How to use the CountFilesInFolder Macro

To help get you started, here are a few examples of how to use the CountFilesInFolder
macro:

Count txt files in Folder

Sub Demo()
Call CountFilesInFolder("C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\", "*txt")
End Sub

Count Excel files in Folder

Sub Demo2()
Call CountFilesInFolder("C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\", "*.xls*")
End Sub

Count All Files in Folder

Sub Demo3()
Call CountFilesInFolder("C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\")
End Sub

Only Count Files with "report" in the Filename

Sub Demo4()
Call CountFilesInFolder("C:\Users\Ryan\Documents\", "*report*")
End Sub
Private Sub CountFilesInFolder(strDir As String, Optional strType As String)
'DEVELOPER: Ryan Wells (wellsr.com)
'DESCRIPTION: This macro counts the files in a folder and retuns the result in a
msgbox
'INPUT: Pass the procedure a string with your directory path and an optional
' file extension with the * wildcard
'EXAMPLES: Call CountFilesInFolder("C:\Users\Ryan\")
' Call CountFilesInFolder("C:\Users\Ryan\", "*txt")
Dim file As Variant, i As Integer
If Right(strDir, 1) <> "\" Then strDir = strDir & "\"
file = Dir(strDir & strType)
While (file <> "")
i = i + 1
file = Dir
 Wend
MsgBox i
End Sub