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FrontPage Macro: Build Folder Url Tree
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Using this FrontPage VBA Macro

This FrontPage VBA Macro is designed to return an array of all the folder URLs for the currently-open web site.

FrontPage VBA Macro Example Code

Private Function BuildFolderUrlTree() As Variant

    On Error Resume Next

    ' Declare all our variables
    Dim objWebFolder As WebFolder
    Dim objFolder As WebFolder
    Dim objSubFolder As WebFolder
    Dim strBaseFolder As String
    Dim lngFolderCount As Long
    Dim lngBaseCount As Long
         
    With Application
    
        ' Check the caption of the application to see if a web is open.
        If .ActiveWebWindow.Caption = "Microsoft FrontPage" Then
            ' If no web is open, display an informational message...
            MsgBox "Please open a web before running this function.", vbCritical
            ' ... and end the macro.
            Exit Function
        End If
    
        ' Change the web view to folder view.
        .ActiveWeb.ActiveWebWindow.ViewMode = fpWebViewFolders
        ' Refresh the web view and recalc the web.
        .ActiveWeb.Refresh
        
        ' Define the initial values for our folder counters.
        lngFolderCount = 1
        lngBaseCount = 0
    
        ' Dimension an aray to hold the folder names.
        ReDim strFolders(1) As Variant
    
        ' Get the URL of the root folder for the web...
        strBaseFolder = .ActiveWeb.RootFolder.Url
        ' ... and store the URL in our array.
        strFolders(1) = strBaseFolder
        
        ' Loop while we still have folders to process.
        While lngFolderCount <> lngBaseCount
            ' Set up a WebFolder object to a base folder.
            Set objFolder = .ActiveWeb.LocateFolder(strBaseFolder)
            ' Loop through the collection of subfolders for the base folder.
            For Each objSubFolder In objFolder.Folders
                ' Check to make sure that the subfolder is not a web.
                If objSubFolder.IsWeb = False Then
                    ' Increment our folder count.
                    lngFolderCount = lngFolderCount + 1
                    ' Increase our array size
                    ReDim Preserve strFolders(lngFolderCount)
                    ' Store the folder name in our array.
                    strFolders(lngFolderCount) = objSubFolder.Url
                End If
            Next
            ' Increment the base folder counter.
            lngBaseCount = lngBaseCount + 1
            ' Get the name of the next folder to process.
            strBaseFolder = strFolders(lngBaseCount + 1)
        Wend
    End With

    ' Return the array of folder names.
    BuildFolderUrlTree = strFolders

End Function