A long time ago I found this article from Microsoft that
documented how to call the Open common Dialog box. Copy
this code into a module and call it like this:
varFileName = GetOpenFile(strInitialDir, strTitle)
The variable will give you the path the user seleced then
place the variable in your export line.
-Cameron Sutherland
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'*
'* Use Windows API to call open file common dialog box
'*
'* Created by Microsoft
'*
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q96/1/14.A
SP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
'*
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'Declarations for Windows Common Dialogs procedures
Private Type API_OPENFILE
strFilter As String 'Filter string
intFilterIndex As Long 'Initial Filter to
display.
strInitialDir As String 'Initial directory
for the dialog to open in.
strInitialFile As String 'Initial file name
to populate the dialog with.
strDialogTitle As String 'Dialog title
strDefaultExtension As String 'Default extension
to append to file if user didn't specify one.
lngFlags As Long 'Flags (see
constant list) to be used.
strFullPathReturned As String 'Full path of file
picked.
strFileNameReturned As String 'File name of file
picked.
intFileOffset As Integer 'Offset in full
path (strFullPathReturned) where the file name
(strFileNameReturned) begins.
intFileExtension As Integer 'Offset in full
path (strFullPathReturned) where the file extension begins.
End Type
Const ALLFILES = "All Files"
Private Type API_WINOPENFILENAME
lStructSize As Long
hWndOwner As Long
hInstance As Long
lpstrFilter As String
lpstrCustomFilter As String
nMaxCustrFilter As Long
nFilterIndex As Long
lpstrFile As String
nMaxFile As Long
lpstrFileTitle As String
nMaxFileTitle As Long
lpstrInitialDir As String
lpstrTitle As String
flags As Long
nFileOffset As Integer
nFileExtension As Integer
lpstrDefExt As String
lCustrData As Long
lpfnHook As Long
lpTemplateName As String
End Type
Const OFN_ALLOWMULTISELECT = &H200
Const OFN_CREATEPROMPT = &H2000
Const OFN_EXPLORER = &H80000
Const OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST = &H1000
Const OFN_HIDEREADONLY = &H4
Const OFN_NOCHANGEDIR = &H8
Const OFN_NODEREFERENCELINKS = &H100000
Const OFN_NONETWORKBUTTON = &H20000
Const OFN_NOREADONLYRETURN = &H8000
Const OFN_NOVALIDATE = &H100
Const OFN_OVERWRITEPROMPT = &H2
Const OFN_PATHMUSTEXIST = &H800
Const OFN_READONLY = &H1
Const OFN_SHOWHELP = &H10
Declare Function API_GetOpenFileName
Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetOpenFileNameA" (pOpenfilename
As API_WINOPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Declare Function API_GetSaveFileName
Lib "comdlg32.dll" Alias "GetSaveFileNameA" (pOpenfilename
As API_WINOPENFILENAME) As Boolean
Declare Sub API_ChooseColor Lib "msaccess.exe"
Alias "#53" (ByVal hwnd As Long, rgb As Long)
Public Function GetOpenFile(strInitialDir As String,
strTitle As String) As String
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'* Created by Microsoft
'*
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q96/1/14.A
SP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
'* This module calls the Windows API GetOpenFileName
Common Dialog Box from the comdlg32.dll.
'* It is used in some forms as the Browse button.
'*
'* In: strInitialDir - path for the initial directory or
blank for the current directory as String
'* strTitle - title for the dialog as String
'* Out: Path, name and extension of the file selected
as String
'* Syntax in a form:
'* varFileName = GetOpenFile(strInitialDir, strTitle)
'*
'**********************************************************
*********************************
Dim fOK As Boolean
Dim typWinOpen As API_WINOPENFILENAME
Dim typOpenFile As API_OPENFILE
Dim strFilter As String
On Error GoTo PROC_ERR
'Set reasonable defaults for the structure
strFilter = CreateFilterString("Database Files
(*.MDB)", "*.MDB", "All Files (*.*)", "*.*")
If strInitialDir <> "" Then
typOpenFile.strInitialDir = strInitialDir
Else
typOpenFile.strInitialDir = CurDir()
End If
If strTitle <> "" Then
typOpenFile.strDialogTitle = strTitle
End If
typOpenFile.strFilter = strFilter
typOpenFile.lngFlags = OFN_HIDEREADONLY Or OFN_SHOWHELP
'Convert the structure to a Win structure
Convert2Win typOpenFile, typWinOpen
'Call the Common dialog
fOK = API_GetOpenFileName(typWinOpen)
'Convert the Win structure back to a structure
ConvertWin2 typWinOpen, typOpenFile
GetOpenFile = typOpenFile.strFullPathReturned
PROC_EXIT:
Exit Function
PROC_ERR:
GetOpenFile = ""
Resume PROC_EXIT
End Function
