I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
machinery generated numbers instead.
I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less time
just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File Open
Preview, which you also suggested .....
But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
"Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007 keeps
Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
appropriate folders.
Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug free
photo album and slide show like document browser ....
"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What is
> it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>
> Ronald wrote:
>
>> Hi Bob
>>
>> The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>> documents named just by numbers.
>> I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>> functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs or
>> so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>
>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>function.
>>>>
>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>preview mode?
>>>>
>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
Ronald wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
> machinery generated numbers instead.
> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less time
> just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>
> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File Open
> Preview, which you also suggested .....
> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007 keeps
> Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
> appropriate folders.
>
> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug free
> photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>
>
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What is
>>it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>>
>>Ronald wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi Bob
>>>
>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>>>documents named just by numbers.
>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs or
>>>so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>>
>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>>function.
>>>>>
>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>>preview mode?
>>>>>
>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>.. .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
>
Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
The single working solution appears to be double click each documents, wait
until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then switch
back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these 2
days I probably already had finished the work manually!
"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
> drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>
> Ronald wrote:
>> Hi Bob,
>>
>> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
>> machinery generated numbers instead.
>> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
>> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
>> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>>
>> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File
>> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
>> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
>> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
>> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
>> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
>> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
>> appropriate folders.
>>
>> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
>> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>>
>>
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
>>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>>>
>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Bob
>>>>
>>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>>>>documents named just by numbers.
>>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs
>>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>>>
>>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>>>function.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>>>preview mode?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
In that case select a block of them to open at once. Then you may wait
for the error message to appear at the ones that don't open.
Ronald wrote:
> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
>
> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents, wait
> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then switch
> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these 2
> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
>>Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
>>drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>>
>>Ronald wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Bob,
>>>
>>>I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
>>>machinery generated numbers instead.
>>>I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
>>>Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
>>>time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>>>
>>>So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File
>>>Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>>>But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
>>>only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
>>>"Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
>>>order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
>>>2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
>>>keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
>>>appropriate folders.
>>>
>>>Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
>>>free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
>>>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>>>>
>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
>>>>>documents named just by numbers.
>>>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>>>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs
>>>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
>>>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ronald wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
>>>>>>>function.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
>>>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>>>>>>>preview mode?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> ...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>
>
>
In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open each DOC
in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of files that
provoke errors.
Would something like that be sufficient?
>
> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents, wait
> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then switch
> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these 2
> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>
> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
> >
> > Ronald wrote:
> >> Hi Bob,
> >>
> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names but
> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
> >>
> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own File
> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to preview
> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a text
> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen, in
> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed Office
> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files to
> >> appropriate folders.
> >>
> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >>
> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents. What
> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
> >>>
> >>>Ronald wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hi Bob
> >>>>
> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing 700
> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of docs
> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to "Preview"
> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any searched
> >>>>>>function.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in one
> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
> >>>>>>preview mode?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
> >
Thanks, such macro would be a great thing and I just didn't dare to ask such
a big thing :-)
Writing good macros isn't such easy and I was sure it's an easy cake to find
a good document browser (which I could keep for the rest of life :-)) and
when not found I just blamed my bad luck while googling.
Trying to open word doc and if there is any error moving to whatever next
folder macro would be great!
Some files require installation of obscure office component, which even when
installed is required again each time and I believe these are just corrupt
and other files weirdly reported that network site not available when trying
to preview with word open, while file were all in the same folder with
normal names, but obviously a just kind of MS Word bug. As I just afterwards
learnt that MS Word Preview may have failed with correct files, I need now
to start the whole work over again, as likely I had deleted also proper
files from my work directory..
"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
news:VA.00005427.ae8d77dd@localhost.com...
> In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
>> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
>> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
>
> It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
> It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open each
> DOC
> in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of files
> that
> provoke errors.
>
> Would something like that be sufficient?
