Ah! You have already posted while I was typing. Good that we all are on the
same page :D. Happy posting
Sam
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Sam Mathai Chacko <samde...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Dave,
>
> How I couldn't agree more with Paul.
>
> Let me put it this way. October is NOT more than a month old. Any file in
> September IS a month old. If you want to move something that is from the
> previous month, then change DateSerial(Year(Date), Month(Date) - 1,
> Day(Date)) to DateSerial(Year(Date), Month(Date), 1)
>
> Regards,
>
> Sam Mathai Chacko
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 10:34 PM, Paul Schreiner <schreiner_p...@att.net>wrote:
>
>> It's ok then?
>> The original post said:
>>
>> 1, Every month I want to copy all files that are 1 month old (these
>> are all .PDF files) from folder A to folder B.
>>
>> So, we determine the date from (1) month ago:
>> OldDate = DateAdd("m", -1, DateValue(Now()))
>> and move any file older than that date.
>>
>> So, today (1/1/2011), no files from October would be moved,
>> but anything from September would be moved.
>> Have I misunderstood your requirement?
>> Did you mean files that are EXACTLY one month old?
>>
>> If (DateDiff("d", OldDate, fDate) = 0) Then
>>
>> or files that are LESS than 1 month old?
>>
>> If (DateDiff("d", OldDate, fDate) > 0) Then
>>
>> ??
>>
>>
>> *Paul*
>>
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>> By all the means you can,
>> In all the ways you can,
>> In all the places you can,
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>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Dave <davidstev...@gmail.com>
>> *To:* MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS <excel-macros@googlegroups.com>
>> *Sent:* Tue, November 1, 2011 12:50:11 PM
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Copy Files & then go back amd delete them
>>
>> Here is how I have your script with all the mods you suggested. Its
>> still not copying the files from October 2011. Move command will not
>> work as it screws with permissions etc.
>>
>> When I run the script the Window says Old Files: 10/1/2011 and then it
>> lists all the files created in September 2011.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sub Archive_Files()
>> Dim fso, fldr, flc, f, fName, Fil, fDate
>> Dim OldDate
>> Dim Folder_From, Folder_To
>> Dim msg, msg2
>>
>>
>> '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Folder_From = "P:\test\From\" 'Note: trailing "\" is significant!
>> Folder_To = "P:\test\to\"
>>
>>
>> '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>> ' OldDate = DateAdd("m", -1, Now()) 'Determines date 1 month ago
>> OldDate = DateAdd("m", -1, DateValue(Now()))
>>
>> ' msg = "Old Files: "
>> msg = "Old Files: " & OldDate
>> msg2 = "Recent Files:"
>>
>>
>> '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> If fso.folderexists(Folder_From) Then
>> '------------------------------------------------------
>> Set fldr = fso.getfolder(Folder_From)
>> Set flc = fldr.Files
>> For Each f In flc
>> fName = Folder_From & "\" & f.Name
>> Set Fil = fso.getfile(fName)
>> fDate = Fil.datelastmodified
>> If (DateDiff("d", OldDate, fDate) <= 1) Then
>> msg = msg & Chr(13) & Format(DateDiff("d", OldDate,
>> fDate), "0000") & " " & Format(fDate, "mm-dd-yyyy") & " " & f.Name
>> fso.copyfile fName, Folder_To
>> If (fso.fileexists(Folder_To & f.Name)) Then
>> fso.deletefile (fName)
>> End If
>> Else
>> msg2 = msg2 & Chr(13) & Format(DateDiff("d", OldDate,
>> fDate), "0000") & " " & Format(fDate, "mm-dd-yyyy") & " " & f.Name
>> End If
>> Next
>> MsgBox msg & Chr(13) & Chr(13) & msg2
>> End If
>> End Sub
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