uigetfile

dialog window to get a file(s) name(s), path and filter index

Calling Sequence

[FileName[,PathName[,FilterIndex]]]=uigetfile([file_mask[,dir[,boxTitle[,multipleSelection]]]])
PathFileName=uigetfile([file_mask[,dir[,boxTitle[,multiple]]]])

Input parameters

:file_mask a string matrix which gives the file masks to use for file

selection. file_mask is written with Unix convention. The default value is ‘*’. we can also add descriptions for masks, for example [“.x”,”X files”;”*.bin”,”BIN files”].

: :dir a character string which gives the initial directory used for

file search. By default uigetfile uses the previously selected directory.

: :boxTitle a character string which gives the title of the uigetfile

window. By default uigetfile’s title is ‘uigetfile’.

: :multipleSelection a boolean which allows to load only one file if

it is at ‘%f’ (false) or multiple files if it is at ‘%t” (true). By default uigetfile’s multiple file selection is not enable.

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Output parameters

:FileName matrix of string which give the user selected file(s) (path

• file(s) name(s)) if user answers “Ok” or the ” ” string if user

answers “Cancel”.

: :PathName is the user selected file(s) path if user answers “Ok” or

the ” ” string if user answers “Cancel”.

: :FilterIndex is the user selected filter index on the list box if

user answers “Ok” or ‘0’ string if user answers “Cancel”

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Description

Creates a dialog window for file(s) selection.

Comments

On Windows, java component used by uigetfile browse also .zip archive then it is very slow with big .zip files.

To disable, this feature:

if getos() == ‘Windows’ then unix(“REGSVR32 /u %WINDIR%System32zipfldr.dll”) ;end

To re-enable,

if getos() == ‘Windows’ then unix(“REGSVR32 %WINDIR%System32zipfldr.dll”) ;end

Examples

uigetfile(["*.bin";"*.sce";"*.cos*"])
      uigetfile(["*.sci";"*.bin"],"SCI/modules/gui/macros/")
      uigetfile(["*.sc*";"*.bin"],"SCI/modules/gui/macros/")
      uigetfile(["*.x*","X files";"*.bin","BIN files"],"SCI/modules/gui/macros/")
      uigetfile(["*.sce";"*.bin"],"SCI/modules/gui/macros/", "Choose a file name", %t);
      uigetfile(["*.sce";"*.bin"],"SCI/modules/gui/macros/", "Choose a file name", %f);

See Also

• uiputfile Open standard dialog box for selecting and saving file.
• uigetdir dialog for selecting a directory
• x_dialog Dialog for interactive multi-lines input.
• file file management
• read matrices read
• write write in a formatted file
• exec script file execution