>
>
>
>>
>> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
>> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents,
>> wait
>> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then
>> switch
>> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
>> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these
>> 2
>> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>>
>> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
>> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>> >
>> > Ronald wrote:
>> >> Hi Bob,
>> >>
>> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names
>> >> but
>> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
>> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
>> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
>> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>> >>
>> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own
>> >> File
>> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to
>> >> preview
>> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a
>> >> text
>> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen,
>> >> in
>> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed
>> >> Office
>> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
>> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files
>> >> to
>> >> appropriate folders.
>> >>
>> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
>> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >>
>> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents.
>> >>>What
>> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>> >>>
>> >>>Ronald wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>Hi Bob
>> >>>>
>> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing
>> >>>>700
>> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
>> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
>> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of
>> >>>>docs
>> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to
>> >>>>>"Preview"
>> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>Hi
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any
>> >>>>>>searched
>> >>>>>>function.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in
>> >>>>>>one
>> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
>> >>>>>>preview mode?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>Thanks!
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>
>
>
In article <e9N9SwmXKHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> Thanks, such macro would be a great thing and I just didn't dare to ask such
> a big thing :-)
> Writing good macros isn't such easy
No, and I don't claim to be a good Word VBA coder, not by any stretch of the
imagination. But this seems like it might work:
Option Explicit
Sub RunMe()
Dim sInput As String
sInput = InputBox("Enter full path to folder where files are stored" _
& vbcrlf _
& "include trailing / character", _
"Folder", "")
If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
Call TestFiles(sInput)
End If
End Sub
Sub TestFiles(sDirectory As String)
Dim sMsg As String
Dim sFileName As String
Dim oDoc As Document
sFileName = Dir$(sDirectory & "*.doc")
While Len(sFileName) > 0
On Error Resume Next
' Try to open the file
Set oDoc = Documents.Open( _
FileName:=sDirectory & sFileName, Format:=wdOpenFormatDocument)
If Err.Number = 0 Then
' opened it ok
oDoc.Close
Else
sMsg = sMsg & sDirectory & sFileName & vbCrLf
Debug.Print sDirectory & sFileName
If Not oDoc Is Nothing Then oDoc.Close
End If
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
' get another file
sFileName = Dir$()
Wend
End Sub
and I was sure it's an easy cake to find
> a good document browser (which I could keep for the rest of life :-)) and
> when not found I just blamed my bad luck while googling.
>
> Trying to open word doc and if there is any error moving to whatever next
> folder macro would be great!
> Some files require installation of obscure office component, which even when
> installed is required again each time and I believe these are just corrupt
> and other files weirdly reported that network site not available when trying
> to preview with word open, while file were all in the same folder with
> normal names, but obviously a just kind of MS Word bug. As I just afterwards
> learnt that MS Word Preview may have failed with correct files, I need now
> to start the whole work over again, as likely I had deleted also proper
> files from my work directory..
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
> news:VA.00005427.ae8d77dd@localhost.com...
> > In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> >> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
> >> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
> >
> > It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
> > It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open each
> > DOC
> > in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of files
> > that
> > provoke errors.
> >
> > Would something like that be sufficient?
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
> >> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents,
> >> wait
> >> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then
> >> switch
> >> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I have
> >> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during these
> >> 2
> >> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
> >>
> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you may
> >> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
> >> >
> >> > Ronald wrote:
> >> >> Hi Bob,
> >> >>
> >> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have names
> >> >> but
> >> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
> >> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center, Turbo
> >> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or less
> >> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
> >> >>
> >> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own
> >> >> File
> >> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
> >> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to
> >> >> preview
> >> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally a
> >> >> text
> >> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and reopen,
> >> >> in
> >> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed
> >> >> Office
> >> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office 2007
> >> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop files
> >> >> to
> >> >> appropriate folders.
> >> >>
> >> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an bug
> >> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> >>
> >> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents.
