Application.FileDialog Property

  • Article
PowerPoint Developer Reference

Returns a FileDialog object that represents a single instance of a file dialog box. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.FileDialog(Type)

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Type Required MsoFileDialogType The type of dialog to return.

Return Value
FileDialog

Remarks

The value of the Type parameter can be one of these MsoFileDialogType constants.

msoFileDialogFilePicker
msoFileDialogFolderPicker
msoFileDialogOpen
msoFileDialogSaveAs

Example

This example displays the Save As dialog box.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ShowSaveAsDialog()
    Dim dlgSaveAs As FileDialog
    Set dlgSaveAs = Application.FileDialog( _
        Type:=msoFileDialogSaveAs)
    dlgSaveAs.Show
End Sub

This example displays the Open dialog box and allows a user to select multiple files to open.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ShowFileDialog()
    Dim dlgOpen As FileDialog
    Set dlgOpen = Application.FileDialog( _
        Type:=msoFileDialogOpen)
    With dlgOpen
        .AllowMultiSelect = True
        .Show
    End With
End Sub

See Also