Select files on a Mac (GetOpenFilename)
In Windows we can use for example GetOpenFilename to select files and do what we want with the path results, you can use filefilter to only display the files you want and use MultiSelect to select more then one file. Also it is possible with ChDrive and ChDir to set the folder that is selected when GetOpenFilename opens, see a example on the bottom of this page for Excel for Windows.
How To Open Xlsb On Mac
But on a Mac the filefilter is not working and it is not possible to select more then one file. Zoom not working on mac. Also ChDir is not working like in Windows to set the folder that will open with GetOpenFilename. But we can use a combination of VBA and Applescript, see example below that only let you select xlsx files and you can set the start folder.
Open a spreadsheet stored somewhere other than your Mac (such as iCloud Drive): In Numbers, choose File Open (from the file menu at the top of your screen). In the dialog, click a location in the sidebar on the left, or click the pop-up menu at the top of the dialog, then choose the location where the spreadsheet is saved.
- How to open XLSB files. If you cannot open the XLSB file on your computer - there may be several reasons. The first and most important reason (the most common) is the lack of a suitable software that supports XLSB among those that are installed on your device.
- Microsoft Office Excel (version 2007 and newer) is the primary software program used to open XLSB files and edit XLSB files. If you have an earlier version of Excel, you can still open, edit, and save XLSB files with it, but you have to install the free Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack first.
Important : The file location can be very important in Mac Excel 2016, read : Problems with Apple's sandbox requirements in Mac Office 2016 and higher with VBA code
Example for Mac Excel 2011 and 2016 and higher
Note : Do not forget to copy the bIsBookOpen function below the macro.
You can run the macro below without changing it, it opens the Desktop in the file select dialog and you can only select one xlsx file now, see the code how to change this.
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Other file formats are :
In the macro you see this code line that say which file format you can select (xlsx).
FileFormat = '{'org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet'}'
If you want more then one format you can use this to be able to also select xls files.
FileFormat = '{'org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet','com.microsoft.Excel.xls'}'
This is a list of a few formats that you can use :
xls : com.microsoft.Excel.xls
Xlsb Macro
xlsx : org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet
xlsm : org.openxmlformats.spreadsheetml.sheet.macroenabled
xlsb : com.microsoft.Excel.sheet.binary.macroenabled
csv : public.comma-separated-values-text
doc : com.microsoft.word.doc
docx : org.openxmlformats.wordprocessingml.document
docm : org.openxmlformats.wordprocessingml.document.macroenabled
ppt : com.microsoft.powerpoint.ppt
pptx : org.openxmlformats.presentationml.presentation
pptm : org.openxmlformats.presentationml.presentation.macroenabled Movie to mp3 converter mac. I1profiler 1 6 7.
Club player no deposit. txt : public.plain-text
pdf : com.adobe.pdf
jpg : public.jpeg
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QIF : com.apple.traditional-mac-plain-text
htm : public.html
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Example for Excel for Windows
Note: The macro example for Windows and Mac are both using this function to test if the file is open.
In Windows you can use filefilter to only display the files you want and use MultiSelect to select more then one file. Also it is possible with ChDrive and ChDir to set the folder that is selected when GetOpenFilename opens, see basic Windows example below :
When you want to add more filters you can use this in the Windows macro to filter on xls and csv files
