Re: FileBrowse command
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- Subject: [mg43532] Re: [mg43435] FileBrowse command
- From: Ezine <ezine at omegaconsultinggroup.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 03:41:55 -0400 (EDT)
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At 06:58 AM 9/17/2003, Harvey M. wrote: >I have tried to use the FileBrowse command in Mathematica 5 on Mac OS >10.2. I am presented with a browser dialog with a blank file name >entry box. If I enter a name in the dialog, the evaluation returns a >full path name for this new file name. What I really wanted, and what >I expected from the documentation, was to be able to select a file in >the browser,and have it return the full path name of the selected >file. Unfortunately, all file name are grayed out, and not available >for selection. Any ideas or experience with this? > >Harvey Moseley This is covered in the latest issue of The Mathematica Ezine. http://omegaconsultinggroup.com/Services/HTMLLinks/ezv2i08_3.html FileBrowse takes an optional argument that determines whether the dialog is in open or save mode. What you want is Experimental`FileBrowse[False] -------------------------------------------------------------- Omega Consulting "The final answer to your Mathematica needs" http://omegaconsultinggroup.com