FileDialog ( fileDialogType as MsoFileDialogType )ParameterMsoFileDialogTypeAn enumeration defining the type of file dialog to open. It has the following values: ValueDescriptionmsoFileDialogOpenOpen dialog boxmsoFileDialogSaveAsSave As dialog boxmsoFileDialogFilePickerFile picker dialog boxmsoFileDialogFolderPickerFolder picker dialog boxProperties and functions FileDialog properties PropertyDescriptionAllowMultiSelectAllow to select more than one file or folderButtonNameText displayed on the action button of a file dialog boxDialogTypeChange the MsoFileDialogType (see above)FilterSet a file filter to filter file types user can selectInitialFileNameThe initial path to be opened e.g.
C:InitialViewThe initial file view. Can be one of the following: ValuemsoFileDialogViewDetailsmsoFileDialogViewLargeIconsmsoFileDialogViewListmsoFileDialogViewPreviewmsoFileDialogViewPropertiesmsoFileDialogViewSmallIconsmsoFileDialogViewThumbnailmsoFileDialogViewWebViewSelectedItemsCollection of type FileDialogSelectedItems with all selected itemsTitleTitle of the Open file dialog windowSelect files – msoFileDialogFilePickerThe msoFileDialogFilePicker dialog type allows you to select one or more files. Select single filesThe most common select file scenario is asking the user to select a single file. The code below does just that.
Dim fDialog As FileDialog, result As IntegerSet fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)'IMPORTANT!fDialog.AllowMultiSelect = True'Optional FileDialog propertiesfDialog.title = 'Select a file'fDialog.InitialFileName = 'C:'Optional: Add filtersfDialog.Filters.ClearfDialog.Filters.Add 'Excel files', '.xlsx'fDialog.Filters.Add 'All files', '.' Show the dialog.1 means success!If fDialog.Show = -1 ThenFor Each it In fDialog.SelectedItemsDebug.Print itNext itEnd If'Results:'C:somefile.xlsx'C:somefile1.xlsx'C:somefile2.xlsx.
PriorityApplication.GetOpenFilename method (Excel)Displays the standard Open dialog box and gets a file name from the user without actually opening any files. GetOpenFilename ( FileFilter, FilterIndex, Title, ButtonText, MultiSelect)expression A variable that represents an object.
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Parameters NameRequired/OptionalData typeDescriptionFileFilterOptionalVariantA string specifying file filtering criteria.FilterIndexOptionalVariantSpecifies the index numbers of the default file filtering criteria, from 1 to the number of filters specified in FileFilter. If this argument is omitted or greater than the number of filters present, the first file filter is used.TitleOptionalVariantSpecifies the title of the dialog box. If this argument is omitted, the title is 'Open.' ButtonTextOptionalVariantMacintosh only.MultiSelectOptionalVariantTrue to allow multiple file names to be selected. False to allow only one file name to be selected. The default value is False.Return valueVariant RemarksThis string passed in the FileFilter argument consists of pairs of file filter strings followed by the MS-DOS wildcard file filter specification, with each part and each pair separated by commas.
Each separate pair is listed in the Files of type drop-down list box. For example, the following string specifies two file filters—text and addin:'Text Files (.txt),.txt,Add-In Files (.xla),.xla'To use multiple MS-DOS wildcard expressions for a single file filter type, separate the wildcard expressions with semicolons; for example: 'Visual Basic Files (.bas;.txt),.bas;.txt'.If FileFilter is omitted, this argument defaults to 'All Files (.),.' .This method returns the selected file name or the name entered by the user.
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The returned name may include a path specification. If MultiSelect is True, the return value is an array of the selected file names (even if only one file name is selected).
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Returns False if the user cancels the dialog box.This method may change the current drive or folder. ExampleThis example displays the Open dialog box, with the file filter set to text files. If the user chooses a file name, the code displays that file name in a message box.