Question

Rename a File to the same name as another file in a different folder

Asked by: gdunn59

I have an excel file that is in a particular folder.  I want to take the name of that file and name this other file that is in a different folder, with the same name, using VBA Code.

How can I do this?

Thanks,
gdunn59

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2009-05-14 at 12:50:30ID24410004
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Answers

 

by: satheeshmPosted on 2009-05-14 at 12:53:41ID: 24388975

Dim objFSO
Set objFSO = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.moveFile oldfilename, newfilename
Set objFSO = Nothing

filenames with complete path.

 

by: rockiroadsPosted on 2009-05-14 at 13:07:16ID: 24389114

you got a excel file in one folder eg a.xls in folder fred
you got a excel file in another folder eg b.xls in folder astaire

you want astaire/b.xls to be called a.xls?

WIll there only ever be one xls file in this particular folder?

this will return you the first xls file

dim sFile as string

sFile = dir$("c:\myparticularfolder\*.xls")

given this name, you can rename the other file

chdir("c:\otherdir")
filecopy oldname, sFile
kill oldname

 

by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-05-14 at 13:23:20ID: 24389290

In example (these aren't the real names), if I have a file in Folder1 named "Test" and a file in Folder2 called "Ready", and I want the file in Folder1 (Test)  to be named the same as the file in Folder2 (Ready), but want to retain the contents of the file in Folder1 (Test).  So in other words just change the name of the file (Test) to reflect the same name as the file (Ready), but don't overwrite the (Test) file in Folder1.

Hope this clarifies things.

Thanks,
gdunn59

 

by: rockiroadsPosted on 2009-05-14 at 13:39:54ID: 24389487

yes it does,

sFile = dir$("c:\folder2\*.xls")

returns the name of the first xls file it finds and assigns it to the variable sFile


filecopy oldname, sFile


is copying the file called oldname to a file called sFile

oldname is your Test name, and is making a copy to whatever the value was in sFile

since its a rename, we  delete the original, hence the kill

 

by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-05-14 at 15:23:48ID: 24390524

I tried that and I keep getting "file not found" when I do the filecopy command.

Could it be because they are two different file types.  One file is a text file and the other file is an excel file.

 

by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-05-14 at 15:26:26ID: 24390553

Here is the code I have that is giving me the error in my last posting:

sFileName2 = Dir$(sPath2 & "\" & "*.xls")
FileCopy sFileName, sFileName2

The sFileName is the text file.

 

by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-11-04 at 13:38:29ID: 25744233

I have the following code (see code below), but keep getting an error that the "file already exists":

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

Gina

sPath = "\\nq01ana001.wellpoint.com\senior\partd_ops\Part D POS\Originals\UncoveredRegions"
sFileName = "P#EFT_IN_P2_IFILE_D" & "" & sDateTime & ".txt"    'original
sFileNameExt = sPath & "\" & sFileName   ' Export Path and FileName for Text File
sFile = Dir$("\\nq01ana001.wellpoint.com\senior\partd_ops\Part D POS\Originals\UncoveredRegions\To Be Submitted\*.xls")
sFile2 = Left(sFile, 34)
 
Name sFileNameExt As sFile2 & ".txt"

                                              
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by: saurabh726Posted on 2009-11-05 at 16:49:50ID: 25755784

Gina,

You are getting this error because the file name that you are trying to rename it, There is another file with the same name exist in that folder. so either you manually delete that old file or move it into a different folder or you try something like this where i have assumed that you dont want the old file and im deleting it before creating your new file...

Saurabh...

sPath = "\\nq01ana001.wellpoint.com\senior\partd_ops\Part D POS\Originals\UncoveredRegions"
sFileName = "P#EFT_IN_P2_IFILE_D" & "" & sDateTime & ".txt"    'original
sFileNameExt = sPath & "\" & sFileName   ' Export Path and FileName for Text File
sFile = Dir$("\\nq01ana001.wellpoint.com\senior\partd_ops\Part D POS\Originals\UncoveredRegions\To Be Submitted\*.xls")
sFile2 = Left(sFile, 34)
 
If Len(Dir(sFileNameExt, vbDirectory)) = 0 Then
Name sFileNameExt As sFile2 & ".txt"
Else
Kill sFileNameExt
Name sFileNameExt As sFile2 & ".txt"
End If
 
                                              
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by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-11-05 at 19:14:52ID: 25756337

I checked before I ran the code, and there was not any other files in the directory.

 

by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-11-05 at 19:15:59ID: 25756342

I will try it with the IF Statement and see what happens.

Thanks

 

by: saurabh726Posted on 2009-11-05 at 22:25:13ID: 25756983

Did you try the code that  i gave to you..??

Saurabh...

 

by: gdunn59Posted on 2009-11-09 at 13:35:25ID: 25780368

saurabh726:

No I haven't tried it with the IF Statement yet.  Haven't had a chance yet.

Thanks,
gdunn59

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