A Macro that will create a hyperlink in one cell from other cell references

[CUP'O'JEY]

Good Morning / Afternoon All

I was wondering if I could some help on this

1. I have an excel spreadsheet that lists various drawings on a column called SIGN DESIGN NUMBER. The cell contents on the picture 'E10' is based on the file name of the drawing in .PDF
2. In the nearby cell 'E9' I would like to create a hyperlink for the file

to do this I use a macro in another instance of excel and extract all the pdfs from a common directory and then cut the found hyperlinks and pasting the cells into 'E9'

is it possible to create a macro that says based on the contents of of one cell find the pdf and create a hyperlink

i tried to use lookup that would reference the second spreadsheet but it went all a little wonky when things werent in the right order

Overall I want to be able to create a macro that will extract all the information I need rather than cut and past please help

I hope the link works

http://picasaweb.google.com/105445792613342177386/PleaseHelp?feat=directlink

but here is the code is used to list all the pdf's in my directory

Option Explicit
 
Sub SrchForFiles()
     ' Searches the selected folders and sub folders for files with the specified
     'extension.  .xls, .doc, .ppt, etc.
     'A new worksheet is produced called "File Search Results".  You can click on the link and go directly
     'to the file you need.
    Dim i As Long, z As Long, Rw As Long
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim y As Variant
    Dim fLdr As String, Fil As String, FPath As String
 
    y = Application.InputBox("Please Enter File Extension", "Info Request")
    If y = False And Not TypeName(y) = "String" Then Exit Sub
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
     '**********************************************************************
     'fLdr = BrowseForFolderShell
    With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
        .Show
        fLdr = .SelectedItems(1)
    End With
     '**********************************************************************
    With Application.FileSearch
        .NewSearch
        .LookIn = fLdr
        .SearchSubFolders = True
        .Filename = y
        Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Sheets(1))
        On Error GoTo 1
2:                      ws.Name = "FileSearch Results"
        On Error GoTo 0
        If .Execute() > 0 Then
            For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
                Fil = .FoundFiles(i)
                 'Get file path from file name
                FPath = Left(Fil, Len(Fil) - Len(Split(Fil, "\")(UBound(Split(Fil, "\")))) - 1)
                If Left$(Fil, 1) = Left$(fLdr, 1) Then
                    If CBool(Len(Dir(Fil))) Then
                        z = z + 1
                        ws.Cells(z + 1, 1).Resize(, 4) = _
                        Array(Dir(Fil), _
                        FileLen(Fil) / 1000, _
                        FileDateTime(Fil), _
                        FPath)
                        ws.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=Cells(z + 1, 1), _
                        Address:=.FoundFiles(i)
                    End If
                End If
            Next i
        End If
    End With
 
    ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
 
    With ws
        Rw = .Cells.Rows.Count
        With .[A1:D1]
            .Value = [{"Full Name","Kilobytes","Last Modified", "Path"}]
            .Font.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleSingle
            .EntireColumn.AutoFit
            .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
        End With
        .[E1:IV1 ].EntireColumn.Hidden = True
        On Error Resume Next
        Range(Cells(Rw, "A").End(3)(2), Cells(Rw, "A")).EntireRow.Hidden = True
        Range(.[A2 ], Cells(Rw, "C")).Sort [A2 ], xlAscending, Header:=xlNo
    End With
 
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Exit Sub
1:          Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    Worksheets("FileSearch Results").Delete
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    GoTo 2
End Sub

I then sit down and go about extracting by cutting and pasting

arrrrrgh there must be something easier

 

[CUP'O'JEY]

bump

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

Maybe you can use the HYPERLINK function. Check it out in Help.

 

[CUP'O'JEY]

im sorry if i sound simple i did try that but its not really helping me ?

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

In what way didn't it help you?

