write a vba code for excel which will rename multiple files for multiple folders of parent directory, please ask for path of parent directory also also what has to be replaced from old file naming is mentioned in cell E10 and what new character should be added to replacing old is mentioned in cell F10
Sure, I can help you with that. Here's a VBA code snippet that you can use to rename multiple files in multiple folders within a parent directory in Excel:
Sub RenameFiles() Dim parentPath As String Dim oldName As String Dim newName As String Dim folderPath As String Dim fileName As String Dim folder As Object Dim subFolder As Object Dim file As Object 'Get parent directory path from user parentPath = InputBox("Enter the path of the parent directory:") 'Get the name to replace from cell E10 oldName = Range("E10").Value 'Get the new character to add from cell F10 newName = Range("F10").Value 'Check if the parent directory exists If Dir(parentPath, vbDirectory) <> "" Then 'Loop through all subfolders in the parent directory For Each folder In CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(parentPath).subfolders folderPath = folder.Path 'Loop through all files in each subfolder For Each file In CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(folderPath).Files fileName = file.Name 'Rename the file if the old name is found If InStr(fileName, oldName) > 0 Then 'Replace the old name with the new character fileName = Replace(fileName, oldName, newName) file.Name = fileName End If Next file 'Loop through all subfolders within subfolders For Each subFolder In CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(folderPath).subfolders For Each file In CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(subFolder.Path).Files 'Rename the file if the old name is found If InStr(file.Name, oldName) > 0 Then 'Replace the old name with the new character file.Name = Replace(file.Name, oldName, newName) End If Next file Next subFolder Next folder MsgBox "Files renamed successfully!" Else MsgBox "Parent directory not found!" End If End Sub
In this code, you will be prompted to enter the path of the parent directory when you run the macro. The old to be replaced should be in cell E10, and the new character to be added should be in cell F10. The code will recursively go through the subfolders within the parent directory and rename any files that contain the old name with the new character.
Please note that it's essential to double-check the path and be cautious when renaming files. Make sure to test the code on a backup of your files before running it on actual data.
rewrite below code, it should ask for what has to be replaced and also ask with what Sub sagar() Dim ParentFolder As String Dim FileExt As String Dim FolderPath As String Dim Folder As Object Dim File As Object Dim NewFileName As String ' Prompt for the parent directory path ParentFolder = InputBox("Enter the parent directory path:") ' Prompt for the file extension FileExt = InputBox("Enter the file extension (e.g., .txt):") ' Check if the parent directory exists If Dir(ParentFolder, vbDirectory) = "" Then MsgBox "The specified parent directory does not exist." Exit Sub End If ' Loop through all subfolders in the parent directory FolderPath = Dir(ParentFolder & "*", vbDirectory) Do While FolderPath <> "" If FolderPath <> "." And FolderPath <> ".." Then ' Iterate through files in the current folder Set Folder = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(ParentFolder & FolderPath) For Each File In Folder.Files If Right(File.Name, Len(FileExt)) = FileExt Then ' Replace "en-int" with "en-gb" in the file name NewFileName = Replace(File.Name, "en-gb", "en-int") ' Rename the file Name ParentFolder & FolderPath & "" & File.Name As ParentFolder & FolderPath & "" & NewFileName End If Next File End If FolderPath = Dir ' Get the next folder Loop End Sub
Sure, here is your revised VBA code with the prompts for entering the text to be replaced and the replacement text:
Sub sagar() Dim ParentFolder As String Dim FileExt As String Dim FolderPath As String Dim Folder As Object Dim File As Object Dim NewFileName As String Dim strReplace As String Dim strWith As String ' Prompt for the parent directory path ParentFolder = InputBox("Enter the parent directory path:") ' Prompt for the file extension FileExt = InputBox("Enter the file extension (e.g., .txt):") ' Prompt for the text to be replaced strReplace = InputBox("Enter the text to be replaced in file name:") ' Prompt for the new text to replace the old text strWith = InputBox("Enter the new text to replace the old text:") ' Check if the parent directory exists If Dir(ParentFolder, vbDirectory) = "" Then MsgBox "The specified parent directory does not exist." Exit Sub End If ' Loop through all subfolders in the parent directory FolderPath = Dir(ParentFolder & "*", vbDirectory) Do While FolderPath <> "" If FolderPath <> "." And FolderPath <> ".." Then ' Iterate through files in the current folder Set Folder = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(ParentFolder & FolderPath) For Each File In Folder.Files If Right(File.Name, Len(FileExt)) = FileExt Then ' Replace strReplace with strWith in the file name NewFileName = Replace(File.Name, strReplace, strWith) ' Rename the file Name ParentFolder & FolderPath & "\" & File.Name As ParentFolder & FolderPath & "\" & NewFileName End If Next File End If FolderPath = Dir ' Get the next folder Loop End Sub
In this code, you will be prompted to enter the parent directory path, file extension, text to be replaced, and replacement text when you run the macro.
