Article ID: 139723
Article Last Modified on 6/11/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q139723
SUMMARY
When you use Microsoft Excel, you may want to display the Open or the Save As dialog boxes using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedures. This article explains several ways to accomplish this task.
Note that the Open and Close methods do not display these dialog boxes.
MORE INFORMATION
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Method 1
This Visual Basic code uses the xlDialogOpen and xlDialogSaveAs constants to display the dialog.
To open a file:
Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show
To open a file named "myacct.xls" in the "c:\personal" directory:
Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show _
("c:\personal\myacct.xls")
To save a file:
Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSaveAs).Show
To save a file in the "c:\public" directory named "acct.xls":
Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSaveAs).Show _
("c:\public\acct.xls")
Method 2
Use the GetOpenFilename and GetSaveAsFilename methods to retrieve the file name in conjunction with the Open or Close methods.
To open a file:
Workbooks.Open filename:=Application.GetOpenFilename
To save the active workbook:
Activeworkbook.SaveAs filename:=Application.GetSaveAsFilename
Method 3
Use the Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro language equivalents to display the dialog boxes.
To open a file:
Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro("OPEN?()")
To save a file:
Application.ExecuteExcel4Macro("SAVE.AS?()")
For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
104581 Macro to Change Default *.XL* to *.* in Open Dialog Box
REFERENCES
For more information about displaying dialog boxes in Excel 97, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Dialogs, click Search, and then click to view "Dialogs property."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
Microsoft Press: "Excel 5 Visual Basic for Applications Reference," version 5.0, pages 452, 576
"Function Reference," version 4.0, pages 307, 369
The On-Line Help menu in Microsoft Excel 7.0. Select the Help menu, and choose "Microsoft Excel Help Topics". Click on the Find tab and type xldialogopen.
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