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' Procedure : FlrFileCount
' Author    : Daniel Pineault, CARDA Consultants Inc.
' Website   : http://www.cardaconsultants.com
' Purpose   : Return a count of the number of files in a specified folder/directory
' Copyright : The following may be altered and reused as you wish so long as the
'             copyright notice is left unchanged (including Author, Website and
'             Copyright).  It may not be sold/resold or reposted on other sites (links
'             back to this site are allowed).
'
' Input Variables:
' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
' sFileFlr  : Full path of the folder to count the number files within
'
' Usage:
' ~~~~~~
' FlrFileCount("C:\Users\Esther\Documents\cdo")  ::  Will return a numeric value
'
' Revision History:
' Rev       Date(yyyy/mm/dd)        Description
' **************************************************************************************
' 1         2010-Jan-11             Initial Release
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Function FlrFileCount(sFileFlr As String) As Long
On Error GoTo Error_Handler
    Dim fso As Object
    Dim flr As Object
 
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set flr = fso.GetFolder(sFileFlr)
 
    FlrFileCount = flr.Files.Count
 
Error_Handler_Exit:
    On Error Resume Next
    Set flr = Nothing
    Set fso = Nothing
    Exit Function
 
Error_Handler:
    MsgBox "The following error has occured." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
            "Error Number: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & _
            "Error Source: FlrFileCount" & vbCrLf & _
            "Error Description: " & Err.Description, _
            vbCritical, "An Error has Occured!"
    Resume Error_Handler_Exit
End Function