I had a previous question where I needed to search a single folder for the 3 latest files in that folder then copy those 3 files to a new folder - this question got answered and the thread can be found here:
Identify and Copy latest files in directory
The next issue I have now is:
1) I have a main folder with 20 sub-folders
2) Everyday around 7AM, a new csv extract is added to each sub-folder
2) I need to search through each individual sub-folder and find the latest (the current days) file added to that sub-folder
3) I then need to copy each individual file from its respective sub-folder and place ALL the files in ONE folder - there's no chance of the filenames ever being the same
I have 2 code solutions I need to combine into one:
Solution 1 (Can be found in the link above): This one will copy ALL files found in a single directory based on the current date to a separate folder
Option Explicit
Dim FolderToCheck, FolderDestination, FileExt, mostRecent, noFiles, fso, fileList, file, filecounter, oShell, strHomeFolder
' Enumerate current user's home path - we will use that by default later if nothing specified in commandline
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strHomeFolder = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERPROFILE%")
'Variables -----
folderToCheck = strHomeFolder & "\Desktop\Terminations" ' Folder Source to check for recent files to copy FROM
folderDestination = strHomeFolder & "\Desktop\Terminations\Sorted" ' Destination Folder where to copy files TO
fileExt = "csv" ' Extension we are searching for
mostRecent = 3 ' Most Recent number of files to copy
' --------------
PreProcessing() ' Retrieve Command Line Parameters
' Display what we are intending on doing
wscript.echo "Checking Source: " & FolderToCheck
wscript.echo "For Files of type: " & FileExt
wscript.echo "Copying most recent "& mostRecent &" file(s) to: " & FolderDestination & "."
noFiles = TRUE
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fileList = CreateObject("ADOR.Recordset")
fileList.Fields.append "name", 200, 255
fileList.Fields.Append "date", 7
fileList.Open
If fso.FolderExists(FolderToCheck) Then
For Each file In fso.GetFolder(FolderToCheck).files
If LCase(fso.GetExtensionName(file)) = LCase(FileExt) then
fileList.AddNew
fileList("name").Value = File.Path
fileList("date").Value = File.DateLastModified
fileList.Update
If noFiles Then noFiles = FALSE
End If
Next
If Not(noFiles) Then
wscript.echo fileList.recordCount & " File(s) found. Sorting and copying last " & mostRecent &"..."
fileList.Sort = "date DESC"
If Not(fileList.EOF) Then
fileList.MoveFirst
If fileList.recordCount < mostRecent Then
wscript.echo "WARNING: " & mostRecent &" file(s) specified but only " & fileList.recordcount & " file(s) match criteria. Adjusted to " & fileList.RecordCount & "."
mostRecent = fileList.recordcount
End If
fileCounter = 0
Do Until fileList.EOF Or fileCounter => mostRecent
If Not(fso.FolderExists(folderDestination)) Then
wscript.echo "Destination Folder did not exist. Creating..."
fso.createFolder folderDestination
End If
fso.copyfile fileList("name"), folderDestination & "\", True
wscript.echo fileList("date").value & vbTab & fileList("name")
fileList.moveNext
fileCounter = fileCounter + 1
Loop
Else
wscript.echo "An unexpected error has occured."
End If
Else
wscript.echo "No matching """ & FileExt &""" files were found in """ & foldertocheck & """ to copy."
End If
Else
wscript.echo "Error: Source folder does not exist """ & foldertocheck & """."
