I need to get file name without extension name by VBA. I know ActiveWorkbook.Name
property , but if user haves Windows property Hide extensions for known file types
turn off, the result of my code will be [Name.Extension]. How can I return only name of Workbook independent of windows property?
I try even ActiveWorkbook.Application.Caption
but I can't customize this property.
Simple but works well for me
FileName = ActiveWorkbook.Name
If InStr(FileName, ".") > 0 Then
FileName = Left(FileName, InStr(FileName, ".") - 1)
End If
Using the Split function seems more elegant than InStr and Left, in my opinion.
Private Sub CommandButton2_Click()
Dim ThisFileName As String
Dim BaseFileName As String
Dim FileNameArray() As String
ThisFileName = ThisWorkbook.Name
FileNameArray = Split(ThisFileName, ".")
BaseFileName = FileNameArray(0)
MsgBox "Base file name is " & BaseFileName
End Sub
To be verbose it the removal of extension is demonstrated for workbooks.. which now have a variety of extensions . . a new unsaved Book1 has no ext . works the same for files
Function WorkbookIsOpen(FWNa$, Optional AnyExt As Boolean = False) As Boolean
Dim wWB As Workbook, WBNa$, PD%
FWNa = Trim(FWNa)
If FWNa <> "" Then
For Each wWB In Workbooks
WBNa = wWB.Name
If AnyExt Then
PD = InStr(WBNa, ".")
If PD > 0 Then WBNa = Left(WBNa, PD - 1)
PD = InStr(FWNa, ".")
If PD > 0 Then FWNa = Left(FWNa, PD - 1)
'
' the alternative of using split.. see commented out below
' looks neater but takes a bit longer then the pair of instr and left
' VBA does about 800,000 of these small splits/sec
' and about 20,000,000 Instr Lefts per sec
' of course if not checking for other extensions they do not matter
' and to any reasonable program
' THIS DISCUSSIONOF TIME TAKEN DOES NOT MATTER
' IN doing about doing 2000 of this routine per sec
' WBNa = Split(WBNa, ".")(0)
'FWNa = Split(FWNa, ".")(0)
End If
If WBNa = FWNa Then
WorkbookIsOpen = True
Exit Function
End If
Next wWB
End If
End Function
This gets the file type as from the last character (so avoids the problem with dots in file names)
Function getFileType(fn As String) As String
''get last instance of "." (full stop) in a filename then returns the part of the filename starting at that dot to the end
Dim strIndex As Integer
Dim x As Integer
Dim myChar As String
strIndex = Len(fn)
For x = 1 To Len(fn)
myChar = Mid(fn, strIndex, 1)
If myChar = "." Then
Exit For
End If
strIndex = strIndex - 1
Next x
getFileType = UCase(Mid(fn, strIndex, Len(fn) - x + 1))
End Function
You could always use Replace()
since you're performing this on the workbook's Name, which will almost certainly end with .xlsm
by virtue of using VBA.
Using ActiveWorkbook per your example:
Replace(Application.ActiveWorkbook.Name, ".xlsm", "")
Using ThisWorkbook:
Replace(Application.ThisWorkbook.Name, ".xlsm", "")
Answer is here: I think this answer is good, please try it http://mariaevert.dk/vba/?p=162
The answers given here already may work in limited situations, but are certainly not the best way to go about it. Don't reinvent the wheel. The File System Object in the Microsoft Scripting Runtime library already has a method to do exactly this. It's called GetBaseName. It handles periods in the file name as is.
Public Sub Test()
Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Debug.Print fso.GetBaseName(ActiveWorkbook.Name)
End Sub
Public Sub Test2()
Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject
Debug.Print fso.GetBaseName("MyFile.something.txt")
End Sub
Instructions for adding a reference to the Scripting Library
Source: Stackoverflow.com