Modifying a macro for batch updating document headers

[Rzv]

I have a macro made by @macropod and I want to modify it so that it only places the header on the first page and it recursively scans for files (goes into sub-folders)
I also have a problem with it saying a document is corrupted if it has the letters ș,ț etc. but that may not be fixable, I don't know, maybe renaming the documents is the only way.


I might add that I somewhat understand the code but not nearly enough to modify it or even understand it fully... any help is appreciated.

This is the original code

Sub UpdateDocumentHeaders()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim strFolder As String, strFile As String
Dim wdDocTgt As Document, wdDocSrc As Document
Dim Sctn As Section, HdFt As HeaderFooter
strFolder = GetFolder
If strFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
Set wdDocSrc = ActiveDocument
strFile = Dir(strFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
    If strFolder & "\" & strFile <> wdDocSrc.FullName Then
        Set wdDocTgt = Documents.Open(FileName:=strFolder & "\" & strFile, _
        AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
        With wdDocTgt
            For Each Sctn In .Sections
                'For Headers
                For Each HdFt In Sctn.Headers
                    With HdFt
                        If .Exists Then
                            If Sctn.Index = 1 Then
                                .Range.FormattedText = _
                                wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Headers(HdFt.Index).Range.FormattedText
                                .Range.Characters.Last = vbNullString
                            ElseIf .LinkToPrevious = False Then
                                .Range.FormattedText = _
                                wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Headers(HdFt.Index).Range.FormattedText
                                .Range.Characters.Last = vbNullString
                            End If
                        End If
                    End With
                Next
                'For footers
                For Each HdFt In Sctn.Footers
                    With HdFt
                        If .Exists Then
                            If Sctn.Index = 1 Then
                                .Range.FormattedText = _
                                wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Footers(HdFt.Index).Range.FormattedText
                                .Range.Characters.Last = vbNullString
                            ElseIf .LinkToPrevious = False Then
                                .Range.FormattedText = _
                                wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Footers(HdFt.Index).Range.FormattedText
                                .Range.Characters.Last = vbNullString
                            End If
                        End If
                    End With
                Next
            Next
            .Close SaveChanges:=True
        End With
    End If
    strFile = Dir()
Wend
Set wdDocSrc = Nothing: Set wdDocTgt = 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

[macropod]

Originally Posted by Rzv

I have a macro made by @macropod and I want to modify it so that it only places the header on the first page and it recursively scans for files (goes into sub-folders)

For that, you need code like:

Option Explicit
Dim FSO As Object, oFolder As Object, StrFolds As String, wdDocSrc As Document, wdDocTgt As Document

Sub Main()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim TopLevelFolder As String, TheFolders As Variant, aFolder As Variant, i As Long
TopLevelFolder = GetFolder
If TopLevelFolder = "" Then Exit Sub
StrFolds = vbCr & TopLevelFolder
If FSO Is Nothing Then
  Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
End If
Set wdDocSrc = ActiveDocument
'Get the sub-folder structure
Set TheFolders = FSO.GetFolder(TopLevelFolder).SubFolders
For Each aFolder In TheFolders
  RecurseWriteFolderName (aFolder)
Next
'Process the documents in each folder
For i = 1 To UBound(Split(StrFolds, vbCr))
  Call UpdateDocuments(CStr(Split(StrFolds, vbCr)(i)))
Next
Set wdDocSrc = Nothing: Set wdDocTgt = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
 
Sub RecurseWriteFolderName(aFolder)
Dim SubFolders As Variant, SubFolder As Variant
Set SubFolders = FSO.GetFolder(aFolder).SubFolders
StrFolds = StrFolds & vbCr & CStr(aFolder)
On Error Resume Next
For Each SubFolder In SubFolders
  RecurseWriteFolderName (SubFolder)
Next
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

Sub UpdateDocuments(oFolder As String)
Dim strInFolder As String, strFile As String
strInFolder = oFolder
strFile = Dir(strInFolder & "\*.doc", vbNormal)
While strFile <> ""
  Set wdDocTgt = Documents.Open(FileName:=strInFolder & "\" & strFile, AddToRecentFiles:=False, Visible:=False)
  With wdDocTgt
    With .Sections.First
      .PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True
      .Headers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).Range.FormattedText = _
        wdDocSrc.Sections.First.Headers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).Range.FormattedText
      .Range.Characters.Last = vbNullString
    End With
    'Save and close the document
    .Close SaveChanges:=True
  End With
  strFile = Dir()
Wend
End Sub

Note that your source document will also need to have a 'different first page' setup.

Originally Posted by Rzv

I also have a problem with it saying a document is corrupted if it has the letters ș,ț etc. but that may not be fixable, I don't know, maybe renaming the documents is the only way.

There is nothing in the code that is capable of causing that.

[Rzv]

The code works perfectly until it hits runtime error 5138
Hitting debug then points me to

.PageSetup.DifferentFirstPageHeaderFooter = True

Still, this is much better than doing things manually and if there is no fix I will just find a way to discover which document is the problem and just do it manually.
Thank you.
Edit:
I found the problem there are some weird documents with impossible margins, and I found a way to mass rename and remove the special chars from the filenames, the code is working as intended, thank you for your help!