From online Help:

'Declare a variable as a FileDialog object.
Dim fd As FileDialog

'Create a FileDialog object as a File Picker dialog.
Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)

'Declare a variable to contain the path
'of each selected item. Even though the path is a String,
'the variable must be a Variant because For Each...Next
'routines only work with Variants and Objects.
Dim vrtSelectedItem As Variant

'Use a With...End With block to reference the FileDialog object.
With fd

'Add a filter that includes GIF and JPEG images and make it the
first item in the list.
.Filters.Add "Images", "*.gif; *.jpg; *.jpeg", 1

'Use the Show method to display the File Picker dialog box and
return the user's action.
'If the user presses the action button...
If .Show = -1 Then

'Step through each string in the FileDialogSelectedItems
collection.
For Each vrtSelectedItem In .SelectedItems

'vrtSelectedItem is a String that contains the path of each
selected item.
'You can use any file I/O functions that you want to work
with this path.
'This example simply displays the path in a message box.
MsgBox "Selected item's path: " & vrtSelectedItem

Next vrtSelectedItem
'If the user presses Cancel...
Else
End If
End With

'Set the object variable to Nothing.
Set fd = Nothing

"JBob" wrote in message
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Is there a way to use a pull down or a list box for a
certain folder / directory and have thumbnail views of the
image files available within an excel2002 worksheet?

Regards,
JB
-----Original Message-----
Hayman,

Taken from the macro recorder

ActiveSheet.Pictures.Insert ( _
"C:\My Pictures\Winter.jpg")


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HTH

Bob Phillips

"Hayman" wrote in message
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Is there a way to insert a jpg picture into an excel
sheet using VBA or
visual basic languages?
Your help is really appreciated.
Hayman




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