I sent this earlier, but without a subject, and the news group appears to require a subject,
so I'm sending it again....
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I have the following two statements (among others, of course):

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=TheFileName, Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=myArray

I would like the default directory to begin looking in to be C:\

I have tried the following with no success:

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), C:\.txt")

Thanks,
Bernie

I posted this:

Try this

I will save your default folder first to set it back at the end

Sub test()
Dim SaveDriveDir As String
Dim TheFileName As Variant
SaveDriveDir = CurDir
ChDrive "C"
ChDir "C:\"
TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), C:\.txt")

MsgBox "your code"

ChDrive SaveDriveDir
ChDir SaveDriveDir
End Sub


--
Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2)
www.rondebruin.nl



"bw" wrote in message ...
I sent this earlier, but without a subject, and the news group appears to require a subject,
so I'm sending it again....
--------------------------------------
I have the following two statements (among others, of course):

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=TheFileName, Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=myArray

I would like the default directory to begin looking in to be C:\

I have tried the following with no success:

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), C:\.txt")

Thanks,
Bernie

Hi Bernie

This should do the trick for you:

ChDrive "C"
ChDir "C:\"
TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

--
Rob Bovey, MCSE, MCSD, Excel MVP
Application Professionals
http://www.appspro.com/

* Please post all replies to this newsgroup *
* I delete all unsolicited e-mail responses *


"bw" wrote in message
...
I sent this earlier, but without a subject, and the news group appears to
require a subject,
so I'm sending it again....
--------------------------------------
I have the following two statements (among others, of course):

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=TheFileName, Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=myArray

I would like the default directory to begin looking in to be C:\

I have tried the following with no success:

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt),
C:\.txt")

Thanks,
Bernie

I didn't see your other post...I wonder why?

The Subject is NONE

--
Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2)
www.rondebruin.nl



"bw" wrote in message ...
Thanks, Ron.

That did it for me.

I didn't see your other post...I wonder why?

Anyway, thanks for your help.
Bernie


On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:46:52 +0200, "Ron de Bruin"
wrote:
I posted this:

Try this

I will save your default folder first to set it back at the end

Sub test()
Dim SaveDriveDir As String
Dim TheFileName As Variant
SaveDriveDir = CurDir
ChDrive "C"
ChDir "C:\"
TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), C:\.txt")

MsgBox "your code"

ChDrive SaveDriveDir
ChDir SaveDriveDir
End Sub


--
Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2)
www.rondebruin.nl



"bw" wrote in message news:1104_1059581509
@news.cableone.net...
I sent this earlier, but without a subject, and the news group appears to require a
subject,
so I'm sending it again....
--------------------------------------
I have the following two statements (among others, of course):

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), *.txt")

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=TheFileName, Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=myArray

I would like the default directory to begin looking in to be C:\

I have tried the following with no success:

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt), C:\.txt")

Thanks,
Bernie

bw,

Know what you mean. For some reason I'm not seeing all the posts either.
But using Find is a big help. You can even have it search by sender.

steve

"bw" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Ron.

That did it for me.

I didn't see your other post...I wonder why?

Anyway, thanks for your help.
Bernie


On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:46:52 +0200, "Ron de Bruin"

wrote:
I posted this:

Try this

I will save your default folder first to set it back at the end

Sub test()
Dim SaveDriveDir As String
Dim TheFileName As Variant
SaveDriveDir = CurDir
ChDrive "C"
ChDir "C:\"
TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt),
C:\.txt")

MsgBox "your code"

ChDrive SaveDriveDir
ChDir SaveDriveDir
End Sub


--
Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2)
www.rondebruin.nl



"bw" wrote in message news:1104_1059581509
@news.cableone.net...
I sent this earlier, but without a subject, and the news group appears
to require a
subject,
so I'm sending it again....
--------------------------------------
I have the following two statements (among others, of course):

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt),
*.txt")

Workbooks.OpenText Filename:=TheFileName, Origin:=xlWindows, _
StartRow:=1, DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:=myArray

I would like the default directory to begin looking in to be C:\

I have tried the following with no success:

TheFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt),
C:\.txt")

Thanks,
Bernie