Backup all modules, class modules and userforms to a selectable folder

**MrBlackd** · 04-06-2014, 02:25 AM

I do not know if this is already shared but since I have found a part of it online and made some additions from older downloaded code I thought to share it.

This will save all modules, class modules and forms to a selected folder.

To the mods: I suspect that this might not be the proper subforum to share the code and I apologize but I didn't know where exactly to share.
Please by all means transfer it to the proper location if needed.

Code:

Option Explicit

' ---------------------- Directory Choosing Helper Functions -----------------------
' Excel and VBA do not provide any convenient directory chooser or file chooser
' dialogs, but these functions will provide a reference to a system DLL
' with the necessary capabilities
Private Type BROWSEINFO ' used by the function GetFolderName
    hOwner As Long
    pidlRoot As Long
    pszDisplayName As String
    lpszTitle As String
    ulFlags As Long
    lpfn As Long
    lParam As Long
    iImage As Long
End Type

Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _
    Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" _
    Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long

Function GetFolderName(Msg As String) As String
' returns the name of the folder selected by the user
Dim bInfo As BROWSEINFO, Path As String, R As Long
Dim x As Long, pos As Integer
    bInfo.pidlRoot = 0& ' Root folder = Desktop
    If IsMissing(Msg) Then
        bInfo.lpszTitle = "Select a folder."
        ' the dialog title
    Else
        bInfo.lpszTitle = Msg ' the dialog title
    End If
    bInfo.ulFlags = &H1 ' Type of directory to return
    x = SHBrowseForFolder(bInfo) ' display the dialog
    ' Parse the result
    Path = Space$(512)
    R = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal x, ByVal Path)
    If R Then
        pos = InStr(Path, Chr$(0))
        GetFolderName = Left(Path, pos - 1)
    Else
        GetFolderName = ""
    End If
End Function
'---------------------- END Directory Chooser Helper Functions ----------------------


Sub ExportMods()
' reference to extensibility library

'Tip : you need to set the VBA Extension reference. In your workbook go into the VBA screen and Select the Tools Menu and References
'then search for Micrsoft Visual Basic For Applications Extensibility 5 and tick the box then you can run the code

Dim Path As String
Dim objMyProj As VBProject
Dim objVBComp As VBComponent

Set objMyProj = Application.VBE.ActiveVBProject

Path = GetFolderName("Choose the folder to export BAS files to:")
If Path = "" Then
    MsgBox ("You didn't choose an export directory. Nothing will be exported.")
    Exit Sub
End If

For Each objVBComp In objMyProj.VBComponents
If objVBComp.Type = vbext_ct_ClassModule Or vbext_ct_MSForm Or vbext_ct_StdModule Then
objVBComp.Export Path & "\" & objVBComp.Name & ".bas"
End If
Next
End Sub