FileDialogFilter.Description Property (Office)
Gets the description of each Filter object as a String value. The description is the text that is displayed in a file dialog box. Read-only.
Syntax
expression .Description
expression Required. A variable that represents a FileDialogFilter object.
Example
The following example iterates through the default filters of the SaveAs dialog box and displays the description of each filter that includes a Microsoft Excel file. The Extensions property is used to find the appropriate filter objects.
Sub Main()
'Declare a variable as a FileDialogFilters collection.
Dim fdfs As FileDialogFilters
'Declare a variable as a FileDialogFilter object.
Dim fdf As FileDialogFilter
'Set the FileDialogFilters collection variable to
'the FileDialogFilters collection of the SaveAs dialog box.
Set fdfs = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogSaveAs).Filters
'Iterate through the description and extensions of each
'default filter in the SaveAs dialog box.
For Each fdf In fdfs
'Display the description of filters that include
'Microsoft Excel files.
If InStr(1, fdf.Extensions, "xls", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
MsgBox "Filter description: " & fdf.Description
End If
Next fdf
End Sub