Hi how do you insert picture if you only know the filename not the extention
Pic$ is a six digit code, but the file if it exists can be .bmp, .gif, .jpeg
, .jpg
I want to insert if exists regardless of picture type.

Please help

Thanks

sunil

I have...

If Dir(Path$ & Pic$) < "" Then
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(Path$ & Pic$).Select
Endif

I'm not sure I understand your question; however, if Pic$ is a 6-digit
number only, you can do this to find a single file (there could be more than
one) that has that filename...

FileNameAndExtension = Dir(Path$ & Pic$ & ".*")
If Len(FileName) 0 Then
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(FileName).Select

The dot in the dot-asterisk (.*) that I added signifies an extension and the
asterisk says that extension can be anything. I'm assuming you don't have,
say, txt file in that directory with the same filename part, otherwise you
will have to filter them out using a loop of some kind.

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"sunilpatel" wrote in message
...
Hi how do you insert picture if you only know the filename not the
extention
Pic$ is a six digit code, but the file if it exists can be .bmp, .gif,
.jpeg , .jpg
I want to insert if exists regardless of picture type.

Please help

Thanks

sunil

I have...

If Dir(Path$ & Pic$) < "" Then
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(Path$ & Pic$).Select
Endif

dim exts as string
dim bFound as boolean
for i = 1 to 3
select case i
case 1: exts =".bmp"
case 2: exts ="..gif"
case 3: exts =".jpeg"
end select

If Dir(Path$ & Pic$ & exys ) < "" Then
bfound = True
exit for
Endif
next
if not bFound then
msgbox "No file found"
else
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(Path$ & Pic$ & exts ).Select
end if

"sunilpatel" wrote in message
...
Hi how do you insert picture if you only know the filename not the
extention
Pic$ is a six digit code, but the file if it exists can be .bmp, .gif,
.jpeg , .jpg
I want to insert if exists regardless of picture type.

Please help

Thanks

sunil

I have...

If Dir(Path$ & Pic$) < "" Then
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(Path$ & Pic$).Select
Endif

If I knew the possible extensions, I'd just try them until I found it:

dim myExtensions as variant
dim eCtr as long
dim Pic as string
dim PicName as string
dim FoundIt as boolean
dim myPath as string

myextensions = array("bmp","gif","jpg", "jpeg")

pic = "123456"
mypath = "C:\something\"

foundit = false
for ectr = lbound(myextensions) to ubound(myextensions)
picname = mypath & pic & "." & myextensions(ectr)
if dir(picname) = "" then
'keep looking
else
exit for
foundit = true
end if
next ectr

if foundit = false then
msgbox "Not found"
else
'insert picname
end if


sunilpatel wrote:

Hi how do you insert picture if you only know the filename not the extention
Pic$ is a six digit code, but the file if it exists can be .bmp, .gif, .jpeg
, .jpg
I want to insert if exists regardless of picture type.

Please help

Thanks

sunil

I have...

If Dir(Path$ & Pic$) < "" Then
ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert(Path$ & Pic$).Select
Endif

--

Dave Peterson