Function GetAllFiles(ByVal path As String, ByVal filespec As String, _
Optional RecurseDirs As Boolean) As Collection
Dim spec As Variant
Dim file As Variant
Dim subdir As Variant
Dim subdirs As New Collection
Dim specs() As String
' initialize the result
Set GetAllFiles = New Collection
DoEvents
' ensure that path has a trailing backslash
If Right$(path, 1) <> "\" Then path = path & "\"
' get the list of provided file specifications
specs() = Split(filespec, ";")
' this is necessary to ignore duplicates in result
' caused by overlapping file specifications
On Error Resume Next
' at each iteration search for a different filespec
For Each spec In specs
' start the search
file = Dir$(path & spec)
Do While Len(file)
' we've found a new file
file = path & file
GetAllFiles.Add file, file
fCount = fCount + 1: fcountlbl.Caption = fCount & " files found..."
' get ready for the next iteration
file = Dir$
Loop
Next
' first, build the list of subdirectories to be searched
If RecurseDirs Then
' get the collection of subdirectories
' start the search
file = Dir$(path & "*.*", vbDirectory)
Do While Len(file)
' we've found a new directory
If file = "." Or file = ".." Then
' exclude the "." and ".." entries
ElseIf (GetAttr(path & file) And vbDirectory) = 0 Then
' ignore regular files
Else
' this is a directory, include the path in the collection
file = path & file
subdirs.Add file, file
End If
' get next directory
file = Dir$
Loop
' parse each subdirectory
For Each subdir In subdirs
' use GetAllFiles recursively
For Each file In GetAllFiles(subdir, filespec, True)
GetAllFiles.Add file, file
Next
Next
End If
End Function
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