Re: FileName Widget
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- Subject: [mg114560] Re: FileName Widget
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:49:47 -0500 (EST)
The OP asked, I believe, for return of the file name, _not_ opening a file. On 12/5/2010 9:48 PM, Patrick Scheibe wrote: > 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 >> > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305