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Vba display open dialog box explorer in Excel

For example, my macro takes a file that is selected by user as input, processes the same and provides output file. In Excel, how can I get user to select a file?

To do it in Excel, here is the answer:

Option Explicit
Sub ChooseFile()
Dim blnResponse As Boolean
' Show the Open dialog box.
blnResponse = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show("*.xls")
''
' If blnResponse is False (Open dialog canceled), exit the procedure.
If blnResponse = False Then
Exit Sub
End If
''
'File Processing and Output generation code goes here.
''
End Sub

Description:

a) Line 5 brings up a dialog box as shown below. User can then select a file and click "Open". Instead of displaying all files use of ("*.xls") filter ensures only Excel files are shown.

excel vba display open dialog box explorer

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