Re: FileName Widget
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- Subject: [mg114621] Re: FileName Widget
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:31:59 -0500 (EST)
Thanks for the tip. You should understand that I did look at the documentation for FileNameSetter, which does not list this option. Kevin On 12/9/2010 7:32 AM, Patrick Scheibe wrote: > Hi, > > I don't understand why don't you just have one look at the documentation > of the functions. You would have seen that it is simply something like > > SystemDialogInput["FileOpen", "/tmp"] > > or maybe > > SystemDialogInput["FileOpen", "C:\\"] > > when you're working on windoze. > > Cheers > Patrick > > On Thu, 2010-12-09 at 06:03 -0500, Kevin J. McCann wrote: >> 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 >>> >>> > > -- Kevin J. McCann Research Associate Professor JCET/Physics University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250