> >> >>>What
> >> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
> >> >>>
> >> >>>Ronald wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>Hi Bob
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for browsing
> >> >>>>700
> >> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
> >> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer required
> >> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of
> >> >>>>docs
> >> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to
> >> >>>>>"Preview"
> >> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>>Hi
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any
> >> >>>>>>searched
> >> >>>>>>function.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in
> >> >>>>>>one
> >> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album thumbnail
> >> >>>>>>preview mode?
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>Thanks!
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
Great work. I'm trying to deserve this honor with implementing macro.
As my VBA experiences never reached any acceptable level, there are soem
questions.
I found the single text to enter this macro an input file name, as below,
but macro stops with pop up dialog "include trailing / character", _"
Is there something else missing I have to enter?
How the macro is expected to handle results - correct files and failed
files, are these movied to other folder or just a list is created?
Thank you!
That's the part I added my folder name:
Sub RunMe()
Dim sInput As String
sInput = InputBox("E:\recup_doc_test/" _
& vbCrLf _
& "include trailing / character", _
"Folder", "")
If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
Call TestFiles(sInput)
End If
End Sub
"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
news:VA.0000542a.b2a4d4ed@localhost.com...
> In article <e9N9SwmXKHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
>> Thanks, such macro would be a great thing and I just didn't dare to ask
>> such
>> a big thing :-)
>> Writing good macros isn't such easy
>
> No, and I don't claim to be a good Word VBA coder, not by any stretch of
> the
> imagination. But this seems like it might work:
>
> Option Explicit
>
> Sub RunMe()
> Dim sInput As String
>
> sInput = InputBox("Enter full path to folder where files are stored" _
> & vbcrlf _
> & "include trailing / character", _
> "Folder", "")
> If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
> Call TestFiles(sInput)
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
> Sub TestFiles(sDirectory As String)
> Dim sMsg As String
> Dim sFileName As String
> Dim oDoc As Document
>
> sFileName = Dir$(sDirectory & "*.doc")
> While Len(sFileName) > 0
> On Error Resume Next
>
> ' Try to open the file
> Set oDoc = Documents.Open( _
> FileName:=sDirectory & sFileName, Format:=wdOpenFormatDocument)
> If Err.Number = 0 Then
> ' opened it ok
> oDoc.Close
> Else
> sMsg = sMsg & sDirectory & sFileName & vbCrLf
> Debug.Print sDirectory & sFileName
> If Not oDoc Is Nothing Then oDoc.Close
> End If
> Err.Clear
> On Error GoTo 0
>
> ' get another file
> sFileName = Dir$()
>
> Wend
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
>
> and I was sure it's an easy cake to find
>> a good document browser (which I could keep for the rest of life :-)) and
>> when not found I just blamed my bad luck while googling.
>>
>> Trying to open word doc and if there is any error moving to whatever next
>> folder macro would be great!
>> Some files require installation of obscure office component, which even
>> when
>> installed is required again each time and I believe these are just
>> corrupt
>> and other files weirdly reported that network site not available when
>> trying
>> to preview with word open, while file were all in the same folder with
>> normal names, but obviously a just kind of MS Word bug. As I just
>> afterwards
>> learnt that MS Word Preview may have failed with correct files, I need
>> now
>> to start the whole work over again, as likely I had deleted also proper
>> files from my work directory..
>>
>> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
>> news:VA.00005427.ae8d77dd@localhost.com...
>> > In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
>> >> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
>> >> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
>> >
>> > It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
>> > It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open
>> > each
>> > DOC
>> > in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of
>> > files
>> > that
>> > provoke errors.
>> >
>> > Would something like that be sufficient?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
>> >> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents,
>> >> wait
>> >> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then
>> >> switch
>> >> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I
>> >> have
>> >> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during
>> >> these
>> >> 2
>> >> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>> >>
>> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you
>> >> > may
>> >> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>> >> >
>> >> > Ronald wrote:
>> >> >> Hi Bob,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have
>> >> >> names
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
>> >> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center,
>> >> >> Turbo
>> >> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or
>> >> >> less
>> >> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own
>> >> >> File
>> >> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>> >> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to
>> >> >> preview
>> >> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally
>> >> >> a
>> >> >> text
>> >> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and
>> >> >> reopen,
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed
>> >> >> Office
>> >> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office
>> >> >> 2007
>> >> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop
>> >> >> files
>> >> >> to
>> >> >> appropriate folders.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an
>> >> >> bug
>> >> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents.
