Macro to Print All Documents in a Directory

ID: Q107687

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

The following Word 6.0 for Windows macro can be used to print all the documents found in an MS-DOS folder.

MORE INFORMATION

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Sub MAIN

doc$ = Files$("*.DOC") While doc$ <> ""

 FilePrint .FileName = doc$
 doc$ = Files$()

Wend

End Sub

The above macro uses the Files$() function and FilePrint statement to print the documents with a .DOC file extension in the current folder.

You can customize the above macro to print files from a specified folder by adding a ChDir statement at the top of the macro.

   ChDir "C:\WinWord"   'changes the current folder to C:\WINWORD

Note: By specifying "*.DOC" on the first iteration and omitting it thereafter, you can use the Files$() function to generate a list of files. If no files match, an empty string ("") is returned.

This same idea can be used to create a list of file names in the current folder. The following example macro creates a new document with the file names from the current folder.

Sub MAIN

FileNewDefault doc$ = Files$("*.*") While doc$ <> ""

 Insert doc$
 InsertPara
 doc$ = Files$()

Wend

End Sub

Kbcategory: kbusage kbmacro KBSubcategory: Additional query words: 6.0 print document FilePrint word6 word7 6.0a 6.0c 7.0 word95 winword Files$() FilePrintAll

Version           : 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1997