FileOpenDialog

Displays a file open dialog.

Syntax

• FileOpenDialog(fn, filters[, MultiSelect])

  • fn is a string

  • filters is a list of strings

  • MultiSelect is a boolean

Description

FileOpenDialog displays a file open dialog in which the user can select one or more files.

• fn is the default file name.

• filters is a list of file type filters. Each filter is a string of the form text|mask where text is the displayed text of the filter (such as “Text files”), and mask is the file name mask (such as “*.txt”).

• Iff MultiSelect is true, the user can select several files; otherwise, only a single file can be selected. The default value is false.

If the user selects one or more files, then the function returns the selected file name (if ¬MultiSelect) or a list of the selected file names (if MultiSelect). If the user cancels the dialog, an error is raised, which can optionally be handled using the try or the succeeded function.

See also

• FileSaveDialog