Thank you Graham!!
I was manage to use the code and with some vba recording fit into my requirements.
Another issue came up, is there a way to reference the current selected open file as the current active window so that it runs in the background, visible = false?
Code:
Set wdDoc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strInFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=True)
Updated code:
Code:
Sub Find_Replace_FilesInFolder()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strInFolder As String, strOutFold As String, strFile As String, wdDoc As Document
strInFolder = GetFolder
If strInFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
strFile = Dir(strInFolder & "\*.doc*", vbNormal)
'Check for documents in the folder - exit if none found
If strFile <> "" Then strOutFold = strInFolder & "\Output\"
'Test for an existing outpfolder & create one if it doesn't already exist
If Dir(strOutFold, vbDirectory) = "" Then MkDir strOutFold
strFile = Dir(strInFolder & "\*.doc*", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
Set wdDoc = Documents.Open(FileName:=strInFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=True)
With wdDoc
With Selection.Find
ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes
Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
'Old hyperlink
.Text = _
"www.yahoo.com"
'New Hyperlink
.Replacement.Text = _
"www.google.com"
.Forward = True
End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes = Not ActiveWindow.View.ShowFieldCodes
Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Fields.Update
'Save and close the document
.SaveAs FileName:=strOutFold & .Name, AddToRecentFiles:=False
.Close
End With
strFile = Dir()
Wend
Set wdDoc = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Function GetFolder() As String
Dim oFolder As Object
GetFolder = ""
Set oFolder = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder", 0)
If (Not oFolder Is Nothing) Then GetFolder = oFolder.Items.Item.Path
Set oFolder = Nothing
End Function