Is there a universal OS variant of this? I am looking to have this code work on a Mac and PC, but this seems only to work on a PC.
strFile = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (.csv),.csv", , "Please selec text file...")
Is there a universal OS variant of this? I am looking to have this code work on a Mac and PC, but this seems only to work on a PC.
strFile = Application.GetOpenFilename("Text Files (.csv),.csv", , "Please selec text file...")
It works in MAC (Excel 2011) As well. See screen shot
FOLLOWUP
Upon discussion in chat as I suspected the error was not with Application.GetSaveAsFilename
but something else. In this case it was Application.GetOpenFilename
Now Application.GetOpenFilename
definitely gives a problem in Mac. I would recommend seeing this thread which also addresses your problem.
Error when closing an opened workbook in VBA Userform
I find that I am able to use Application.GetSaveAsFileName
on both PC and Mac without issue.
FName = Application.GetSaveAsFilename(fileFilter:=filterString, InitialFileName:=myInitialFileName)
However I also found that Application.GetOpenFilename
does not work on the Mac, so I did some googling and came up with this function as a workaround on the Mac:
#If Mac Then
tempfnameList = Select_File_Or_Files_Mac()
#Else
tempfnameList = Application.GetOpenFilename(fileFilter:=filterString, Title:="Select File(s) to Open", MultiSelect:=True)
#End If
Here is the implementation of Select_File_Or_Files_Mac
:
Function Select_File_Or_Files_Mac() As String()
Dim MyPath As String
Dim MyScript As String
Dim MyFiles As String
Dim MySplit As Variant
Dim N As Long
Dim FName As String
Dim mybook As Workbook
On Error Resume Next
MyPath = MacScript("return (path to documents folder) as String")
'Or use MyPath = "Macintosh HD:Users:Ron:Desktop:TestFolder:"
' In the following statement, change true to false in the line "multiple
' selections allowed true" if you do not want to be able to select more
' than one file. Additionally, if you want to filter for multiple files, change
' {""com.microsoft.Excel.xls""} to
' {""com.microsoft.excel.xls"",""public.comma-separated-values-text""}
' if you want to filter on xls and csv files, for example.
MyScript = _
"set applescript's text item delimiters to "","" " & vbNewLine & _
"set theFiles to (choose file of type " & _
" {""public.comma-separated-values-text""} " & _
"with prompt ""Please select a file or files"" default location alias """ & _
MyPath & """ multiple selections allowed true) as string" & vbNewLine & _
"set applescript's text item delimiters to """" " & vbNewLine & _
"return theFiles"
MyFiles = MacScript(MyScript)
Dim returnList() As String
On Error GoTo 0
If MyFiles <> "" Then
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = False
.EnableEvents = False
End With
'MsgBox MyFiles
MySplit = Split(MyFiles, ",")
ReDim returnList(LBound(MySplit) To UBound(MySplit))
For N = LBound(MySplit) To UBound(MySplit)
returnList(N) = MySplit(N)
Next N
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = True
.EnableEvents = True
End With
Select_File_Or_Files_Mac = returnList
Else
ReDim returnList(0 To 0)
returnList(0) = "False"
Select_File_Or_Files_Mac = returnList
End If
End Function
I hope this helps!
Check out the solution on MSDN - Programmatically Selecting Files in Excel for Windows and Excel for the Mac