Select or Open a file in VBA with file dialog. In a recent project, I was tasked with designing a program in Access where an end user could import a spreadsheet, run a sub routine in VBA and export the results. As part of the user experience, I wanted the end user to be able to select the input spreadsheet with the file dialog tool. UPDATE 0. 5/2. 2/2. Techniques for recovering and repairing a Microsoft Access database that is partially corrupt, such as a form that cannot be opened, number of records is inconsistent. Here is some code to help you open a file in vba with file dialog using Microsoft Access 2010. · How to Use Microsoft Access. Microsoft Access is a database creation program that allows for anyone to easily maintain and edit a database. It is suitable. The function below contains an error handler and works well if your input has the potential to throw an error. For simplicity- sake, I have included a more compact version (short- circuited) under this one: 1. File Browse Code'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -'NOTE: To use this code, you must reference'The Microsoft Office 1. Object Library by clicking menu Tools> References'Check the box for: 'Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Click OK'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Function select. File(). Dim fd As File. Dialog, file. Name As. String. On. Error. Go. To. Error. Handler. Set fd = Application. File. Dialog(mso. File. Dialog. File. Picker). fd. Allow. Multi. Select = False. If fd. Show = True. Then. If fd. Selected. Items(1) < > vb. Null. String Then. Name = fd. Selected. Items(1). End. If. Else'Exit code if no file is selected. End. End. If. 'Return Selected File. Name. select. File = file. Name. Set fd = Nothing. Set fd = Nothing. Msg. Box "Error " & Err & ": " & Error(Err). End. Function'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -. File Browse Code. NOTE: To use this code, you must reference. The Microsoft Office 1. Object Library by clicking menu Tools> References. Check the box for. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Function select. File(). Dim fd As File. Dialog, file. Name As String. On Error Go. To Error. Handler. Set fd = Application. File. Dialog(mso. File. Dialog. File. Picker). fd. Allow. Multi. Select = False. If fd. Show = True Then. If fd. Selected. Items(1) < > vb. Null. String Then. Name = fd. Selected. Items(1). 'Exit code if no file is selected. Return Selected File. Name. select. File = file. Name. Set fd = Nothing. Set fd = Nothing. Msg. Box "Error " & Err & ": " & Error(Err). End Function. Compact version of File Dialog Code. Please note, you still need to include a reference to the Microsoft Office 1. Object Library. I have tried every trick I could find to implement late binding (bind in code without reference). I have found that you simply can’t implement without reference (early binding). If anyone out there can prove me wrong on this, please do comment. File Browse Code'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -'NOTE: To use this code, you must reference'The Microsoft Office 1. Object Library by clicking menu Tools> References'Check the box for: 'Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Click OK'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Function select. File(). Dim fd As File. Dialog. Set fd = Application. File. Dialog(mso. File. Dialog. File. Picker). . Allow. Multi. Select = False. If . Show Then. select. File = . Selected. Items(1). Else. End. End. If. End. With. Set fd = Nothing. End. Function'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -. File Browse Code. NOTE: To use this code, you must reference. The Microsoft Office 1. Object Library by clicking menu Tools> References. Check the box for. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Function select. File(). Dim fd As File. Dialog. Set fd = Application. File. Dialog(mso. File. Dialog. File. Picker). . Allow. Multi. Select = False. If . Show Then. select. File = . Selected. Items(1). End. Set fd = Nothing. End Function. Select Multiple Files With File Dialog. The original code from when I first built this post allowed users to select multiple files. Since VBA doesn’t do objects/arrays like other programming languages, it is difficult to make the function return an array or object. So, I built my example in a Public Sub and marked up the area that returns selected filenames with a loop. My assumption is that if you need to select multiple files in VBA, you will probably have an idea for how to implement. If you run into a wall, add a comment and we can work on a solution. File Browse Code'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -'NOTE: To use this code, you must reference'The Microsoft Office 1. Object Library by clicking menu Tools> References'Check the box for: 'Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Click OK'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -Public. Sub mult. File. Select(). Dim fd As File. Dialog, file. Name As. String. Dim vrt. Selected. Item As. Variant. Set fd = Application. File. Dialog(mso. File. Dialog. File. Picker). fd. Allow. Multi. Select = True. If fd. Show = True. Then. If fd. Selected. Items(1) < > vb. Null. String Then. For. Each vrt. Selected. Item In fd. Selected. Items. ''''''''''''''''''''''Selected Files in loop''''''''''''''''''''''. Msg. Box vrt. Selected. Item. Next vrt. Selected. Item. End. If. Else'Exit code if no file is selected. End. End. If. Set fd = Nothing. End. Sub'- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -. File Browse Code. NOTE: To use this code, you must reference. The Microsoft Office 1. Object Library by clicking menu Tools> References. Check the box for. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Microsoft Office 1. Object Library in Access 2. Public Sub mult. File. Select(). Dim fd As File. Dialog, file. Name As String. Dim vrt. Selected. Item As Variant. Set fd = Application. File. Dialog(mso. File. Dialog. File. Picker). fd. Allow. Multi. Select = True. If fd. Show = True Then. If fd. Selected. Items(1) < > vb. Null. String Then. For Each vrt. Selected. Item In fd. Selected. Items. '''''''''''''''''''''. Selected Files in loop. Msg. Box vrt. Selected. Item. Next vrt. Selected. Item. 'Exit code if no file is selected. Set fd = Nothing. End Sub. As always, please comment!
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