Picking a file to load in your Microsoft App is a very important skill to know.
In this blog post you will see how to do it.
First you need to set a reference to the MS office object library
From VBE editor –> select Tools > MS office object library (click check mark)
Sub SelectFile()
strFileName = GetFile(strStart, "Select Your Import File")
MsgBox strFileName
End Sub
Public Function GetFile(start_here, title_bar As String) As String
Dim intChoice As Integer
Dim strPath As String
'needs reference to the MS office object library
'only allow the user to select one file
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.InitialFileName = start_here
.Title = title_bar
End With
'make the file dialog visible to the user
intChoice = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen).Show
'determine what choice the user made
If intChoice <> 0 Then
'get the file path selected by the user
strPath = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen).SelectedItems(1)
'MsgBox strPath
GetFile = strPath
End If
End Function
Live Sample:
Stay tuned, because I’m going to show you how to use this in some examples.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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