 

[CUP'O'JEY]

sorry i didnt mean to sound rude at all

but the hyperlink function works well

the code attached will give me all the .pdf's in a directory which is great however i have a list of drawings that is very long i tried using lookup to reference the pdfs from another page

however it doesnt bring the hyperlink accross it references only the text is there a simpler way in my code that it would say instead of opening a new sheet and find all pdfs inside a directory

look for a pdf based on information from the adjacent cell and insert the hyperlink to the pdf

again my apologies im relatively new at this so im learning on the fly

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

Where is the adjacent cell, what's in it and what would the hyperlink be for what it contains?

 

[CUP'O'JEY]

lets just say for this

Column A lists every fruit in the universe
and
I have column B where i need to insert a hyperlink to a picture of the same exact picture of a the fruit required

whats happening in my spreadsheet is i can extract all the pictures of any fruit to another worksheet but not to my active sheet and not in any form where i can easily cut and paste so i have to sort the data then cut and then paste to my Col B

so i changed some code to search the active cell no luck there because now it searches everything named in that active cell

again i apologise if it sounds confusing

Sub SrchForFiles()
     ' Searches the selected folders and sub folders for files with the specified
     'extension.  .xls, .doc, .ppt, etc.
     'A new worksheet is produced called "File Search Results".  You can click on the link and go directly
     'to the file you need.
    Dim i As Long, z As Long, Rw As Long
    Dim ws As Worksheet
    Dim y As Variant
    Dim fLdr As String, Fil As String, FPath As String
     
    y = ActiveCell.Value
    If y = False And Not TypeName(y) = "String" Then Exit Sub
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
     '**********************************************************************
     'fLdr = BrowseForFolderShell
    With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
        .Show
        fLdr = .SelectedItems(1)
    End With
     '**********************************************************************
    With Application.FileSearch
        .NewSearch
        .LookIn = fLdr
        .SearchSubFolders = True
        .Filename = y
        Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Sheets(1))
        On Error GoTo 1
2:                      ws.Name = "FileSearch Results"
        On Error GoTo 0
        If .Execute() > 0 Then
            For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count
                Fil = .FoundFiles(i)
                 'Get file path from file name
                FPath = Left(Fil, Len(Fil) - Len(Split(Fil, "\")(UBound(Split(Fil, "\")))) - 1)
                If Left$(Fil, 1) = Left$(fLdr, 1) Then
                    If CBool(Len(Dir(Fil))) Then
                        z = z + 1
                        ws.Cells(z + 1, 1).Resize(, 4) = _
                        Array(Dir(Fil), _
                        FileLen(Fil) / 1000, _
                        FileDateTime(Fil), _
                        FPath)
                        ws.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=Cells(z + 1, 1), _
                        Address:=.FoundFiles(i)
                    End If
                End If
            Next i
        End If
    End With
     
    ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False
     
    With ws
        Rw = .Cells.Rows.Count
        With .[A1:D1]
            .Value = [{"Full Name","Kilobytes","Last Modified", "Path"}]
            .Font.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleSingle
            .EntireColumn.AutoFit
            .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
        End With
        .[E1:IV1 ].EntireColumn.Hidden = True
        On Error Resume Next
        Range(Cells(Rw, "A").End(3)(2), Cells(Rw, "A")).EntireRow.Hidden = True
        Range(.[A2 ], Cells(Rw, "C")).Sort [A2 ], xlAscending, Header:=xlNo
    End With
     
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Exit Sub
1:          Application.DisplayAlerts = False
    Worksheets("FileSearch Results").Delete
    Application.DisplayAlerts = True
    GoTo 2
End Sub

 

[Andrew Poulsom]

Please give a real example of what say A2 contains and what the hyperlink would be for the contents of that cell.

 

[CUP'O'JEY]

Column A contains all the drawing numbers of a set
Column B is empty but i need to populate with hyperlinks to the pdfs of the plan

i was trying to draw an ascci art version ad failed sorry in my frustration i came up the worlds worst analogy