[RESOLVED] Get at sub folders in a special folder

[Resource Dragon]

I am trying to get into sub folders inside a special folder (the temp folder) programmatically and I am not having a lot of success. With Microsoft Scripting Runtime added to the references, the code:

Sub GetTempFolder_2()
    Dim FSO As Object, TmpFolder As Object
    Dim sPath As String
    Dim ft As File
    Dim tempfiles As Files
    
    Set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
    Set TmpFolder = FSO.GetSpecialFolder(2)
    Set tempfiles = TmpFolder.Files
    sPath = TmpFolder.Path

For Each ft In tempfiles
If Right(ft.Name, 3) = "tmp" Then
On Error Resume Next

ft.Delete
If Err.Number = 70 Then
GoTo NextTry
End If
End If
NextTry:
Next ft

    On Error Resume Next

End Sub

gets me into the Temp folder but I know there are some sub folders in there, with more stale cookies in them that I want to remove & I haven’t been able to get at them.

(The particular drive I am working on has a structure like:
C:\Temp\IE5\Cookies
so I actually need to go down a couple of levels.)

Can anyone tell me how to do this?

Thank you

[techgnome]

"I haven’t been able to get at them" -- what does that mean? Do you get an error or something?

If you're expecting to get at them with this:
Set tempfiles = TmpFolder.Files
You won't... you'll only get the files... that's what .Files means... that's why you're not seeing your folder in the list...

I'd look to see if the object in TmpFolder also has a Folders property (or it could be .Directories) ... if it does, then you should be able to get at that object, find the "Cookies" folder object in there, and from THAT object, then finally get to its .Files which will give you everything in there.

Make sense?

-tg

[Resource Dragon]

Dear tg

Thank you for your reply. Questions always make much so much more sense to the writer than the reader!

The following code seems to be doing the trick:

Sub GetTempFolder_2()
    Dim FSO As Object, TmpFolder As Object
    Dim sPath As String
    Dim ft As File
    Dim tempfiles As Files
    Dim intempfolder As Folder
    Dim innerfolds As Folders
    i = 1
    
   For j = 0 To 2
    Set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
    Set TmpFolder = FSO.GetSpecialFolder(j)
    Set tempfiles = TmpFolder.Files
    Set innerfolds = TmpFolder.SubFolders
    sPath = TmpFolder.Path
    
Sheets(1).Cells(1 + j, 1) = TmpFolder.Name
Sheets(1).Cells(1 + j, 2) = sPath
Sheets(1).Cells(1 + j, 3) = "Folder no: " & j

    On Error Resume Next
i = 1
For Each intempfolder In innerfolds
Sheets(1).Cells(1 + j, (3 * i) + 1) = intempfolder.Name
Sheets(1).Cells(1 + j, (3 * i) + 2) = intempfolder.Path
Sheets(1).Cells(1 + j, (3 * i) + 3) = "Folder no: " & j & ", sub-folder no: " & i

i = i + 1
Next intempfolder

Next j

End Sub

Thanks!