>> >> >>>What
>> >> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Ronald wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>Hi Bob
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for
>> >> >>>>browsing
>> >> >>>>700
>> >> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
>> >> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer
>> >> >>>>required
>> >> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of
>> >> >>>>docs
>> >> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to
>> >> >>>>>"Preview"
>> >> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>Hi
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any
>> >> >>>>>>searched
>> >> >>>>>>function.
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in
>> >> >>>>>>one
>> >> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album
>> >> >>>>>>thumbnail
>> >> >>>>>>preview mode?
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>Thanks!
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
In article <uHZ0T#yXKHA.5368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> Great work. I'm trying to deserve this honor with implementing macro.
> As my VBA experiences never reached any acceptable level, there are soem
> questions.
>
> I found the single text to enter this macro an input file name, as below,
> but macro stops with pop up dialog "include trailing / character", _"
> Is there something else missing I have to enter?
(pardon the mistake in the "trailing / character" ... that should've been a /
character)
> How the macro is expected to handle results - correct files and failed
> files, are these movied to other folder or just a list is created?
It just creates a list. You can press Ctrl+G to see the debug output (and
copy it to another file if you like) or at the end of the TestFiles routine,
add Msgbox sMsg to see them on screen.
We could probably modify it to move the files to a known folder if you like,
or maybe rename them to BAD_originalName or the like.
>
> Thank you!
>
> That's the part I added my folder name:
>
> Sub RunMe()
> Dim sInput As String
>
> sInput = InputBox("E:\recup_doc_test/" _
> & vbCrLf _
> & "include trailing / character", _
> "Folder", "")
> If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
> Call TestFiles(sInput)
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
> news:VA.0000542a.b2a4d4ed@localhost.com...
> > In article <e9N9SwmXKHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> >> Thanks, such macro would be a great thing and I just didn't dare to ask
> >> such
> >> a big thing :-)
> >> Writing good macros isn't such easy
> >
> > No, and I don't claim to be a good Word VBA coder, not by any stretch of
> > the
> > imagination. But this seems like it might work:
> >
> > Option Explicit
> >
> > Sub RunMe()
> > Dim sInput As String
> >
> > sInput = InputBox("Enter full path to folder where files are stored" _
> > & vbcrlf _
> > & "include trailing / character", _
> > "Folder", "")
> > If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
> > Call TestFiles(sInput)
> > End If
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> > Sub TestFiles(sDirectory As String)
> > Dim sMsg As String
> > Dim sFileName As String
> > Dim oDoc As Document
> >
> > sFileName = Dir$(sDirectory & "*.doc")
> > While Len(sFileName) > 0
> > On Error Resume Next
> >
> > ' Try to open the file
> > Set oDoc = Documents.Open( _
> > FileName:=sDirectory & sFileName, Format:=wdOpenFormatDocument)
> > If Err.Number = 0 Then
> > ' opened it ok
> > oDoc.Close
> > Else
> > sMsg = sMsg & sDirectory & sFileName & vbCrLf
> > Debug.Print sDirectory & sFileName
> > If Not oDoc Is Nothing Then oDoc.Close
> > End If
> > Err.Clear
> > On Error GoTo 0
> >
> > ' get another file
> > sFileName = Dir$()
> >
> > Wend
> >
> > End Sub
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > and I was sure it's an easy cake to find
> >> a good document browser (which I could keep for the rest of life :-)) and
> >> when not found I just blamed my bad luck while googling.
> >>
> >> Trying to open word doc and if there is any error moving to whatever next
> >> folder macro would be great!
