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Title: Allow user to pick a folder Language: VBA
Description: Must set s reference to the Microsoft Object model library Views: 2208
Author: Bill Decastro Date Added: 11/10/2008
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1ublic Function GetUserFolder(strCaption As String, _
2    Optional InitialFile As String, _
3    Optional bMultiSelect As Boolean = False) As String
4    
5On Error GoTo eh
6
7Const PROC_NAME As String = "GetUserFolder"
8
9Dim FD As FileDialog
10
11'Create a FileDialog object as a File Picker dialog box.

12Set FD = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
13
14With FD
15    If Not Len(strCaption) = 0 Then
16        .Title = strCaption
17    End If
18    If Len(InitialFile) > 0 Then
19        .InitialFileName = InitialFile
20    End If
21    .AllowMultiSelect = bMultiSelect
22    
23
24    'Use the Show method to display the File Picker dialog box and return the user's action.

25    'The user pressed the action button.

26    If .Show = -1 Then
27        GetUserFolder = .SelectedItems(1)
28    Else
29    End If
30End With
31
32exitProc:
33    Set FD = Nothing
34    Exit Function
35eh:
36    'will log the error and then raise an error back to client

37    Resume exitProc
38    
39
40End Function