wdDialogFileOpen and .name not working properly

[FotoArt]

hello everyone

I found that the following code(not complete) is not giving the name of the
selected file properly.
Any idea how i can make it work?

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir() '& "\" & .Name
myFileName = .Name
End With

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed

 

[macropod]

What isn't it dong properly? The following works for me:
Sub Test()
Dim myPath As String
Dim myFileName As String
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir()
myFileName = .Name
End With
MsgBox myPath & "\" & myFileName
End Sub

 

[FotoArt]

i thought the .name should give me just the name of the file.
but it is returning the whole file path.

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed

What isn't it dong properly? The following works for me:
Sub Test()
Dim myPath As String
Dim myFileName As String
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir()
myFileName = .Name
End With
MsgBox myPath & "\" & myFileName
End Sub

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

hello everyone

I found that the following code(not complete) is not giving the name of the
selected file properly.
Any idea how i can make it work?

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir() '& "\" & .Name
myFileName = .Name
End With

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed

 

[macropod]

Hi FotoArt,

For me, '.Name' and 'myFileName' both return just the name of the file (ie no path) in both Word 2000 and Word 2007.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

i thought the .name should give me just the name of the file.
but it is returning the whole file path.

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed

What isn't it dong properly? The following works for me:
Sub Test()
Dim myPath As String
Dim myFileName As String
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir()
myFileName = .Name
End With
MsgBox myPath & "\" & myFileName
End Sub

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

hello everyone

I found that the following code(not complete) is not giving the name of the
selected file properly.
Any idea how i can make it work?

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir() '& "\" & .Name
myFileName = .Name
End With

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed

 

[Neil Cumfer]

It seems that in Word 2007, the .Name property returns the file name
only if the file is on a local drive, but returns the full path with the
file name
if it is on a network drive

In Word 2007, the Dir() function returns the full path with the file
name
in some cases also.

Hi FotoArt,

For me, '.Name' and 'myFileName' both return just the name of the file

(ie no path) in both Word 2000 and Word 2007.

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]

i thought the .name should give me just the name of the file.
but it is returning the whole file path.

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed

What isn't it dong properly? The following works for me:
Sub Test()
Dim myPath As String
Dim myFileName As String
With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir()
myFileName = .Name
End With
MsgBox myPath & "\" & myFileName
End Sub

--
Cheers
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]


hello everyone

I found that the following code(not complete) is not giving the name of the
selected file properly.
Any idea how i can make it work?

With Dialogs(wdDialogFileOpen)
.Display
myPath = CurDir() '& "\" & .Name
myFileName = .Name
End With

any help is appreciated
thanx
ahmed