Excel VBA Check if directory exists error

Question

I have a spreadsheet that upon clicking a button will duplicate itself by copying/pasting everything to a new workbook and save the file with a name that is dependent upon some variable values (taken from cells on the spreadsheet). My current goal is to get it to save the sheet in different folders depending on the name of client name (cell value held in variable), while this works on the first run, I get an error after.

The code checks if the directory exists and creates it if not. This works, but after it is created, running it a second time throws the error:

Runtime Error 75 - path/file access error.

My code:

Sub Pastefile()

Dim client As String
Dim site As String
Dim screeningdate As Date
screeningdate = Range("b7").Value
Dim screeningdate_text As String
screeningdate_text = Format$(screeningdate, "yyyy\-mm\-dd")
client = Range("B3").Value
site = Range("B23").Value

Dim SrceFile
Dim DestFile

If Dir("C:\2013 Recieved Schedules" & "\" & client) = Empty Then
    MkDir "C:\2013 Recieved Schedules" & "\" & client
End If

SrceFile = "C:\2013 Recieved Schedules\schedule template.xlsx"
DestFile = "C:\2013 Recieved Schedules\" & client & "\" & client & " " & site & " " & screeningdate_text & ".xlsx"

FileCopy SrceFile, DestFile

Range("A1:I37").Select
Selection.Copy
Workbooks.Open Filename:= _
    "C:\2013 Recieved Schedules\" & client & "\" & client & " " & site & " " & screeningdate_text & ".xlsx", UpdateLinks:= _
    0
Range("A1:I37").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
Range("C6").Select
Application.CutCopyMode = False
ActiveWorkbook.Save
ActiveWindow.Close

End Sub

You'll have to excuse my lack of knowledge in this area, I am still learning. I have a very strong feeling it has something to do with the directory checking logic, as when the error is thrown the MkDir line is highlighted.

Answer 1

To check for the existence of a directory using Dir, you need to specify vbDirectory as the second argument, as in something like:

If Dir("C:\2013 Recieved Schedules" & "\" & client, vbDirectory) = "" Then

Note that, with vbDirectory, Dir will return a non-empty string if the specified path already exists as a directory or as a file (provided the file doesn't have any of the read-only, hidden, or system attributes). You could use GetAttr to be certain it's a directory and not a file.

Answer 2

Use the FolderExists method of the Scripting object.

Public Function dirExists(s_directory As String) As Boolean
    Dim oFSO As Object
    Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    dirExists = oFSO.FolderExists(s_directory)
End Function

Answer 3

To be certain that a folder exists (and not a file) I use this function:

Public Function FolderExists(strFolderPath As String) As Boolean
    On Error Resume Next
    FolderExists = ((GetAttr(strFolderPath) And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory)
    On Error GoTo 0
End Function

It works both, with \ at the end and without.