please ask for 3 types for file extension and all 3 types of extension should be renamed. also if user entered less then three types of extension then too macro should run
Sure, here is your updated VBA code where user will be asked to provide three file extensions, as well as texts to replace and what to replace with. If the user provides fewer than three types, the macro will still run for the provided types:
Sub sagar() Dim ParentFolder As String Dim FileExt(1 To 3) As String FolderPath As String Dim Folder As Object Dim File As Object Dim NewFileName As String Dim strReplace As String Dim strWith As String Dim i As Integer ' Prompt for the parent directory path ParentFolder = InputBox("Enter the parent directory path:") ' Prompt for the file extensions For i = 1 To 3 FileExt(i) = InputBox("Enter the file extension " & i & " (e.g., .txt). Leave blank if not applicable:") Next i ' Prompt for the text to be replaced strReplace = InputBox("Enter the text to be replaced in file name:") ' Prompt for the new text to the old text strWith = InputBox("Enter the new text to replace the old text:") ' Check if the parent directory exists If Dir(ParentFolder, vbDirectory) = "" Then MsgBox "The specified parent directory does not exist." Exit Sub End If ' Loop through all subfolders in the parent directory FolderPath = Dir(ParentFolder & "*", vbDirectory) Do While FolderPath <> "" If FolderPath <> "." And FolderPath <> ".." Then ' Iterate through in the current folder Set Folder = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(ParentFolder & FolderPath) For Each File In Folder.Files For i = 1 To 3 IfExt(i) <> "" And Right(File.Name, Len(FileExt(i))) = FileExt(i) Then ' Replace strReplace with strWith in the file name NewFileName = Replace(File.Name, strReplace, strWith) ' Rename the file Name ParentFolder & FolderPath & "\" & File.Name As ParentFolder & FolderPath & "\" & NewFileName End If Next i Next File End If FolderPath = Dir ' Get the next folder Loop End Sub
In this code snippet, an array is used to store three file extensions (FileExt(1 To 3)). It loops over each file extension and checks each against the file names. Only if the resulting extensions and the user-provided extensions match are the files renamed.
only first extension which was added was renamed, i have entered all 3 extension files naming should be done for all 3 types of files
Apologies for the confusion. I believe I misunderstood your original request. Here's a VBA code:
Sub sagar() Dim ParentFolder As String Dim FileExt(1 To 3) As String Dim FolderPath As String Dim Folder As Object Dim File As Object Dim NewFileName As String Dim strReplace As String Dim strWith As String Dim i As Integer ' Prompt for the directory path ParentFolder = InputBox("Enter the parent directory path:") ' Prompt for the file extensions For i = 1 To 3 FileExt(i) = InputBox("Enter the file extension " & i & " (e.g., .txt). Leave blank if not applicable:") Next i ' Prompt for the text to be replaced strReplace = InputBox("Enter the text to be replaced in file name:") ' Prompt for the new text to replace the old text strWith = InputBox("Enter the new text to replace the old text:") ' Check if the parent directory exists If Dir(ParentFolder, vbDirectory) = "" Then MsgBox "The specified parent directory does not exist." Exit Sub End If ' Loop through all folders in the parent directory FolderPath = Dir(ParentFolder & "*", vbDirectory) Do While FolderPath <> "" If FolderPath <> "." And FolderPath <> ".." Then ' Iterate through files in the current folder Set Folder = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetFolder(ParentFolder & FolderPath) For Each File In Folder.Files For i = 1 To 3 If FileExt(i) <> "" And Right(File.Name, Len(FileExt(i))) = FileExt(i) Then ' Replace strReplace with strWith in the file name NewFileName = Replace(File.Name, strReplace, strWith) ' Rename the file Name ParentFolder & FolderPath & "\" & File.Name As ParentFolder & FolderPath & "\" & NewFileName End If Next i Next File End If FolderPath = Dir Loop End Sub
In this updated code, it separately checks each file against all three given extensions. If a file matches any of the given extensions, the renaming operation is applied.
dont ask user three time to add the extension iether create a window where there will be list of file naming extensions, .indd, .idml, .jpg & .pdf and then user will selecte multiple choices
To implement this, you would need to use a UserForm so that you can select multiple items from a list box at once. Here is a simplified example of how you could implement this:
Step 1: From the VBA Editor, click on Insert > UserForm
to create a new UserForm.
Step 2: In the toolbox, click on ListBox (it may look like a squared dotted grid), and then click/drag on the UserForm to place the ListBox.
Step 3: Set the MultiSelect
property of the ListBox to 1 - fmMultiSelectMulti
Step 4: Double-click on the UserForm and put the following code in the code module of the UserForm:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize() With Me.ListBox1 .AddItem ".indd" .AddItem ".idml" .AddItem ".jpg" .AddItem ".pdf" End With End Sub
Step 5: Add a Button to UserForm and to get selected items from ListBox when button clicked use following code:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click() Dim i As Integer Dim FileExtensions As String For i = 0 To Me.ListBox1.ListCount - 1 If Me.ListBox1.Selected(i) Then FileExtensions = FileExtensions & Me.ListBox1.List(i) & "," End If Next i Hide End Sub
Step 6: Then you could use the UserForm
from your sagar
subroutine:
Sub Sagar() Dim UserForm1 As New UserForm1 UserForm1.Show Dim FileExt() As String FileExt = Split(UserForm1.Output, ",") ' the rest of your code... '... and change the loop that checks the file extensions to something like this: For Each Ext In FileExt If Right(File.Name, Len(Ext)) = Ext Then ' Perform the replacement operation End If Next Ext End Sub
Please note, you must replace UserForm1
and ListBox1
the name of your UserForm and ListBox. This is a simplified example and you might need to adjust it to fit it into your code. Also, if you want to prevent the usage of the Excel spreadsheet while the form is showing, you should change UserForm1.Show
to UserForm1.Show vbModal
.