> >> Some files require installation of obscure office component, which even
> >> when
> >> installed is required again each time and I believe these are just
> >> corrupt
> >> and other files weirdly reported that network site not available when
> >> trying
> >> to preview with word open, while file were all in the same folder with
> >> normal names, but obviously a just kind of MS Word bug. As I just
> >> afterwards
> >> learnt that MS Word Preview may have failed with correct files, I need
> >> now
> >> to start the whole work over again, as likely I had deleted also proper
> >> files from my work directory..
> >>
> >> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
> >> news:VA.00005427.ae8d77dd@localhost.com...
> >> > In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
> >> >> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and my
> >> >> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
> >> >
> >> > It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
> >> > It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open
> >> > each
> >> > DOC
> >> > in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of
> >> > files
> >> > that
> >> > provoke errors.
> >> >
> >> > Would something like that be sufficient?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
> >> >> The single working solution appears to be double click each documents,
> >> >> wait
> >> >> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then
> >> >> switch
> >> >> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I
> >> >> have
> >> >> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during
> >> >> these
> >> >> 2
> >> >> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
> >> >>
> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> >> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then you
> >> >> > may
> >> >> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Ronald wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi Bob,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have
> >> >> >> names
> >> >> >> but
> >> >> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
> >> >> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center,
> >> >> >> Turbo
> >> >> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more or
> >> >> >> less
> >> >> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's own
> >> >> >> File
> >> >> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
> >> >> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to
> >> >> >> preview
> >> >> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear occasionally
> >> >> >> a
> >> >> >> text
> >> >> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and
> >> >> >> reopen,
> >> >> >> in
> >> >> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I installed
> >> >> >> Office
> >> >> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because Office
> >> >> >> 2007
> >> >> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop
> >> >> >> files
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> appropriate folders.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is an
> >> >> >> bug
> >> >> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the documents.
> >> >> >>>What
> >> >> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>Ronald wrote:
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>>>Hi Bob
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for
> >> >> >>>>browsing
> >> >> >>>>700
> >> >> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
> >> >> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer
> >> >> >>>>required
> >> >> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50% of
> >> >> >>>>docs
> >> >> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to
> >> >> >>>>>"Preview"
> >> >> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>Hi
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any
> >> >> >>>>>>searched
> >> >> >>>>>>function.
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents in
> >> >> >>>>>>one
> >> >> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album
> >> >> >>>>>>thumbnail
> >> >> >>>>>>preview mode?
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>Thanks!
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
Thanks for your time, macro almost works, except now it stops on occasional
files with Word error:
"Word failed reading from thsi file (2334458.doc). Please restore the
network connection or replace the floppy disk and retry."
And there are many such files with this error.
The error is already familar to me from my earlier trials. I wonder what
might be the origin of such weird error, as all files are on same local disk
folder.
"Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
news:VA.00005431.b3f864a9@localhost.com...
> In article <uHZ0T#yXKHA.5368@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Great work. I'm trying to deserve this honor with implementing macro.
>> As my VBA experiences never reached any acceptable level, there are soem
>> questions.
>>
>> I found the single text to enter this macro an input file name, as below,
>> but macro stops with pop up dialog "include trailing / character", _"
>> Is there something else missing I have to enter?
>
> Yes ... very simple though. Change this:
>
> sInput = InputBox("E:\recup_doc_test/" _
> & vbCrLf _
> & "include trailing / character", _
> "Folder", "")
>
> to this:
>
> sInput = "E:\recup_doc_test\"
>
> (pardon the mistake in the "trailing / character" ... that should've been
> a /
> character)
>
>> How the macro is expected to handle results - correct files and failed
>> files, are these movied to other folder or just a list is created?
>
> It just creates a list. You can press Ctrl+G to see the debug output (and
> copy it to another file if you like) or at the end of the TestFiles
> routine,
> add Msgbox sMsg to see them on screen.
>
> We could probably modify it to move the files to a known folder if you
> like,
> or maybe rename them to BAD_originalName or the like.
