expression.FilterIndex
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Remarks
If you try to set this property to a number greater than the number of filters, the last available filter will be selected.
Example
The following example displays a File Picker dialog box using the FileDialog object and displays each selected file in a message box. This example also demonstrates how to add a new file filter and how to make it the default filter.
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
'Add a filter that includes GIF and JPEG images and make it the second item in the list.
.Filters.Add "Images", "*.gif; *.jpg; *.jpeg", 2
'Sets the initial file filter to number 2.
.FilterIndex = 2
'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 vrtSelectedItem
'If the user presses Cancel...
Else
End If
End With
'Set the object variable to Nothing.
Set fd = Nothing
End Sub