VBA to find and replace in text files

[TheWennerWoman]

I need to loop through a folder full of xml files and find

<TaxCode>VIEXM</TaxCode>

and replace with

<TaxCode>VISTD</TaxCode>

Any pointers greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading.

 

[TheWennerWoman]

Just to add, I found this, I think it just needs a tweak

Sub StringExistsInFile()

Dim theString As String

Dim theString2 As String

Dim path As String

Dim StrFile As String

Dim fso As New FileSystemObject

Dim file As TextStream

Dim line As String



theString = "KS12 KNW"

theString2 = "KS12KNW"

path = "\\aus-svv-sql15\ogi\exports archive\"

StrFile = Dir(path & "*.xml")



Do While StrFile <> ""



'Find TheString in the file

'If found, debug.print and exit loop



Set file = fso.OpenTextFile(path & StrFile)

Do While Not file.AtEndOfLine

line = file.ReadLine

If InStr(1, line, theString, vbTextCompare) > 0 Or InStr(1, line, theString2, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then

Debug.Print StrFile

Exit Do

End If

Loop



file.Close

Set file = Nothing

Set fso = Nothing



StrFile = Dir()

Loop

End Sub

 

[JEC]

This is all you need. Only change to your folderpath

Sub jec()
 Dim it
 With CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
   For Each it In .getfolder("C:\Users\xxx\xxxx\").Files
      If .getextensionname(it) = "xml" Then .createtextfile(it).write Replace(.opentextfile(it).readall, "<TaxCode>VIEXM</TaxCode>", "<TaxCode>VISTD</TaxCode>")
   Next
 End With
End Sub

 

[TheWennerWoman]

Genius, many thanks!