XL2000: How to Convert All Files on a Server to Microsoft Excel (213699)

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NOTE: If you do not want to see each workbook that is opened and closed, add the following line to the beginning of the macro:

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
				

If you convert a large number of files, this line may cause the macro to appear to stop responding.

The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro converts the files in a folder and its subfolders:

Sub Converter()
    'Turns off alerts, allows duplicate files to be overwritten without prompts
    Application.DisplayAlerts = False
   
    MsgBox "The Macro will ask you to input the name of the directory" & _
    " to start in and the name of the directory to save files to." & _
    " These directories must already exist or the Macro will fail." & _
    " For example, use c:\My documents\start and c:\My documents\copy" & _
    " as Names of your directories to start in and copy to."

   'Initializes conversion conditions.
    SearchDir = InputBox("Input name of directory to start in.")
    FileExt = InputBox("Input extension of files to convert in the form *.xxx")
    SaveDir = InputBox("Input name of directory to save files to.")
    SearchSubs = MsgBox(prompt:="Do you want to include files in subdirectories?", Buttons:=vbYesNo)
   
   'Initializes the search.
    With Application.FileSearch
    .NewSearch
    .LookIn = SearchDir
   
    'Determines whether to search subdirectories.
    If SearchSubs = 6 Then
        .SearchSubFolders = True
        Else
        .SearchSubFolders = False
    End If
   
    'Determines file type to convert.
        .Filename = FileExt
        .MatchTextExactly = True
   
   'If the search found files, loops again, opens, and then resaves in the
   'Microsoft Excel workbook format
        If .Execute > 0 Then
        counter = 0
        For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
        counter = counter + 1
        Workbooks.Open Filename:=.FoundFiles(i)
   
    'Builds the new name by deleting the previous extension.
        ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:=SaveDir & "\" & _
        Left(ActiveWorkbook.Name, Len(ActiveWorkbook.Name) - 4), _
        FileFormat:=xlWorkbookNormal
        ActiveWorkbook.Close savechanges:=False
        Next i
   
   'Returns how many files were converted.
        MsgBox prompt:=counter & " files were converted"
        ElseIf .Execute = 0 Then
        MsgBox "No files were found, no files were converted"
    End If
   
    End With
End Sub