Displays the standard Open dialog box and gets a file name from the user without actually opening any files. Expression.GetOpenFilename( FileFilter, FilterIndex, Title, ButtonText, MultiSelect) expression Required. An expression that returns an Application object. FileFilter Optional Variant. A string specifying file filtering criteria. This string consists of pairs of file filter strings followed by the MS-DOS wildcard file filter specification, with each part and each pair separated by commas.

To open to a network path, you need to use the ChDir function just as you would for any other directory. Next, you use the Application.GetOpenFilename to select the file Example: ChDir ' YourNetworkMachine1 ImportantFiles' Application.GetOpenFilename This will open the dialog box for you. I want to use Application.GetOpenFilename in Excel VBA to open a file and I. Default directory for Application.GetOpenFilename. As ThisWorkbook.Path. I am using FName = Application.GetOpenFilename('Text Files (*.txt), *.txt',, 'Select ACH to select a file to process. I want this dialog to open into a specific folder. Right now it opens into my 'My Documents' folder. I have tried: Application.DefaultFilePath = ' hqserver shared Finance Payroll ACH Files' and. Jan 11, 2018 - Is there any trick to get Filename field in the Open file dialog filled with a default filename when called with a Getopenfilename statement? I am trying to get the GetOpenFileName function to open in a specific network path (UDI path, I've heard it called) such as OtherMachine These Files Is it true that the.

Each separate pair is listed in the Files of type drop-down list box. For example, the following string specifies two file filters—text and addin: 'Text Files (*.txt),*.txt,Add-In Files (*.xla),*.xla'. To use multiple MS-DOS wildcard expressions for a single file filter type, separate the wildcard expressions with semicolons; for example, 'Visual Basic Files (*.bas; *.txt),*.bas;*.txt'. If omitted, this argument defaults to 'All Files (*.*),*.*'.

FilterIndex Optional Variant. Specifies the index numbers of the default file filtering criteria, from 1 to the number of filters specified in FileFilter. Pre Startup Safety Review Checklist. If this argument is omitted or greater than the number of filters present, the first file filter is used.

Title Optional Variant. Specifies the title of the dialog box. If this argument is omitted, the title is 'Open.'

ButtonText Optional Variant. Macintosh only. MultiSelect Optional Variant. True to allow multiple file names to be selected. False to allow only one file name to be selected. The default value is False Remarks This method returns the selected file name or the name entered by the user. The returned name may include a path specification.

If MultiSelect is True, the return value is an array of the selected file names (even if only one filename is selected). Returns False if the user cancels the dialog box.

This method may change the current drive or folder. This example displays the Open dialog box, with the file filter set to text files. If the user chooses a file name, the code displays that file name in a message box. FileToOpen = Application _.