Extensions Property

Microsoft Office Object Model

Extensions Property

       

Returns a String value containing the extensions that determine which files are displayed in a file dialog box for each Filter object. Read-only.

expression.Extensions

expression   Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Example

The following example iterates through the default filters of the SaveAs dialog box and displays the description of each filter that includes a Microsoft Excel file. The Extensions property is used to find the appropriate filter objects.

Sub Main()

    'Declare a variable as a FileDialogFilters collection.
    Dim fdfs As FileDialogFilters

    'Declare a variable as a FileDialogFilter object.
    Dim fdf As FileDialogFilter

    'Set the FileDialogFilters collection variable to
    'the FileDialogFilters collection of the SaveAs dialog box.
    Set fdfs = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs).Filters

    'Iterate through the description and extensions of each
    'default filter in the SaveAs dialog box.
    For Each fdf In fdfs

        'Display the description of filters that include
        'Microsoft Excel files.
        If InStr(1, fdf.Extensions, "xls", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
            MsgBox "Description of filter: " & fdf.Description
        End If
    Next fdf
End Sub