FileConverters Property
Returns information about installed file converters. Returns Null if there are no converters installed. Read-only Variant.
expression.FileConverters(Index1, Index2)
expression Required. An expression that returns an Application object.
Index1 Optional Variant. The long name of the converter, including the file-type search string in Windows (for example, "Lotus 1-2-3 Files (*.wk*)").
Index2 Optional Variant. The path of the converter DLL or code resource.
Remarks
If you don’t specify the index arguments, this property returns an array that containing information about all the installed file converters. Each row in the array contains information about a single file converter, as shown in the following table.
Column | Contents |
---|---|
1 | The long name of the converter |
2 | The path of the converter DLL or code resource |
3 | The file-extension search string |
Example
This example displays a message if the Multiplan file converter is installed.
installedCvts = Application.FileConverters
foundMultiplan = False
If Not IsNull(installedCvts) Then
For arrayRow = 1 To UBound(installedCvts, 1)
If installedCvts(arrayRow, 1) Like "*Multiplan*" Then
foundMultiplan = True
Exit For
End If
Next arrayRow
End If
If foundMultiplan = True Then
MsgBox "Multiplan converter is installed"
Else
MsgBox "Multiplan converter is not installed"
End If