Re code amendment

Sahil123

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Code:
Public Sub WriteFile()
Dim intUnit As Integer
Dim rngRow As Range
Dim rngCell As Range
Dim strText As String

' Prompt user to select a file
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
.InitialFileName = ThisWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & "*.txt"
.Title = "Please Select a Text File"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.Show
If .SelectedItems.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub ' User clicked cancel
strText = .SelectedItems(1)
End With

intUnit = FreeFile
Open strText For Output As intUnit

With Worksheets("Export").UsedRange
For Each rngRow In .Rows
strText = ""
For Each rngCell In rngRow.Cells
If Len(rngCell.Value) = 0 Then Exit For
strText = strText & "" & rngCell.Value
Next
Print #intUnit, (strText)
Next
End With
Close intUnit

End Sub

Hi Alphafrog


how can i amend this code for a powerpoint file?
thisworkbook.path wont work with powerpoint


With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
.InitialFileName = ThisWorkbook.Path & Application.PathSeparator & "*.txt"
.Title = "Please Select a Text File"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
.Show
If .SelectedItems.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub ' User clicked cancel
strText = .SelectedItems(1)
End With


say i selected a powerpoint presentation, how can i amend accordingly?

I dont want to use thisworkbook .path


i want to have the path and file selected
in the variable


so say i selected a powerpoint slide from a specific folder
i want the variable to give me the full path and filename selected
 

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