End If
fileList.Close
Function PreProcessing
Dim source, destination, ext, recent
' Initialize some variables
Set source = Nothing
Set destination = Nothing
Set ext = Nothing
Set recent = Nothing
source = wscript.arguments.Named.Item("source")
destination = wscript.arguments.Named.Item("destination")
ext = wscript.arguments.Named.Item("ext")
recent = wscript.arguments.Named.Item("recent")
If source <> "" Then FolderToCheck = source
If destination <> "" Then FolderDestination = destination
If ext <> "" Then FileExt = ext
If recent <> "" Then mostRecent = int(recent)
End Function
Solution 2: This solution will recursively copy files from sub-folders within a directory based on file type to a separate folder
Dim objFSO : Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objStartFolder : objStartFolder = "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party"
Dim objDestFolder : objDestFolder = "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder"
Dim objFolder : Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)
Dim Subfolder
Dim colFiles
Dim objFile
Set objDestFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objDestFolder)
CopySubFolders objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)
Sub CopySubFolders(Folder)
For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(Subfolder.Path)
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
If instr(objFile.path,"3rd Party") AND lcase(Right(objFile.Name,4))=".csv" Then
'Wscript.echo "Copying File:" & objFile.path
ObjFSO.CopyFile objFile.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\"
End If
If instr(objFile.path,"3rd Party") AND lcase(Right(objFile.Name,4))=".xlsx" Then
'Wscript.echo "Copying File:" & objFile.path
ObjFSO.CopyFile objFile.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\"
End If
If instr(objFile.path,"3rd Party") AND lcase(Right(objFile.Name,4))=".xls" Then
'Wscript.echo "Copying File:" & objFile.path
ObjFSO.CopyFile objFile.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\"
End If
Next
CopySubFolders Subfolder
Next
End Sub
So what I need is to search through the sub folders and copy the files in each folder based on 2 things: That the date last modified is the current date and that the file type is either csv, xls or xlsx.
I also found a code snippet that is supposed to skip certain folders, but if I place this code inside the For Each loop then it just bombs out - "Expected Statement".
Here is the code:
If Subfolder.Name <> "Exchange" and Subfolder.Name <> "HR_Daily_terminations" and Subfolder.Name <> "pay" and Subfolder.Name <> "Terminations" and Subfolder.Name <> "Work Folder" Then
Just before the Fore Each loop ends, I put the End If statement.
So it would look like this:
For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
If Subfolder.Name <> "Exchange" and Subfolder.Name <> "HR_Daily_terminations" and Subfolder.Name <> "pay" and Subfolder.Name <> "Terminations" and Subfolder.Name <> "Work Folder" Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(Subfolder.Path)
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
If instr(objFile.path,"3rd Party") AND lcase(Right(objFile.Name,4))=".csv" Then
'Wscript.echo "Copying File:" & objFile.path
ObjFSO.CopyFile objFile.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\"
End If
If instr(objFile.path,"3rd Party") AND lcase(Right(objFile.Name,4))=".xlsx" Then
'Wscript.echo "Copying File:" & objFile.path
ObjFSO.CopyFile objFile.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\"
End If
If instr(objFile.path,"3rd Party") AND lcase(Right(objFile.Name,4))=".xls" Then
'Wscript.echo "Copying File:" & objFile.path
ObjFSO.CopyFile objFile.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder\"
End If
End If
Next
CopySubFolders Subfolder
Next
Please note I have found the solution to the problem above and the code is below:
' Require variables to be defined
Option Explicit
' Global variables
Dim strBaseFolder
Dim strDestFolder
Dim objFSO
Dim objFolder
Dim objFile
' Define folders to work with
strBaseFolder = "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party"
strDestFolder = "C:\Users\Desktop\3rd Party\Work Folder"
' Create filesystem object
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Exit if base folder does not exist
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strBaseFolder) Then
Wscript.Echo "Missing base folder : """ & strBaseFolder & """"
Wscript.Quit
End If
' Exit if dest folder does not exist
If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strDestFolder) Then
Wscript.Echo "Missing dest folder : """ & strDestFolder & """"
Wscript.Quit
End If
' Look at each subfolder of base folder
For Each objFolder In objFSO.GetFolder(strBaseFolder).SubFolders
' Continue if we want this folder
If IncludeFolder(objFolder) Then
' Check each file in this folder
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
' Continue if we want this file
If IncludeFile(objFile) Then
' Copy the file
'Wscript.Echo "Copying File :""" & objFile.Path & """"
objFile.Copy strDestFolder & "\" & objFile.Name
End If
Next
End If
Next
' Logic to determine if we process a folder
Function IncludeFolder(objFolder)
' Exclude certain folder names
Select Case LCase(objFolder.Name)
Case "exchange", "hr_daily_terminations", "pay", "terminations", "work folder"
IncludeFolder = False
Case Else
IncludeFolder = True
End Select
End Function
' Logic to determine if we process a file
Function IncludeFile(objFile)
IncludeFile = False
Select Case LCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(objFile.Path))
' Include only these extensions
Case "csv", "xls", "xlsx"
' Include only files dated today
If DateDiff("d", objFile.DateLastModified, Now) = 0 Then
IncludeFile = True
End If
End Select
End Function