Microsoft Excel
Working with files exercise
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Exercise: Customising FileDialog box

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1)	Download the files needed to start this exercise: exercise-423.zip (and click here if you experience any problems unzipping this file after downloading it).
2)	Create a macro to display a dialog box for choosing a file as follows:
	Notes on the options to set are shown below
3)	Here are some of the things to build in: The title says Choose CBeebies file The default button says Choose TV file There are two filters - Teletubbies (for all .txt files) and Tweenies (for all .xls files) The dialog box opens with the File set 2 folder pre-selected The initial view of files is as large icons
4)	Your macro should display the following message if your user chooses Cancel:
	Display this message if the button chosen value is 0
5)	Your macro should display this message otherwise:
	Display the file chosen otherwise
6)	Save your macro file with a suitable name, then close it down.

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