Microsoft KB Archive/141574

= XL: How to Create a Macro That Opens Multiple Selected Files =

Article ID: 141574

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q141574





SUMMARY
In the Open dialog box in Microsoft Excel, you can select more than one file to open at a time. If you are using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications with the GetOpenFileName method, you must use a macro to loop through the selected files to open them.



MORE INFORMATION
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Visual Basic Code Example
  In a new workbook, insert a module, and enter the following code: Sub loopyarray

Dim filenames As Variant

' set the array to a variable and the True is for multi-select filenames = Application.GetOpenFilename(,, , , True)

counter = 1

' ubound determines how many items in the array While counter <= UBound(filenames)

'Opens the selected files Workbooks.Open filenames(counter)

' displays file name in a message box MsgBox filenames(counter)

'increment counter counter = counter + 1

Wend End Sub  Run the loopyarray macro. In the Open dialog box, select multiple files to open by holding down CTRL as you click each file name. Click Open or click OK.

As the macro opens each of the selected files, it displays a message box stating the path and file name of each file as it is opened.

