XL98: GetSaveAsFileName Method Arguments Are Ignored

ID: Q183750

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

If you use some of the arguments with the GetSaveAsFileName method in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Sub procedure to change the default values in the resulting Save As dialog box, the default values are not changed.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when you use the FileFilter, Title, or ButtonText arguments with the GetSaveAsFileName method.

NOTE: Microsoft Excel Help contains an example of the GetSaveAsFilename method using the FileFilter argument. This example is incorrect.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do not use the FileFilter, Title, or ButtonText arguments of the GetSaveAsFileName method.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98.

MORE INFORMATION

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The following sample code uses the InitialFilename argument to modify the default file name in the Save As dialog box that is displayed:

   Sub Test()
      Application.GetSaveAsFilename InitialFilename := "MyFile"
   End Sub

However, when you use the FileFilter argument, the default file type is not modified by the argument, as in the following sample code:

   Sub Test2()
      Application.GetSaveAsFilename FileFilter := "TEXT"
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about the GetSaveAsFilename method, click the Office Assistant, type "GetSaveAsFilename Method," click Search, and then click to view "GetSaveAsFilename Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q179216
   TITLE     : OFF98: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: May 18, 1999