Re: FileName Widget
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg114453] Re: FileName Widget
- From: Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:48:38 -0500 (EST)
Hi, what about SystemDialogInput["FileOpen"] ? Cheers Patrick On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 06:13 -0500, leigh pascoe wrote: > Has anybody written a widget to find and return file names. For example > if I want to import an image or data file into mathematica, or assign a > file name to a $Variable, it would be very convenient to have a function > key that launched a windows style widget that permitted searching > through directories (starting with My Computer or C:) and selecting the > appropriate file. The full path of the selected file would then be > inserted at the cursor. > > That seems such an obvious tool that it must exist already, but I > haven't seen reference to one anywhere. Anybody? > > LP >