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Re: Re: Browsing for a Directory

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg89874] Re: [mg89850] Re: Browsing for a Directory
• From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
• Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:49:06 -0400 (EDT)
• Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com

SystemDialogInput[] is actually the direct replacement for the old 
Experimental`FileBrowse[].  FileNameSetter is useful inside of a user interface, 
but if you're running a program that's scripting actions rather than allowing 
the user to drive the actions, then you'll probably want SystemDialogInput[].

Sincerely,
 
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.


On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:26:00 -0400 (EDT), David Park wrote:
> Many thanks for asking that question! I was still using the old
>
> Experimental`FileBrowse[].
>
> I think you can use the following form to obtain a directory location:
>
> FileNameSetter[Dynamic[folder], "Directory"]
>
> Then you can you can combine this with a filename as follows:
>
> newfilename = folder <> "Example1.nb"
>
> --
> David Park
> djmpark at comcast.net
> http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/
>
>
> "Laszlo Sturmann" <lschara at sonic.net> wrote in message
> news:g3ihq3$fe8$1 at smc.vnet.net...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is there a similar function to
>>
>> FileNameSetter[Dynamic[f]]
>>
>> with which I can browse and select a directory instead of a file and put
>> it into a variable?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Laszlo