[AccessD] is it possible to rename many folders via access?

Kostas:

You can use the Dir function to return file/folder names that match the 
spec, check the return value as to whether it is a directory with GetAttr 
(If (GetAttr(strDirReturn) And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then) and then use 
the Name "C:\FilePath" As "C:\NewFilePath" syntax to rename folders.

Obviously all your folders can't have the same name and be in the same 
location.  EIther they are elsewhere in the directory structure or on 
various drives and/or machines.  You'll either need to to a recursive search 
with the Dir function to return the original folder names, unless the 
folders have some kind of suffix like:  KING KONG (1933) - Max Steiner A.

Do all the folders have exactly the same name, or is that just the start of 
the name and they have various suffixes and share the same root?



Ciao
Jürgen Welz
Edmonton, Alberta
jwelz at hotmail.com





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>I have about 7.000 folders saved as .
>KING KONG (1933) - Max Steiner
>what I want to do is to rename all the folders as
>(1933) KING KONG - Max Steiner
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>is that possible?
>thank's a lot
>/kostas
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