Try this code.
It will need a reference to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
Extensibility.
Just paste in a normal module and run Sub SearchWBsForCode.
Option Explicit
Public Type BROWSEINFO
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList _
Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" _
(ByVal pidl As Long, _
ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder _
Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" _
(lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long
Function GetDirectory(Optional Msg) As String
Dim bInfo As BROWSEINFO
Dim Path As String
Dim R As Long
Dim x As Long
Dim pos As Integer
'Root folder (&H0 for Desktop, &H11 for My Computer)
bInfo.pidlRoot = &H0
'Title in the dialog
If IsMissing(Msg) Then
bInfo.lpszTitle = "Select a folder."
Else
bInfo.lpszTitle = Msg
End If
'Type of directory to return
bInfo.ulFlags = &H1
'Display the dialog
x = SHBrowseForFolder(bInfo)
'Parse the result
Path = Space$(512)
R = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal x, ByVal Path)
If R Then
pos = InStr(Path, Chr$(0))
GetDirectory = Left(Path, pos - 1)
Else
GetDirectory = ""
End If
End Function
Function RecursiveFindFiles(strPath As String, _
strSearch As String, _
Optional bSubFolders As Boolean = True, _
Optional bSheet As Boolean = False, _
Optional lFileCount As Long = 0, _
Optional lDirCount As Long = 0) As Variant
'adapted from the MS example:
'
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;185476
'---------------------------------------------------------------
'will list all the files in the supplied folder and it's
'subfolders that fit the strSearch criteria
'lFileCount and lDirCount will always have to start as 0
'---------------------------------------------------------------
Dim strFileName As String 'Walking strFileName variable.
Dim strDirName As String 'SubDirectory Name.
Dim arrDirNames() As String 'Buffer for directory name entries.
Dim nDir As Long 'Number of directories in this strPath.
Dim i As Long 'For-loop counter.
Dim n As Long
Dim arrFiles
Static strStartDirName As String
Static strpathOld As String
On Error GoTo sysFileERR
If lFileCount = 0 Then
Static collFiles As Collection
Set collFiles = New Collection
Application.Cursor = xlWait
End If
If Right$(strPath, 1) <> "\" Then
strPath = strPath & "\"
End If
If lFileCount = 0 And lDirCount = 0 Then
strStartDirName = strPath
End If
'search for subdirectories
'-------------------------
nDir = 0
ReDim arrDirNames(nDir)
strDirName = Dir(strPath, _
vbDirectory Or _
vbHidden Or _
vbArchive Or _
vbReadOnly Or _
vbSystem) 'Even if hidden, and so on.
Do While Len(strDirName) > 0
'ignore the current and encompassing directories
'-----------------------------------------------
If (strDirName <> ".") And (strDirName <> "..") Then
'check for directory with bitwise comparison
'-------------------------------------------
If GetAttr(strPath & strDirName) And vbDirectory Then
arrDirNames(nDir) = strDirName
lDirCount = lDirCount + 1
nDir = nDir + 1
DoEvents
ReDim Preserve arrDirNames(nDir)
End If 'directories.
sysFileERRCont1:
End If
strDirName = Dir() 'Get next subdirectory
DoEvents
Loop
'Search through this directory
'-----------------------------
strFileName = Dir(strPath & strSearch, _
vbNormal Or _
vbHidden Or _
vbSystem Or _
vbReadOnly Or _
vbArchive)
While Len(strFileName) <> 0
'dump file in sheet
'------------------
If bSheet Then
If lFileCount < 65536 Then
Cells(lFileCount + 1, 1) = strPath & strFileName
End If
End If
lFileCount = lFileCount + 1
collFiles.Add strPath & strFileName
If strPath <> strpathOld Then
Application.StatusBar = " " & lFileCount & _
" " & strSearch & " files found. " & _
"Now searching " & strPath
End If
strpathOld = strPath
strFileName = Dir() 'Get next file
DoEvents
Wend
If bSubFolders Then
'If there are sub-directories..
'------------------------------
If nDir > 0 Then
'Recursively walk into them
'--------------------------
For i = 0 To nDir - 1
RecursiveFindFiles strPath & arrDirNames(i) & "\", _
strSearch, _
bSubFolders, _
bSheet, _
lFileCount, _
lDirCount
DoEvents
Next
End If 'If nDir > 0
'only bare main folder left, so get out
'--------------------------------------
If strPath & arrDirNames(i) = strStartDirName Then
ReDim arrFiles(1 To lFileCount) As String
For n = 1 To lFileCount
arrFiles(n) = collFiles(n)
Next
RecursiveFindFiles = arrFiles
Application.Cursor = xlDefault
Application.StatusBar = False
End If
Else 'If bSubFolders
ReDim arrFiles(1 To lFileCount) As String
For n = 1 To lFileCount
arrFiles(n) = collFiles(n)
Next
RecursiveFindFiles = arrFiles
Application.Cursor = xlDefault
Application.StatusBar = False
End If 'If bSubFolders
Exit Function
sysFileERR:
Resume sysFileERRCont1
End Function
Function FileFromPath(ByVal strFullPath As String, _
Optional bExtensionOff As Boolean = False) _
As String
Dim FPL As Long 'len of full path
Dim PLS As Long 'position of last slash
Dim pd As Long 'position of dot before exension
Dim strFile As String
On Error GoTo ERROROUT
FPL = Len(strFullPath)
PLS = InStrRev(strFullPath, "\", , vbBinaryCompare)
strFile = Right$(strFullPath, FPL - PLS)
If bExtensionOff = False Then
FileFromPath = strFile
Else
pd = InStr(1, strFile, ".", vbBinaryCompare)
FileFromPath = Left$(strFile, pd - 1)
End If
Exit Function
ERROROUT:
On Error GoTo 0
FileFromPath = ""
End Function
Sub SearchWBsForCode()
Dim strTextToFind As String
Dim strFolder As String
Dim arr
Dim i As Long
Dim strWB As String
Dim VBProj As VBProject
Dim VBComp As VBComponent
Dim lStartLine As Long
Dim lEndLine As Long
Dim bFound As Boolean
strTextToFind = InputBox("Type the text to find", _
"finding text in VBE")
strFolder = GetDirectory()
arr = RecursiveFindFiles(strFolder, "*.xls", True, True)
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = 1 To UBound(arr)
Application.StatusBar = "Searching " & arr(i)
On Error Resume Next
Workbooks.Open arr(i)
On Error GoTo 0
strWB = FileFromPath(arr(i))
For Each VBComp In Workbooks(strWB).VBProject.VBComponents
lEndLine = VBComp.CodeModule.CountOfLines
If VBComp.CodeModule.Find(strTextToFind, _
lStartLine, _
1, _
lEndLine, _
-1, _
False, _
False) = True Then
MsgBox "Workbook: " & arr(i) & vbCrLf & _
"VBComponent: " & VBComp.Name & vbCrLf & _
"Line of first find: " & lStartLine, , _
"found " & strTextToFind
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.StatusBar = False
Exit Sub
End If
Next
Workbooks(strWB).Close savechanges:=False
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.StatusBar = False
End Sub
You can make it much faster by running the VBE search in Function
RecursiveFindFiles
and get out if you have found the string.
RBS
