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Hi Experts<br />
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I have designed a macro enabled word document with a form that contains a common dialog box, works fine on my own machine, when the document is opened by other users &nbsp;- they can not access the common dialog box due to MS licence issues (<a href="http://dutchgemini.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/vba-cannot-create-mscomdlg-commondialog-activex/" rel="ugc">http://dutchgemini.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/vba-cannot-create-mscomdlg-commondialog-activex/</a>) - I can resolve the problem using the reg fix in the url, however Im unsure of licence restriction and dont want to tempt fate, is there away to get around the common dialog licence problem (doesnt make sense as all users have it install anyhow) &nbsp;- or can I use an API call for a user to select a file (its an Excel file the user needs to select)<br />
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Dim cdExcelFile As Object<br />
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Set cdExcelFile = VBA.CreateObject(&quot;MSComDlg<wbr />.CommonDia<wbr />log&quot;)<br />
cdExcelFile.DialogTitle = &quot;Select new source file&quot;<br />
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cdExcelFile.Flags = cdlOFNFileMustExist + cdlOFNPathMustExist<br />
cdExcelFile.Filter = &quot;Microsoft Excel Workbooks (*.xls;*.xlsx;*.xlsm)|*.xl<wbr />s;*.xlsx;*<wbr />.xlsm;&quot;<br />
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cdExcelFile.ShowOpen
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Hi Experts

I have designed a macro enabled word document with a form that contains a common dialog box, works fine on my own machine, when the document is opened by other users  - they can not access the common dialog box due to MS licence issues (http://dutchgemini.wordpress.com/2010/12/23/vba-cannot-create-mscomdlg-commondialog-activex/) - I can resolve the problem using the reg fix in the url, however Im unsure of licence restriction and dont want to tempt fate, is there away to get around the common dialog licence problem (doesnt make sense as all users have it install anyhow)  - or can I use an API call for a user to select a file (its an Excel file the user needs to select)


Dim cdExcelFile As Object

Set cdExcelFile = VBA.CreateObject("MSComDlg.CommonDialog")
cdExcelFile.DialogTitle = "Select new source file"

cdExcelFile.Flags = cdlOFNFileMustExist + cdlOFNPathMustExist
cdExcelFile.Filter = "Microsoft Excel Workbooks (*.xls;*.xlsx;*.xlsm)|*.xls;*.xlsx;*.xlsm;"



cdExcelFile.ShowOpen

VBA word 2010 Common dialog box licence problem

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