Create a folder and sub folder in Excel VBA

Question

I have a pull down menu of companies that is populated by a list on another sheet. Three columns, Company, Job #, and Part Number.

When a job is created I need a folder for said company and a sub-folder for said Part Number.

If you go down the path it would look like:

C:\Images\Company Name\Part Number\

If either company name or Part number exists don't create, or overwrite the old one. Just go to next step. So if both folders exist nothing happens, if one or both don't exist create as required.

Another question is there a way to make it so it works on Macs and PCs the same?

Answer 1

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
    Dim fso As Object
    Dim tdate As Date
    Dim fldrname As String
    Dim fldrpath As String

    tdate = Now()
    Set fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
    fldrname = Format(tdate, "dd-mm-yyyy")
    fldrpath = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\FSO\" & fldrname
    If Not fso.folderexists(fldrpath) Then
        fso.createfolder (fldrpath)
    End If
End Sub

Answer 2

'requires reference to Microsoft Scripting Runtime
Function MkDir(ByVal strDir As String)
    Dim fso: Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    If Not fso.FolderExists(strDir) Then
        ' create parent folder if not exist (recursive)
        MkDir (fso.GetParentFolderName(strDir))
        ' doesn't exist, so create the folder
        fso.CreateFolder strDir
    End If
End Function

Answer 3

One sub and two functions. The sub builds your path and use the functions to check if the path exists and create if not. If the full path exists already, it will just pass on by. This will work on PC, but you will have to check what needs to be modified to work on Mac as well.

'requires reference to Microsoft Scripting Runtime
Sub MakeFolder()

Dim strComp As String, strPart As String, strPath As String

strComp = Range("A1") ' assumes company name in A1
strPart = CleanName(Range("C1")) ' assumes part in C1
strPath = "C:\Images\"

If Not FolderExists(strPath & strComp) Then 
'company doesn't exist, so create full path
    FolderCreate strPath & strComp & "\" & strPart
Else
'company does exist, but does part folder
    If Not FolderExists(strPath & strComp & "\" & strPart) Then
        FolderCreate strPath & strComp & "\" & strPart
    End If
End If

End Sub

Function FolderCreate(ByVal path As String) As Boolean

FolderCreate = True
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject

If Functions.FolderExists(path) Then
    Exit Function
Else
    On Error GoTo DeadInTheWater
    fso.CreateFolder path ' could there be any error with this, like if the path is really screwed up?
    Exit Function
End If

DeadInTheWater:
    MsgBox "A folder could not be created for the following path: " & path & ". Check the path name and try again."
    FolderCreate = False
    Exit Function

End Function

Function FolderExists(ByVal path As String) As Boolean

FolderExists = False
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject

If fso.FolderExists(path) Then FolderExists = True

End Function

Function CleanName(strName as String) as String
'will clean part # name so it can be made into valid folder name
'may need to add more lines to get rid of other characters

    CleanName = Replace(strName, "/","")
    CleanName = Replace(CleanName, "*","")
    etc...

End Function

Answer 4

        Sub MakeAllPath(ByVal PS$)
Dim PP$
If PS <> "" Then
    ' chop any end  name
    PP = Left(PS, InStrRev(PS, "\") - 1)
    ' if not there so build it
    If Dir(PP, vbDirectory) = "" Then
        MakeAllPath Left(PP, InStrRev(PS, "\") - 1)
        ' if not back to drive then  build on what is there
        If Right(PP, 1) <> ":" Then MkDir PP
    End If
End If

End Sub

'Martins loop version above is better than MY recursive version 'so improve to below

Sub MakeAllDir(PathS$)

' format "K:\firstfold\secf\fold3"

If Dir(PathS) = vbNullString Then

' else do not bother

Dim LI&, MYPath$, BuildPath$, PathStrArray$()

PathStrArray = Split(PathS, "\")

  BuildPath = PathStrArray(0) & "\"    '

  If Dir(BuildPath) = vbNullString Then 

' trap problem of no drive :\ path given

     If vbYes = MsgBox(PathStrArray(0) & "< not there for >" & PathS & " try to append to " & CurDir, vbYesNo) Then
        BuildPath = CurDir & "\"
     Else
        Exit Sub
     End If
  End If
  '
  ' loop through required folders
  '
  For LI = 1 To UBound(PathStrArray)
     BuildPath = BuildPath & PathStrArray(LI) & "\"
     If Dir(BuildPath, vbDirectory) = vbNullString Then MkDir BuildPath
  Next LI

End If

' was already there

End Sub

' use like 'MakeAllDir "K:\bil\joan\Johno"

'MakeAllDir "K:\bil\joan\Fredso"

'MakeAllDir "K:\bil\tom\wattom"

'MakeAllDir "K:\bil\herb\watherb"

'MakeAllDir "K:\bil\herb\Jim"

'MakeAllDir "bil\joan\wat" ' default drive

Answer 5

Never tried with non Windows systems, but here's the one I have in my library, pretty easy to use. No special library reference required.

Function CreateFolder(ByVal sPath As String) As Boolean
'by Patrick Honorez - www.idevlop.com
'create full sPath at once, if required
'returns False if folder does not exist and could NOT be created, True otherwise
'sample usage: If CreateFolder("C:\toto\test\test") Then debug.print "OK"
'updated 20130422 to handle UNC paths correctly ("\\MyServer\MyShare\MyFolder")

    Dim fs As Object 
    Dim FolderArray
    Dim Folder As String, i As Integer, sShare As String

    If Right(sPath, 1) = "\" Then sPath = Left(sPath, Len(sPath) - 1)
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    'UNC path ? change 3 "\" into 3 "@"
    If sPath Like "\\*\*" Then
        sPath = Replace(sPath, "\", "@", 1, 3)
    End If
    'now split
    FolderArray = Split(sPath, "\")
    'then set back the @ into \ in item 0 of array
    FolderArray(0) = Replace(FolderArray(0), "@", "\", 1, 3)
    On Error GoTo hell
    'start from root to end, creating what needs to be
    For i = 0 To UBound(FolderArray) Step 1
        Folder = Folder & FolderArray(i) & "\"
        If Not fs.FolderExists(Folder) Then
            fs.CreateFolder (Folder)
        End If
    Next
    CreateFolder = True
hell:
End Function

Answer 6

This is a recursive version that works with letter drives as well as UNC. I used the error catching to implement it but if anyone can do one without, I would be interested to see it. This approach works from the branches to the root so it will be somewhat usable when you don't have permissions in the root and lower parts of the directory tree.

' Reverse create directory path. This will create the directory tree from the top    down to the root.
' Useful when working on network drives where you may not have access to the directories close to the root
Sub RevCreateDir(strCheckPath As String)
    On Error GoTo goUpOneDir:
    If Len(Dir(strCheckPath, vbDirectory)) = 0 And Len(strCheckPath) > 2 Then
        MkDir strCheckPath
    End If
    Exit Sub
' Only go up the tree if error code Path not found (76).
goUpOneDir:
    If Err.Number = 76 Then
        Call RevCreateDir(Left(strCheckPath, InStrRev(strCheckPath, "\") - 1))
        Call RevCreateDir(strCheckPath)
    End If
End Sub