

To display a file dialog box by using the FileDialog object, you must use the Show method. Therefore, make sure that you set all of the properties appropriately for your purpose before you display the dialog box. Therefore, many of the properties of the FileDialog object persist even when you create multiple FileDialog objects. The path that the user selects is captured in the FileDialogSelectedItems collection.Įach host application can only create a single instance of the FileDialog object. The file paths that the user selects are captured in the FileDialogSelectedItems collection.įolder Picker dialog box: lets users select a path. SaveAs dialog box: lets users select a single file that you can then save the current file as by using the Execute method.įile Picker dialog box: lets users select one or more files. Open dialog box: lets users select one or more files that you can then open in the host application by using the Execute method. There are four types of FileDialog object: The property takes a single argument, MsoFileDialogType, that determines the type of FileDialog object that the property returns. The FileDialog property is located in each individual Office application's Application object. Use the FileDialog property to return a FileDialog object. Provides file dialog box functionality similar to the functionality of the standard Open and Save dialog boxes found in Microsoft Office applications.
