Exporting TextFile with SaveAsWindow Prompt

[SirCurious_VBAExcel]

Hello,

I am a VBA "dummy" so please bear with me.

I am currently working on a "Lookup" program. There is an Export button on my user form, but the text file generated saves automatically in a user's directory (e.g., My Documents).

Here is the code:

Private Sub Export_Click()
Dim OutCount As Integer
'exports the list to a text file (max 200 rows)
If ItemCount > 0 Then
Open "PRODLIST.txt" For Output As #1
For OutCount = 1 To ItemCount
If ItemCount < 201 Then
Print #1, ListArray(OutCount)
End If
Next
Close #1
MsgBox ("List output to file PRODLIST.txt saved to your default directory")
If ItemCount > 200 Then
MsgBox ("Warning - list incomplete - only contains first 200 entries")
End If
End If
End Sub
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Now my question: How can I get the SaveAs prompt window instead of the text file saving automatically to My Documents?

I looked around and got:

FILENAME = Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSaveAs).Show

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I can't figure out how to modify my existing code.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Damon Ostrander]

Hi SirCurious,

The easy way to do this is to use the workbook's GetSaveAsFilename method to get the path and filename where you want the file saved. This brings up the SaveAs dialog, and yields the path & filename. Then use the Open statement to write the file directly to the path & filename.

Damon

 

[SirCurious_VBAExcel]

This worked!

Thank you very much, Mr. Ostrander.