FileTools is a small VBA library that is useful for interacting with the file system.
Supports OneDrive/SharePoint/UNC path conversion to local drive path (GetLocalPath) and viceversa (GetRemotePath) written in collaboration with Guido (@guwidoe / GWD). See relevant SO Answer written by Guido. Many thanks to him!
Just import the following code module(s) in your VBA Project:
- LibFileTools.bas
- UDF_FileTools.bas (optional - works in MS Excel interface only, with exposed User Defined Functions)
A couple of demoes saved in the Demo module.
Public/Exposed methods:
- BrowseForFiles (Windows only)
- BrowseForFolder (Windows only)
- BuildPath
- ConvertText
- CopyFile
- CopyFolder
- CreateFolder
- DecodeURL
- DeleteFile
- DeleteFolder
- FixFileName
- FixPathSeparators
- GetFileOwner (Windows only)
- GetFiles
- GetFolders
- GetKnownFolderCLSID (Windows only)
- GetKnownFolderPath (Windows only)
- GetLocalPath (covers UNC/OneDrive/SharePoint paths)
- GetRelativePath
- GetRemotePath (covers UNC/OneDrive/SharePoint paths)
- GetSpecialFolderConstant (Mac only)
- GetSpecialFolderDomain (Mac only)
- GetSpecialFolderPath (Mac only)
- IsFile
- IsFolder
- IsFolderEditable
- MoveFile
- MoveFolder
- ParentFolder
- ReadBytes
Please note that GetLocalPath(path) can handle only unencoded URL paths. For encoded paths use GetLocalPath(DecodeURL(path))!
- No extra library references are needed (e.g. Microsoft Scripting Runtime)
- Works in any host Application (Excel, Word, AutoCAD etc.)
- Works on both Windows and Mac. On Mac, 3 of the methods are not available
- Works in both x32 and x64 application environments
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2012 Ion Cristian Buse
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