Re: mass change of hyperlinks in Excel

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

Solution found!  One of our Excel gurus came up with a VB module, the code
for which appears below.  The only change you'll need to make is to the
ChangeServerName() subroutine, which replaces an old string with a new
string.  The instructions for actually using this module include a lot of
screen prints in a Word document, which won't travel well in the
midrange.com email group, so if anyone is interested in getting the Word
document, shoot me a private email, and I'll send it to you.

Public Sub ReplaceHyperlinkURL(FindString As String, ReplaceString As
String)
Dim LinkURL, PreStr, PostStr, NewURL As String
Dim FindPos, ReplaceLen, URLLen As Integer
Dim MyDoc As Worksheet
Dim MyCell As Range
Dim ws As Worksheet
On Error GoTo ErrHandler
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
    'Set MyDoc = ActiveSheet
    Set MyDoc = ws
    For Each MyCell In MyDoc.UsedRange
        If MyCell.Hyperlinks.Count > 0 Then
            LinkURL = MyCell(1).Hyperlinks(1).Address
            FindPos = InStr(1, LinkURL, FindString)
            If FindPos > 0 Then 'If FindString is found
                ReplaceLen = Len(FindString)
                URLLen = Len(LinkURL)
                PreStr = Mid(LinkURL, 1, FindPos - 1)
                PostStr = Mid(LinkURL, FindPos + ReplaceLen, URLLen)
                NewURL = PreStr & ReplaceString & PostStr
                MyCell(1).Hyperlinks(1).Address = NewURL 'Change the URL
             End If
         End If
    Next MyCell
Next ws
MsgBox ("Update Complete")
Exit Sub
ErrHandler:
MsgBox ("ReplaceHyperlinkURL error")
End Sub

Sub ChangeServerName()
    Call ReplaceHyperlinkURL("\\OldServer\vol1\prodmgmt\common\Library\<file://oldserver/vol1/prodmgmt/common/Library/>",
"\\NewServer\VOL1\prodmgmt\common\Library\<file://newserver/VOL1/prodmgmt/common/Library/>
")
End Sub