Excel File Directory - List NEW Files only

**lilanngel** · 01-09-2013, 02:46 PM

I've found lots of Excel VBA code for creating a file directory in Excel, and they have been absolutely wonderful.

I've created a file directory using file paths and file names (and have about 20 files in there). However, since it's a shared folder, people will be adding new files to it all the time. If I click the "Grab Files" button again, I end up duplicating the original 20 files, and getting additional (new) files.

Is there a way to setup this directory to include ONLY the new files by "updating" it? Perhaps it can check which files are already listed in the file directory - and add only the new ones to the list? Is this possible? Any help would be great!! Thank you!

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**OllieB** · 01-09-2013, 02:51 PM

Please have a look at a solution I wrote for a similar request today

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...-in-order.html

This solution uses a dictionary object to keep track of the file already in the register

**OllieB** · 01-09-2013, 02:52 PM

Please have a look at a solution I wrote for a similar request today

http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...-in-order.html

This solution uses a dictionary object to keep track of the file already in the register

**TMS** · 01-09-2013, 03:54 PM

Perhaps a naive question, but why don't you just clear the output sheet at the start of the macro.

Seems a lot of effort to go to add new files ... which implies checking each file against the existing list and, if it doesn't exist, add it. If it does, ignore it. You still have to loop through the entire folder/sub-folder structure.

Just a thought.

Regards, TMS