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Find folder with two unknown parameters

Hi

Need to find a folder in a path like

\\servername\knownfoldername\unknownfoldername\partiallyknownfoldername

I need the ouput to be the unknownfoldername. I know that there is exactly one possible value.

For the partiallyknownfoldername there may be multiple values.

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This should get you started:
Option Explicit

Const strPath = "\\servername\knownfoldername" ' fill in the base path here

Dim arrSearch, objFSO, objFolder, objSubFolder, objSubSubFolder, strPartialName

arrSearch = Array("partiallyknownfoldername", "xyz") ' find one of these values in sub-subfolder names

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strPath)
For Each objSubFolder In objFolder.SubFolders
	For Each objSubSubFolder In objSubFolder.SubFolders
		For Each strPartialName In arrSearch
			If InStr( LCase(objSubSubFolder.Name), LCase(strPartialName) ) > 0 Then
				MsgBox "Found '" & objSubSubFolder.Name & "' in '" & objSubFolder.Name & "'."
			End If
		Next
	Next
Next
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing

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Did that get the job done, or did you need something different?

~bp
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Hi
It looked quite simple, but I get the error "invalid outside procedure" when I get to "partialfoldername", so I can't get it to run.

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Sorry, should have seen the problem myself. Works perfectly. Thanks.
However, I wonder why I get hourglass after the msgbox. Should the End if not kill the sub instantly? Is it just the closing down which is slow?

Do you know if the same result could have been accomplished with the Dir command?

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While the msgbox is open you mean? That would be logical as the msgbox blocks the program. Or after you press OK? It will keep checking the rest of the folders but it shouldn't take very long unless you've got 1000s of folders.

"Dir" could be possible but I've done very little with that, I think it has a lot fewer options than you get with the FileSystemObject.
So, this may or may not still interest you, but I felt challenged to find a solution with VBA's Dir command and here it is, maybe not the most elegant but works for me ;-)
Option Explicit

Const strPath = "\\servername\knownfoldername" ' fill in the base path here

Sub runcode2()
    Dim dn As String
    Dim arrdn() As String
    Dim cntdn As Integer
    cntdn = -1
    dn = Dir(strPath & "\", vbDirectory) ' note: returns all entries, files as well
    While dn <> ""
        If dn <> "." And dn <> ".." And (GetAttr(strPath & "\" & dn) And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then
            cntdn = cntdn + 1
            ReDim Preserve arrdn(cntdn)
            arrdn(cntdn) = dn
        End If
        dn = Dir
    Wend
    Dim arrSearch
    arrSearch = Array("partiallyknownfoldername", "xyz") ' find one of these values in sub-subfolder names
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To cntdn
        Dim pn
        For Each pn In arrSearch
            'Debug.Print "checking: " & arrdn(i) & " for '*" & pn & "*'"
            dn = Dir(strPath & "\" & arrdn(i) & "\*" & pn & "*", vbDirectory)
            While dn <> ""
                If (GetAttr(strPath & "\" & arrdn(i) & "\" & dn) And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then
                    Debug.Print "found: " & dn & " under " & arrdn(i)
                    i = cntdn ' exit outer For as well
                    Exit For
                End If
                dn = Dir
            Wend
        Next
    Next
End Sub

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Yes, still interested. And I'm going to check it out. In the end the task is to create a script that doesn't break the server or the computer and is more or less independent of any speciel configuration on the actual computer. And to an extent backward compatible.

I guess that if the the filesystem is very large an complex, one might create a small database as an alternative to searching the filesystem. Someday classic filesystems as such stop to exist and then we do it in another way :-)

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Everlas