How to get selected path and name of the file opened with file dialog?

Question

I need the path name and file name of the file that is opened with File Dialog. I want to show this information with a hyperlink in my worksheet.

With this code I ha

Answer 1

I think this is the simplest way to get to what you want.

Credit to JMK's answer for the first part, and the hyperlink part was adapted from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff822490(v=office.15).aspx

'Gets the entire path to the file including the filename using the open file dialog
Dim filename As String
filename = Application.GetOpenFilename

'Adds a hyperlink to cell b5 in the currently active sheet
With ActiveSheet
 .Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=.Range("b5"), _
 Address:=filename, _
 ScreenTip:="The screenTIP", _
 TextToDisplay:=filename
End With