Hi all, i would like to find the latest file in a folder and open it with
code. The files would have different names as they are updates with a code on
the end. Could somebody help me with this please.

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Les

Try this:

Sub AAAAA()
Const FilePath = "D:\Data\"
Workbooks.Open Filename:=FindNewestFile(FilePath)
End Sub

Function FindNewestFile(FilePath As String) As String
Dim LastDate As Date, NewDate As Date
Dim LastFile As String, NewFile As String
'Check all the .XLS files in the folder. Find the
'most recent file.
LastFile$ = LCase$(Dir(FilePath$ & "*.XLS"))
LastDate = FileDateTime(FilePath$ & LastFile$)
NewFile$ = LastFile$
Do While Len(NewFile$) 0
NewFile$ = LCase$(Dir())
If Len(NewFile$) = 0 Then Exit Do
NewDate = FileDateTime(FilePath$ & NewFile$)
If NewDate LastDate Then
LastDate = NewDate
LastFile$ = NewFile$
End If
Loop
FindNewestFile$ = FilePath$ & LastFile$
End Function

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"Les" wrote:

Hi all, i would like to find the latest file in a folder and open it with
code. The files would have different names as they are updates with a code on
the end. Could somebody help me with this please.

--
Les

Thanks Tom
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Les


"Tom Hutchins" wrote:

Try this:

Sub AAAAA()
Const FilePath = "D:\Data\"
Workbooks.Open Filename:=FindNewestFile(FilePath)
End Sub

Function FindNewestFile(FilePath As String) As String
Dim LastDate As Date, NewDate As Date
Dim LastFile As String, NewFile As String
'Check all the .XLS files in the folder. Find the
'most recent file.
LastFile$ = LCase$(Dir(FilePath$ & "*.XLS"))
LastDate = FileDateTime(FilePath$ & LastFile$)
NewFile$ = LastFile$
Do While Len(NewFile$) 0
NewFile$ = LCase$(Dir())
If Len(NewFile$) = 0 Then Exit Do
NewDate = FileDateTime(FilePath$ & NewFile$)
If NewDate LastDate Then
LastDate = NewDate
LastFile$ = NewFile$
End If
Loop
FindNewestFile$ = FilePath$ & LastFile$
End Function

Hope this helps,

Hutch

"Les" wrote:

Hi all, i would like to find the latest file in a folder and open it with
code. The files would have different names as they are updates with a code on
the end. Could somebody help me with this please.

--
Les