Thread: opening a text file

Hi there does anyone know if there is any code for opening a text file where the user can select which file. path to use ?

Hi again, I am just posting to say I have found a partial solution thanks to a thread I have found in this forum.
http://www.excelforum.com/word-progr...es-wanted.html which recommended going to http://word.mvps.org/.
On that site I found the code below which works for what I need (after I changed

msoFileDialogFolderPicker

to

msoFileDialogFilePicker

that is until I actually select a txt file, the box which starts off saying "open" changes to "ok" and when I click on it nothing appears to happen other than it moves on to

MsgBox "You chose " & .SelectedItems(1)

Does anyone have an idea how to amend it so it actually opens the file?

Many thanks to JeanRage for the suggestion so far. Getting close (I think)

With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)

    .AllowMultiSelect = False

    If .Show <> 0 Then

        MsgBox "You chose " & .SelectedItems(1)

    Else

        MsgBox "Dialog cancelled"

    End If

End With

Sub snb()
  With Application.Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
    .Name = "*.txt"
    .Show
  End With
end sub

or

Sub snb()
  with Application.Dialogs(wdDialogInsertFile)
    .name="*.txt"
    .Show
  end with
end sub

Thanks a million for that Snb. I have been scouring the web on and off for days looking for the correct syntax for this.
Thats the last thing I needed to do on this macro.
Thankfully I can go back to excel now until I get a word vba book.
Cheers for the solution

You don't have to look on Internet but in the helpfiles of Word's VBEditor .

PS. Can you please enable PM's in this forum ? on ICQ no matches for you were found...

I did try using the search in the VBEditor originally but obviously I didn't use the correct search term. I have now typed in "application dialog" and now have lots of explanation. So thanks for that suggestion.

I have now enabled PM's for all users (It was enabled for moderators and contacts).

I didn't have it enabled because I thought in general it goes against the principle of a public forum but obviously in some cases others feel it is of use.

I have also marked the thread as solved which I must have missed doing the other day. Apologises for that.