SelectedItems Property

Returns a FileDialogSelectedItems collection. This collection contains a list of the paths of the files that a user selected from a file dialog box displayed using the Show method of the FileDialog object.

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

Example

The following example displays a File Picker dialog box using the FileDialog object and displays each selected file in a message box.

Sub Main()

    'Declare a variable as a FileDialog object.
    Dim fd As FileDialog

    'Create a FileDialog object as a File Picker dialog box.
    Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)

    'Declare a variable to contain the path
    'of each selected item. Even though the path is a String,
    'the variable must be a Variant because For Each...Next
    'routines only work with Variants and Objects.
    Dim vrtSelectedItem As Variant

    'Use a With...End With block to reference the FileDialog object.
    With fd

        'Allow the user to select multiple files.
        .AllowMultiSelect = True

        'Use the Show method to display the File Picker dialog box and return the user's action.
        'If the user presses the action button...
        If .Show = -1 Then
            'Step through each string in the FileDialogSelectedItems collection.
            For Each vrtSelectedItem In .SelectedItems

                'vrtSelectedItem is a String that contains the path of each selected item.
                'You can use any file I/O functions that you want to work with this path.
                'This example simply displays the path in a message box.
                MsgBox "Selected item's path: " & vrtSelectedItem

            Next
        'If the user presses Cancel...
        Else
        End If
    End With

    'Set the object variable to Nothing.
    Set fd = Nothing

End Sub