need to be in a database structure, otherwise the results are unpredictable.. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Tom,
I was hoping that the "" would be be noticed. Just to try to differentiate from this method and Automation. <g NickHK "Tom Ogilvy" ... without having to "open" the file should probably be without having to "open" the file in Excel <g -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "NickHK" wrote: ADO= Microsoft Active Data Objects 2.x Basically, it enables you to query (using SQL syntax) an Excel (and other formats) file, without having to "open" the file. But the files need to be in a database structure, otherwise the results are unpredictable.. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Hi;
One last question... How do I tell the shell not to open more than 1 cmd.exe session at a time.. I have about 30 cmd.exe sessions running at one time.. I know this can not be a good thing... thanks "NickHK" wrote: Tom, I was hoping that the "" would be be noticed. Just to try to differentiate from this method and Automation. <g NickHK "Tom Ogilvy" ... without having to "open" the file should probably be without having to "open" the file in Excel <g -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "NickHK" wrote: ADO= Microsoft Active Data Objects 2.x Basically, it enables you to query (using SQL syntax) an Excel (and other formats) file, without having to "open" the file. But the files need to be in a database structure, otherwise the results are unpredictable.. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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"Sam Hodo" ... Hi; One last question... How do I tell the shell not to open more than 1 cmd.exe session at a time.. I have about 30 cmd.exe sessions running at one time.. I know this can not be a good thing... thanks "NickHK" wrote: Tom, I was hoping that the "" would be be noticed. Just to try to differentiate from this method and Automation. <g NickHK "Tom Ogilvy" ... without having to "open" the file should probably be without having to "open" the file in Excel <g -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "NickHK" wrote: ADO= Microsoft Active Data Objects 2.x Basically, it enables you to query (using SQL syntax) an Excel (and other formats) file, without having to "open" the file. But the files need to be in a database structure, otherwise the results are unpredictable.. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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Sam.
Whilst this may be possible from Excel, it is a Windows question. NicxkHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; One last question... How do I tell the shell not to open more than 1 cmd.exe session at a time.. I have about 30 cmd.exe sessions running at one time.. I know this can not be a good thing... thanks "NickHK" wrote: Tom, I was hoping that the "" would be be noticed. Just to try to differentiate from this method and Automation. <g NickHK "Tom Ogilvy" ... without having to "open" the file should probably be without having to "open" the file in Excel <g -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "NickHK" wrote: ADO= Microsoft Active Data Objects 2.x Basically, it enables you to query (using SQL syntax) an Excel (and other formats) file, without having to "open" the file. But the files need to be in a database structure, otherwise the results are unpredictable.. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; Please explain ADO.. thanks; "NickHK" wrote: Sam, Try a Dir() with ADO so you do not have to open each file in Excel. Otherwis the bogus results are not an Excel issue. NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi NickHK; I wrote a VB script that shells cmd.exe /c command string the searchstring is dir /s /b c:\directory\*.exe |findstr /i "searchstring" ouutput.txt code I use is.. Dim RetVal RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE /C" + searchstring, 0) when I execute this, it runs ok; but the resulting files created have bogus data. I am looking for a better way to gather data that is not bogus. Thank for your help "NickHK" wrote: I'm a bit confused, because although Excel can open open .txt files, they are not Excel files. You can use ADO to query the files, if they have database structure. But you write "All I need is the file names", so can you use Dir() ? NickHK "Sam Hodo" ... Hi; I need to look up 1800+ items in over 600+ files. items are listed in .txt format files are in excel format. I would rather not have to open/close the excel files.. (takes too long) 1) Is there a way to look these 1800 items up? 2) What is the best way to store the results.. in Excel, Txt or other.. I know I can shell to the cmd.exe and do find or findstr command string.. But doing this brings bad results. All I need is the file names that contain the search string (item) Does anyone have any ideas and sample code... Thanks in advance for your time... VB = 6.3 Office = 2003 XP |
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