Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
|
|||
|
|||
Selecting File and FilePath
Hope somebody can help, can not find the answer in my books...
I am used to coding for XL95 but now have to use XL2000 (I prefer it but I'm not used to it, the boss wants everything done yesterday) I want to be able to select a file and file path using a built-in dialog box and the file,filepath variables to be used in the procedure. To be more specific, I want to import data from a text file, but rather than forcing the user to have the text file in a specific place I want to allow the user to select the file and where it is on their computer, the import procedure will then use the supplied filepath/filename for importing the data. In XL95 I could use the open file dialog, select the file then when the dialog was dismissed the file was not opened but the information gathered could be used in the procedure. Can something like this be done in XL2000? any help would be appreciated. -- TIA Pete |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.programming
|
|||
|
|||
Selecting File and FilePath
Thanks very much. Exactly what I wanted, just couldn't find it using help or
the books. Cheers, Pete "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... Peter, You can use the GetOpenFilename procedure to do this. E.g., Dim FName As Variant FName = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (*.txt),*.txt", , , , False) If FName = False Then MsgBox "No File Selected" Else MsgBox "You chose: " & FName End If Note that GetOpenFilename does not actually open the file. It simply returns the full file name selected by the user, or False if the user hits cancel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Peter Harrison" wrote in message ... Hope somebody can help, can not find the answer in my books... I am used to coding for XL95 but now have to use XL2000 (I prefer it but I'm not used to it, the boss wants everything done yesterday) I want to be able to select a file and file path using a built-in dialog box and the file,filepath variables to be used in the procedure. To be more specific, I want to import data from a text file, but rather than forcing the user to have the text file in a specific place I want to allow the user to select the file and where it is on their computer, the import procedure will then use the supplied filepath/filename for importing the data. In XL95 I could use the open file dialog, select the file then when the dialog was dismissed the file was not opened but the information gathered could be used in the procedure. Can something like this be done in XL2000? any help would be appreciated. -- TIA Pete |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Cell value becomes filepath to insert picture,jpg or object | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
Can I set a default to add a filepath footer when printing? | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Filepath | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Filepath | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Selecting a filepath based on cell contents | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) |