Insert into a document the names of all files in a selected folder
Article contributed by Bill Coan
Sub InsertNamesOfFilesInAFolder()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim MyName As String
'let user select a path
With Dialogs(wdDialogCopyFile)
If .Display() <> -1
Then Exit Sub
MyPath = .Directory
End With
'strip quotation marks from path
If Len(MyPath) = 0
Then Exit Sub
If Asc(MyPath) = 34
Then
MyPath = Mid$(MyPath, 2, Len(MyPath) - 2)
End If
'get files from the selected path
'and insert them into the doc
MyName = Dir$(MyPath & "*.*")
Do While MyName <> ""
Selection.InsertAfter MyName & vbCr
MyName = Dir
Loop
'collapse the selection
Selection.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
End Sub
