I have never tried it, but I wouldn't expect that to work in any version of
excel. If it does, then I guess that is a happy dance. the only thing
stated to work it so limit files based on the extension.

In xl2002 and later you could use the filedialog object to do what you
describe I would think.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

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in Excel 2000, using the GetOpenFileName method you can include a
FileFilter
(the first argument) such as *.something.extension and the dialog box
would
show those files.

Starting in Excel XP that does not work in code anymore. You can
physically
type that into the dialog box under "File name" and it will work but when
it
is set in code it will only recognize *.extension.

Is this a design change or a bug?

Sample code:
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FileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Sample Files (*.test.txt),
*.test.txt")
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This will not show a file named First.test.txt in Excel XP/2003 but the
same
code will show the file in Excel 2000.

Ryan