Vbs open file dialog windows 7

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This code works for Windows and XP at the time of posting. The first step is to create an Object type variable in VB. The "UserAccounts. CommonDialog" is the class of object we are creating.

This is that File Open Dialog we want. You can change "ObjFSO" to some longer name that makes more sense for you, it is our variable. It is important to note that we have not yet opened the dialog! In order to open the dialog we have to use a "ShowOpen" property and catch the exit value return or error code of the dialog box.

It is as simple as creating a variable to store that exit value. Did our user select a file? Returns 0 the constant false if no file was selected. Returns -1 the constant for true if the file was selected. So now the user has either selected a file or aborted your dialog.

We now need to act on what they have done. We need at least two parts. One result if they did not select a file. BrowseForFolder returns a folder object. Perhaps this will work for you? I decide to give up on BrowseForFolder. I've been playing around with the dialog from Word, instead. This works with any file type.

It sure would be nice if I could use something that is built into Windows. Is there no way to access the file open dialog from something like Notepad? Let me know if you see any mistakes or have suggestions on how it could be done better.

FileDialog msoFileDialogOpen 'set the window title to whatever you want. Clear 'Show only the desired file types 'for each desired group of file types, add a "Filters. Add" line with a different description and desired extensions 'the dialog box will open using whichever filter is first 'you can switch to a different filter from a drop-down list on the dialog box.

FileDialog msoFileDialogOpen. SelectedItems 'long form For Each File in. Echo objFile. Path 'Display the path to the folder that the file is in WScript. ParentFolder 'Display just the name of the file WScript. Red Flag This Post Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate.