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XL2000: How to Create a Macro That Opens Multiple Selected Files

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SUMMARY

In the Open dialog box in Microsoft Excel, you can select more than one file to open at a time. If you are using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications with the GetOpenFileName method, you must use a macro to loop through the selected files to open them.

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Visual Basic Code Example

In a new workbook, insert a module, and enter the following code:

   Sub loopyarray()

   Dim filenames As Variant

   ' set the array to a variable and the True is for multi-select
   filenames = Application.GetOpenFilename(, , , , True)

      counter = 1

      ' ubound determines how many items in the array
      While counter <= UBound(filenames)

         'Opens the selected files
         Workbooks.Open filenames(counter)

         ' displays file name in a message box
         MsgBox filenames(counter)

         'increment counter
         counter = counter + 1

      Wend
   End Sub