Question : How do I check for the correct Excel extension when importing a file into MS Access 2003

Since I have MS Access 2003 it does not support newer versions of Excel when importing a file. Thus I want to within VBA check that the file has the correct extension before allowing the user to import. In short I want to limit the file imports to MS Excel 2003.

Answer : How do I check for the correct Excel extension when importing a file into MS Access 2003

You could use the SelectFile procedure below to select a file, listing just .xls and .xlt files:

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Public Function SelectFile() As String
'Requires Office XP (2002) or higher
'Requires a reference to the Microsoft Office Object Library
'Created by Helen Feddema 3-Aug-2009
'Last modified 3-Aug-2009
 
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
 
   Dim fd As Office.FileDialog
   Dim varSelectedItem As Variant
   Dim strFileNameAndPath As String
   
   'Create a FileDialog object as a File Picker dialog box.
   Set fd = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
   
   With fd
      'Set AllowMultiSelect to True to allow selection of multiple files
      .AllowMultiSelect = False
      .Title = "Browse for File"
      .ButtonName = "Select"
      .Filters.Clear
      .Filters.Add "Worksheets", "*.xls; *.xlt", 1
      .InitialView = msoFileDialogViewDetails
      If .Show = -1 Then
         'Get selected item in the FileDialogSelectedItems collection
         For Each varSelectedItem In .SelectedItems
            strFileNameAndPath = CStr(varSelectedItem)
         Next varSelectedItem
      Else
         Debug.Print "User pressed Cancel"
         strFileNameAndPath = ""
      End If
   End With
   
   SelectFile = strFileNameAndPath
   
ErrorHandlerExit:
   Set fd = Nothing
   Exit Function
 
ErrorHandler:
   MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number & "; Description: " & Err.Description
   Resume ErrorHandlerExit
 
End Function

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