Thread: Folder Path.

Hi,

I have some VBA code. Somewhere in my application I want the user to be able to browse through the folders and files. My problem is how can I fetch the path of a folder while a user selects it? I do not want user to go to the file location. I just want the folder location.

Regards,
Gajendra Gupta

Hi Gupta, although this code looks like it will open the file it actually just gets you the file path and location:

Sub findfiles()
Dim CurrentDir As Variant
CurrentDir = CurDir()

Dim fNameAndPath As Variant
If fNameAndPath <> False Then Reset
fNameAndPath = ""
fNameAndPath = Application.GetOpenFilename(Filefilter:="Excel Files(*.xls), *.xls", Title:="Highlight File To Be Opened")

If fNameAndPath = False Then

MsgBox (" No File Selected! ")

Else

MsgBox "Selected file is:" & fNameAndPath

End If
Reset:
End Sub

Regards,
Simon

Simon thank for your reply. Yes this is the way you open a file but I do not want user to get in to the folder I just want him to select the folder and by selecting the folder only I should be able to get the folder path. Any idea?

Regards,
Gajendra Gupta

Hello Gajendra.Gupta,

Visit Chip Pearson's site. Here is a link that will take you to code examples of browsing for folders.

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/BrowseFolder.htm

Sincerely,
Leith Ross