Question : Excel VBA Select All File Types From a Specified Folder

Hey all,

So far, I have a program that selects all files from a specified folder (See attached). I can easily store all of these files into an array obviously.   However, I would like to grab all of those files and somehow group similarly named ones together, or somehow distinguish how many types of files I have (Not by the extension, but by the name itself).

For example:
excel_daily_ext_0502.txt
excel_daily_ext_0503.txt
excel_daily_ext_0504.txt
return_time_stl_handle.0502.txt
return_time_phl_handle.0502.txt
return_time_min_handle.0502.txt
return_time_stl_handle.0503.txt
return_time_phl_handle.0503.txt
return_time_min_handle.0503.txt
return_time_stl_handle.0504.txt
return_time_phl_handle.0504.txt
return_time_min_handle.0504.txt
happy_days_stl_0502.txt
happy_days_stl_0503.txt
happy_days_stl_0504.txt

would return 3 different types of files. The stl, phl, min do not matter.  These file types would obviously be:
excel_daily_ext, return_time (or return_time_handle), and happy_days.

Lastly, most of my files are .txt extensions, but some are not.  You can set a filter in the code that I have.  I would prefer that these files be stored in an array, but also somehow grouped by file type?  I just don't know of a good way to do this right now..  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
Rob

Attachments:

findFileTypes.xlsm (27 KB) (File Type Details) 

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Answer : Excel VBA Select All File Types From a Specified Folder

Those files are just cab files with a different extension... so rename to cab.
You can't really do changes.

stp is a list/web template file... contains xml + other files.
wsp is a solution file contains >1 xml + dll + other files.