How to select Excel files ONLY

[Jim May]

My Function (below) is working fine -- I'm just using it by entering
=FileCount(Test) -- I see there are optional parameters to refine selection
but don't understand what I am to enter.. What should I do in order
to select ONLY *.xls files?
TIA,
Jim

Only First three lines...
Function FileCount(FolderName As String, _
Optional FileFilter As String = "*", Optional FileType As MsoFileType =
msoFileTypeExcelWorkbooks) As Long
With Application.FileSearch

 

[Die_Another_Day]

Change Optional FileFilter As String = "*", to
Optional FileFilter As String = "*.xls",
That's it

Charles
xl Geek

 

[Jim May]

much obilged,
Jim

Change Optional FileFilter As String = "*", to
Optional FileFilter As String = "*.xls",
That's it

Charles
xl Geek

 

[NickHK]

Jim,
call the function specifying a FileFilter to override the default.
==FileCount(Test,"*.xls")

NickHK
P.S. Many people find the .FileSearch somewhat flakey in it's results; you
may or may not get the correct result returned.
You could easily rewrite the function using VBA's Dir() function to
guarantee consistent results.