Public Sub Convert2Win(Struct As API_OPENFILE, Win_Struct
As API_WINOPENFILENAME)
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'* Created by Microsoft
'*
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q96/1/14.A
SP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
'* Converts the passed API structure to a Windows
structure
'*
'* In: Struct - record of type API_OPENFILE
'* Win_Struct - record of type API_WINOPENFILENAME
'* Out: Nothing
'* Syntax in a form:
'* Called from other module. Do not call this singularly
'*
'**********************************************************
*********************************
Dim strFile As String * 512
On Error GoTo PROC_ERR
Win_Struct.hWndOwner = Application.hWndAccessApp
Win_Struct.hInstance = 0
If Struct.strFilter = "" Then
Win_Struct.lpstrFilter = ALLFILES & Chr$(0)
& "*.*" & Chr$(0)
Else
Win_Struct.lpstrFilter = Struct.strFilter
End If
Win_Struct.nFilterIndex = Struct.intFilterIndex
Win_Struct.lpstrFile = String(512, 0)
Win_Struct.nMaxFile = 511
Win_Struct.lpstrFileTitle = String$(512, 0)
Win_Struct.nMaxFileTitle = 511
Win_Struct.lpstrTitle = Struct.strDialogTitle
Win_Struct.lpstrInitialDir = Struct.strInitialDir
Win_Struct.lpstrDefExt = Struct.strDefaultExtension
Win_Struct.flags = Struct.lngFlags
Win_Struct.lStructSize = Len(Win_Struct)
PROC_EXIT:
Exit Sub
PROC_ERR:
Resume PROC_EXIT
End Sub
Public Sub ConvertWin2(Win_Struct As API_WINOPENFILENAME,
Struct As API_OPENFILE)
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'* Created by Microsoft
'*
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q96/1/14.A
SP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
'* Converts Windows structure to the passed API
'*
'* In: Win_Struct - record of type API_WINOPENFILENAME
'* Struct - record of type API_OPENFILE
'* Out: Nothing
'* Syntax in a form:
'* Called from other module. Do not call this singularly
'*
'**********************************************************
*********************************
On Error GoTo PROC_ERR
Struct.strFullPathReturned = Left
(Win_Struct.lpstrFile, InStr(Win_Struct.lpstrFile,
vbNullChar) - 1)
Struct.strFileNameReturned = RemoveNulls
(Win_Struct.lpstrFileTitle)
Struct.intFileOffset = Win_Struct.nFileOffset
Struct.intFileExtension = Win_Struct.nFileExtension
PROC_EXIT:
Exit Sub
PROC_ERR:
Resume PROC_EXIT
End Sub
Public Function CreateFilterString(ParamArray varFilt() As
Variant) As String
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'* Created by Microsoft
'*
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q96/1/14.A
SP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
'* Builds a Windows formatted filter string for "file
type"
'*
'* In: varFilter - parameter array in the format:
'* Text, Filter, Text, Filter ...
'* Such as:
'* "All Files (*.*)", "*.*", "Text Files
(*.TXT)", "*.TXT"
'* Out: windows formatted filter string
'* Syntax in a form:
'* Called from other module. Do not call this singularly
'*
'**********************************************************
*********************************
Dim strFilter As String
Dim intCounter As Long
Dim intParamCount As Integer
On Error GoTo PROC_ERR
'Get the count of paramaters passed to the function
intParamCount = UBound(varFilt)
If (intParamCount <> -1) Then
'Count through each parameter
For intCounter = 0 To intParamCount
strFilter = strFilter & varFilt(intCounter) &
Chr$(0)
Next
'Check for an even number of parameters
If (intParamCount Mod 2) = 0 Then
strFilter = strFilter & "*.*" & Chr$(0)
End If
End If
CreateFilterString = strFilter
PROC_EXIT:
Exit Function
PROC_ERR:
CreateFilterString = ""
Resume PROC_EXIT
End Function
Public Function RemoveNulls(strIn As String) As String
'**********************************************************
*********************************
'* Created by Microsoft
'*
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q96/1/14.A
SP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
'* Removes terminator from a string
'*
'* In: strIn - string to modify
'* Out: modified string
'* Syntax in a form:
'* Called from other module. Do not call this singularly
'*
'**********************************************************
*********************************
Dim intChr As Integer
intChr = InStr(strIn, Chr$(0))
If intChr > 0 Then
RemoveNulls = Left$(strIn, intChr - 1)
Else
RemoveNulls = strIn
End If
End Function
-----Original Message-----
My system has an export function and I'd like to display
the standard Windows dialog box that allows specification
of a destination (like the one that appears when you link
a database). I also need to capture in Access the path
that the user selected.
