Application.FileConverters Property (Excel)
Returns information about installed file converters. Returns null if there are no converters installed. Read-only Variant.
Syntax
expression .FileConverters(Index1, Index2)
expression A variable that represents an Application object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Index1 |
Optional |
Variant |
The long name of the converter, including the file-type search string in Windows (for example, "Lotus 1-2-3 Files (*.wk*)"). |
Index2 |
Optional |
Variant |
The path of the converter DLL or code resource. |
Remarks
If you don’t specify the index arguments, this property returns an array that containing information about all the installed file converters. Each row in the array contains information about a single file converter, as shown in the following table.
Column |
Contents |
|---|---|
1 |
The long name of the converter |
2 |
The path of the converter DLL or code resource |
3 |
The file-extension search string |
Example
This example displays a message if the Multiplan file converter is installed.
installedCvts = Application.FileConverters
foundMultiplan = False
If Not IsNull(installedCvts) Then
For arrayRow = 1 To UBound(installedCvts, 1)
If installedCvts(arrayRow, 1) Like "*Multiplan*" Then
foundMultiplan = True
Exit For
End If
Next arrayRow
End If
If foundMultiplan = True Then
MsgBox "Multiplan converter is installed"
Else
MsgBox "Multiplan converter is not installed"
End If