User filename entry?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg8016] User filename entry?
- From: DUNSTAN at laurel.emich.edu (Allyn W. Dunstan)
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 1997 22:32:27 -0400
- Organization: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
I've developed a small Mathematica notebook that analyzes the contents of a file (an image; my thanks to those who helped me figure out how to read it in the 1st place). I'm now trying to come up with a clever way of allowing the user to use a 'file selection box' to say which file to analyze. This would be something along the lines of what shows up when you do a "_F_ile _O_pen" in Mathematica or Excel or Word or whatever. At present I have something like this: filename = "c:\\mydir\\filename.ppm" fptr = Open[...]; but I'd like to be able to do something like this: filename = Browse[...]; or maybe Browse[filename, ...]; fptr = Open[...]; Ideally, I'd like to pop up whatever file selection box is appropriate for whatever platform is being used. At present the platform is NT 4.0, but I'd rather keep things portable. I've seen user-defined pallettes and the Dialog[] function, but nothing quite along the lines of what I'm after. Is there such a thing, or am I about to become a pioneer? Thanks! -- A. W. Dunstan Unsolicited email subject to a $500 charge/message, Software Engineer 5kb max per message, due on my receipt of your dunstan at omi.com email. Your transmittal of a message indicates your OptiMetrics, Inc. acceptance of these terms.