expression.InitialFileName
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Remarks
You can use the '*' and '?' wildcard characters when specifying the file name but not when specifying the path. The '*' represents any number of consecutive characters and the '?' represents a single character. For example, .InitialFileName = "c:\c*s.txt" will return both "charts.txt" and "checkregister.txt."
If you specify a path and no file name, then all files that are allowed by the file filter will appear in the dialog box.
If you specify a file that exists in the initial folder, then only that file will appear in the dialog box.
If you specify a file name that doesn't exist in the initial folder, then the dialog box will contain no files. The type of file that you specify in the InitialFileName property will override the file filter settings.
If you specify an invalid path, the last-used path is used. A message will warn users when an invalid path is used.
Setting this property to a string longer than 256 characters will cause a run-time error.
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
'Set the initial path to the C:\ drive.
.InitialFileName = "C:\"
'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