Name
Application.FileDialog (MsoFileDialogType
)
Synopsis
Returns the FileDialog
object.
Argument |
Description |
Settings |
---|---|---|
|
Determines which Excel dialog to return |
|
The following code displays the file picker dialog box and lets the user select a text file to open in Notepad:
Sub TestFileDialog( ) Dim fname As String With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker) .AllowMultiSelect = False .Filters.Add "Text files (*.txt)", "*.txt", 1 .FilterIndex = 1 .Title = "Open text file" If .Show = True Then _ Shell "notepad.exe " & .SelectedItems(1) End With End Sub
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