File Open/SaveAs Dialogs in Word

[RoyVidar]

Hi!

I need the same functionality as the .GetSaveAsFilename method gives you in Excel, but in Word (2000). (I'm hoping to achieve this without calling the methods thru Excel).

I'm trying the Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen).Show thingie in Word, but it does not seem possible to set file filters and initialfilename (path) for it (which I need).

Any suggestions? Classes/methods within Word?

Roy-Vidar;-)

 

[StevePB]

Hi Roy-Vidar,

I gather from the Word VBA help files that you have to create a variable to point to the dialog first, then set the property you want as an argument to your variable - see following:

Sub dialogFO()

Set myDialog = Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
myDialog.Name = "*.txt"
myDialog.Show

End Sub

I don't like the new help format, but you can find more stuff on this as follows (if you've got the VBA help files installed):
Help >> Index >> Keywords = Displaying built-in dialog >> then try two of the options listed: "Displaying built-in Word dialog boxes" and "Built-in dialog box argument lists"

Good luck, SteveB.