Re: FileName Widget
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- Subject: [mg114596] Re: FileName Widget
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 06:03:15 -0500 (EST)
- References: <idnqsh$q7p$1@smc.vnet.net>
Is there a way with FileNameSetter or the others to specify the initial search directory? Kevin On 12/8/2010 6:41 AM, John Fultz wrote: > And SystemDialogInput[] does return the file, not open it. "FileOpen" refers to > the style of the file-picking dialog. Open-style dialogs have different > properties than Save-style dialogs. Open-style dialogs allow you to pick more > than one file and require you to choose existing files. Save-style dialogs warn > you if you've targeted an existing file (which would potentially be > overwritten). And there's some different labeling, too. > > As I believe somebody else already mentioned, FileNameSetter[] does this, too. > The difference between SystemDialogInput and FileNameSetter is that > FileNameSetter is intended to be used in a Dynamic interface for keeping a > Dynamic variable up to date (you can think of it as equivalent to the '...' > button you sometimes see next to an input field for setting filenames in some > dialog boxes), while SystemDialogInput requests the filename immediately and > stops execution of your input until the name is returned. SystemDialogInput is > more appropriate for any procedural bit of code. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > > On Tue, 7 Dec 2010 06:49:47 -0500 (EST), Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> 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 > > >