>
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> That's the part I added my folder name:
>>
>> Sub RunMe()
>> Dim sInput As String
>>
>> sInput = InputBox("E:\recup_doc_test/" _
>> & vbCrLf _
>> & "include trailing / character", _
>> "Folder", "")
>> If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
>> Call TestFiles(sInput)
>> End If
>>
>> End Sub
>>
>> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
>> news:VA.0000542a.b2a4d4ed@localhost.com...
>> > In article <e9N9SwmXKHA.4148@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
>> >> Thanks, such macro would be a great thing and I just didn't dare to
>> >> ask
>> >> such
>> >> a big thing :-)
>> >> Writing good macros isn't such easy
>> >
>> > No, and I don't claim to be a good Word VBA coder, not by any stretch
>> > of
>> > the
>> > imagination. But this seems like it might work:
>> >
>> > Option Explicit
>> >
>> > Sub RunMe()
>> > Dim sInput As String
>> >
>> > sInput = InputBox("Enter full path to folder where files are stored"
>> > _
>> > & vbcrlf _
>> > & "include trailing / character", _
>> > "Folder", "")
>> > If Len(sInput) > 0 Then
>> > Call TestFiles(sInput)
>> > End If
>> >
>> > End Sub
>> >
>> > Sub TestFiles(sDirectory As String)
>> > Dim sMsg As String
>> > Dim sFileName As String
>> > Dim oDoc As Document
>> >
>> > sFileName = Dir$(sDirectory & "*.doc")
>> > While Len(sFileName) > 0
>> > On Error Resume Next
>> >
>> > ' Try to open the file
>> > Set oDoc = Documents.Open( _
>> > FileName:=sDirectory & sFileName,
>> > Format:=wdOpenFormatDocument)
>> > If Err.Number = 0 Then
>> > ' opened it ok
>> > oDoc.Close
>> > Else
>> > sMsg = sMsg & sDirectory & sFileName & vbCrLf
>> > Debug.Print sDirectory & sFileName
>> > If Not oDoc Is Nothing Then oDoc.Close
>> > End If
>> > Err.Clear
>> > On Error GoTo 0
>> >
>> > ' get another file
>> > sFileName = Dir$()
>> >
>> > Wend
>> >
>> > End Sub
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > and I was sure it's an easy cake to find
>> >> a good document browser (which I could keep for the rest of life :-))
>> >> and
>> >> when not found I just blamed my bad luck while googling.
>> >>
>> >> Trying to open word doc and if there is any error moving to whatever
>> >> next
>> >> folder macro would be great!
>> >> Some files require installation of obscure office component, which
>> >> even
>> >> when
>> >> installed is required again each time and I believe these are just
>> >> corrupt
>> >> and other files weirdly reported that network site not available when
>> >> trying
>> >> to preview with word open, while file were all in the same folder with
>> >> normal names, but obviously a just kind of MS Word bug. As I just
>> >> afterwards
>> >> learnt that MS Word Preview may have failed with correct files, I need
>> >> now
>> >> to start the whole work over again, as likely I had deleted also
>> >> proper
>> >> files from my work directory..
>> >>
>> >> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:VA.00005427.ae8d77dd@localhost.com...
>> >> > In article <#v7LBqlXKHA.872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Ronald wrote:
>> >> >> Thanks for your friendly suggestions, but I'm more a technician and
>> >> >> my
>> >> >> purpose is to sort out corrupted documents.
>> >> >
>> >> > It would've been useful if you'd mentioned that in the first place.
>> >> > It shouldn't be too difficult to write a macro that attempts to open
>> >> > each
>> >> > DOC
>> >> > in a folder, traps any errors that result and reports the names of
>> >> > files
>> >> > that
>> >> > provoke errors.
>> >> >
>> >> > Would something like that be sufficient?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> To my suprise - I have found myself in a stone age!
