Managing Excel 2011 Mac VBA in Subfolders

As a VBA developer using Excel 2011 on a Mac, you may have encountered issues when trying to manage your xlsm files across multiple subfolders within your parent folder. If this sounds familiar, then read on to discover how you can overcome this hurdle.

In your code, you have already successfully managed to loop through all the files in a specific folder and perform various tasks. However, when it comes to dealing with subfolders, things become more complicated. Unlike the Windows version of Excel, which provides an easy way to navigate through subfolders using the `Dir` function, Mac users are left without this convenient option.

One possible solution is to use the `FileSystemObject` object in your VBA code. This object allows you to interact with files and folders on your system, including navigating through subfolders. To get started, you will need to declare a variable to represent the file system object, such as:

```

Dim fso As Object

Set fso = CreateObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')

```

Next, you can use the `GetFolder` method to specify the parent folder containing your xlsm files. For example:

```

Dim parentFolder As Variant

parentFolder = 'Projects'

Dim subfolder As Object

subfolder = fso.GetFolder(parentFolder)

```

You can then loop through each file in the specified subfolder using a `For Each` loop:

```

Dim file As Object

For Each file In subfolder.Files

If LCase(file.Name) Like '*.xlsm' Then

' Perform your tasks here

End If

Next file

```

In this example, we are checking if the file name matches the '*.xlsm' pattern using the `Like` operator. You can then use the `file.Path` property to access the full path of each xlsm file.

By incorporating these techniques into your VBA code, you should be able to manage your Excel files across multiple subfolders within your parent folder with ease.

Additional Tip

If you are new to VBA programming or struggling to understand how to implement this solution, consider recording a macro in Excel and then tweaking the resulting code to suit your specific needs. This can help you learn by example and save time in the long run.

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