>> >> >> The single working solution appears to be double click each
>> >> >> documents,
>> >> >> wait
>> >> >> until it's opened or until Word reports it can't be opened and then
>> >> >> switch
>> >> >> back to file explorer and drag the file to the according folder. I
>> >> >> have
>> >> >> spent almost 2 days searching for a suitable solution, while during
>> >> >> these
>> >> >> 2
>> >> >> days I probably already had finished the work manually!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:eS7hMXlXKHA.4588@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> > Since they are documents perhaps doing search for text and then
>> >> >> > you
>> >> >> > may
>> >> >> > drag and drop the found files into the proper folders that way?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Ronald wrote:
>> >> >> >> Hi Bob,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I have got the bunch of word documents, which names don't have
>> >> >> >> names
>> >> >> >> but
>> >> >> >> machinery generated numbers instead.
>> >> >> >> I have googled and tried following applications - File center,
>> >> >> >> Turbo
>> >> >> >> Browser, FilePreview and some others each of has required more
>> >> >> >> or
>> >> >> >> less
>> >> >> >> time just to find out that these aren't up to the task.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> So finally I have returned where I started, that is the Word's
>> >> >> >> own
>> >> >> >> File
>> >> >> >> Open Preview, which you also suggested .....
>> >> >> >> But results aren't much better - Word 2003 preview is capable to
>> >> >> >> preview
>> >> >> >> only some 20-30 files and then there starts to appear
>> >> >> >> occasionally
>> >> >> >> a
>> >> >> >> text
>> >> >> >> "Preview not available", after what I have to close Office and
>> >> >> >> reopen,
>> >> >> >> in
>> >> >> >> order the preview to function again. On other PC where I
>> >> >> >> installed
>> >> >> >> Office
>> >> >> >> 2007 open/preview doesn't work as expected at all, because
>> >> >> >> Office
>> >> >> >> 2007
>> >> >> >> keeps Previewed files open and I can't sort with drag and drop
>> >> >> >> files
>> >> >> >> to
>> >> >> >> appropriate folders.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Still I have an imagination, how work would flow, when there is
>> >> >> >> an
>> >> >> >> bug
>> >> >> >> free photo album and slide show like document browser ....
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >> news:OqnqCXkXKHA.844@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>>Seems that insufficient thought was given to naming the
>> >> >> >>>documents.
>> >> >> >>>What
>> >> >> >>>is it you actually want to find by "browsing" a document?
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>Ronald wrote:
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>
>> >> >> >>>>Hi Bob
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>>The same is available in Office 2003 and not sufficent for
>> >> >> >>>>browsing
>> >> >> >>>>700
>> >> >> >>>>documents named just by numbers.
>> >> >> >>>>I have downloaded several appliocations which claim to offer
>> >> >> >>>>required
>> >> >> >>>>functionality but no luck, these are capable to0 open only 50%
>> >> >> >>>>of
>> >> >> >>>>docs
>> >> >> >>>>or so sloooow, that I have stopped evaluating.
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >>>>news:uXVgBvhXKHA.3612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl.. .
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>Open Word, clicl Office Button, click Open, Set the View to
>> >> >> >>>>>"Preview"
>> >> >> >>>>>(icon in upper right of Open dialog) select file to preview.
>> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>Ronald wrote:
>> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>Hi
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>I installed Office 2007 in Trial mode but couldn't find any
>> >> >> >>>>>>searched
>> >> >> >>>>>>function.
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>Which Office 2007 part offers 1. a stepping through documents
>> >> >> >>>>>>in
>> >> >> >>>>>>one
>> >> >> >>>>>>folder (like a slideshow) or 2. a folder documents album
>> >> >> >>>>>>thumbnail
>> >> >> >>>>>>preview mode?
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>Could you please be more precise?
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>Thanks!
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>"Bob I" <birelan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> >>>>>>news:<e3uhtOZXKHA.408@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>. ..
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>>The trial version of Office 2007 is the latest "viewer".
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >> >>>>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
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Re: Any document browser available? 
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